Thea is a partner in our specialist family finance team, advising on all aspects of divorce and matrimonial finance work. She has been named as a “Next Generation Partner” in Legal 500 UK and helps clients resolve their matrimonial or civil partnership financial disputes, adopting a constructive but robust approach. Her work covers a wide range of issues involving family property, family businesses, maintenance claims and complex pensions. Thea frequently advises on cases involving armed forces personnel, both serving and retired, and those in the medical sphere, given her experience in dealing with cases where there are armed forces and NHS pension schemes.

Thea joined the firm in 2010 as a trainee after graduating from Cardiff University in Law. She qualified in December 2012 and is a member of Resolution, an organisation of family law professionals committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes.

Thea’s recent work includes:

• Advising a client in a case dealing with an extensive property portfolio and complex arguments as to the matrimonial and non-matrimonial nature of those assets.
• Addressing the way in which significant income disparities between parties should be dealt with via ongoing maintenance or a lump sum payment
• Advising and investigating options for pension sharing relating to both public sector and private schemes, with recent cases involving NHS, Armed Forced and Teachers’ Pension schemes.
• Helping a client to progress to an early private Financial Dispute Resolution (pFDR) resulting in an efficient and positive settlement outcome.
• Advising clients when their spouse is either unrepresented or refuses to engage in the divorce process.

In her spare time Thea enjoys spending time with her young family, yoga and cooking – often opting not to use a recipe!