Meet the Team Robert Williams
Robert Williams
Managing Director, Solicitor, Collaborative Lawyer & Arbitrator
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Robert Williams is an owner/Director who specialises in family law. He is a Collaborative Lawyer, Deputy District Judge, Family Law Arbitrator and a member of Resolution (First for Family Law).
A recognised expert in the field of family law, Chambers UK 2021 says Robert “receives plaudits from interviewees as a “thoughtful, experienced and tactical” lawyer who “remains calm and sensible at the most distressing times while giving clear and understandable advice.”
He is recognised in the 2021 edition of the Legal 500 for his financial remedy and arbitration work, described as ‘approachable, engaging, forensic, he leaves no stone unturned in advancing a client’s case’.
Robert sits as a Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit in the County Court and Family Court. He has been appointed by the President of the Family Division to deal with private law cases involving children. He is also a Family Law Arbitrator and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Robert specialises in finances following a relationship breakdown, whether by separation, divorce, or dissolution of civil partnership.
Having qualified in 1994 with First Class Honours in the Solicitors Final Examinations, Robert was formerly head of the family department and Training Partner at a regional legal firm from 2001-2010 prior to setting up Family Law Partners with Alan Larkin.
Robert focuses on the strategic issues in each case he works on and ensures that all his clients look at ways of managing the risks associated with relationship breakdowns.
Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his family and dogs, walking on the Downs, watching United, playing golf and meditation.
More Team Members
- Alan Larkin
- Robert Williams
- Lisa Burton-Durham
- Gemma Hope
- Mark Harrop
- Kate Elliott
- Miriam Walters
- Louise Buttery
- Polly Dallyn
- Lucy Fowler
- Gemma Garrett
- Sarah Jelly
- Nicola Logan
- Hazel Manktelow
- Jackie Marcus
- Christopher Maulkin
- Rachel Nicholl
- Emily Pain
- Sam Paul
- Laura Peters
- Sophie Reynish
- Rosa Schofield
- Gemma Vines
Posts
- Good Divorce Week 2020
- Family Law Partners continues its expansion with the arrival of Essex lawyer Louise Buttery
- Managing a family law firm during Covid-19. Part two: Beyond Covid
- Managing a family law firm during Covid-19. Part one: Covid-19 has changed the world!
- Arbitration – back to the future?
- North Hampshire/Surrey expansion for Family Law Partners with the arrival of Emily Pain
- Child Arrangement Orders in light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Family Law Partners announce expansion into Horsham
- Family Law Partners Wins Major Industry Award
- Family Law Partners to host Law Commission Event