She also advises on UK residence, domicile and tax for clients intending to relocate to the UK or leave the UK, the creation and administration of trusts, the preparation of bespoke wills and lasting powers of attorney, and the administration of estates. Robyn joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in March 2023 from a City based law firm. She completed her training at a boutique London law firm after completing a law degree at the University of Bristol and a Masters degree at University College London.

Robyn is an active member of the firm’s Next Gen private wealth group and is also a member of STEP, the world’s leading organisation for private wealth professionals. Robyn is currently studying for the STEP diploma with a focus on the administration and taxation of trusts and estates.

She has particular experience in financial remedy cases involving high-net-worth individuals, and complex and/or international elements. Katharine has also acted in jurisdiction disputes, financial remedies after a foreign divorce known as part III claims, nullity, child arrangements and claims involving trusts. In 2024, Katharine was awarded a prize in the International Academy of Family Lawyers’ European Chapter Young Lawyers’ Awards for her essay on international child arrangements and maintenance. She was subsequently shortlisted for the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards Tomorrow Club Award.

Katharine completed her training contract at Penningtons Manches Cooper, gaining experience in the wider private wealth group while in the contentious private client (trust and probate disputes) team. Prior to this, she worked as a researcher on the publication Egalitarian Digital Privacy: Image Based Abuse and Beyond . As such, she is knowledgeable and sensitive to matters involving issues surrounding privacy and reputation. She holds a first-class degree from the University of Sheffield and a distinction in the LPC/LLM from BPP University.

On the non-contentious side, Emily assists on a range of commercial agreements. In particular, her practice covers drafting and advising on master services agreements, general terms and conditions to the supply of goods and services and IT contracts. She also assists with non-contentious IP matters, including drafting and negotiating patent and know-how licences, and copyright licences.

Emily’s contentious practice focuses on IP. She assists on intellectual property disputes matters including patents, copyright and trade marks. She has advised clients on claims before the Patents Court and the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC).

Having joined as a trainee in 2022, Emily qualified with the firm in 2024. Prior to her training contract, Emily obtained her undergraduate degree in geography, before completing the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC). She was previously a commercial paralegal at a multinational electric vehicle charging company.

After more than 10 years working as a paralegal mainly in the medical negligence field, assisting on catastrophic injury claims, Aline qualified in 2021. She predominantly handles birth injury, brain injury and cerebral palsy in maximum severity cases but also deals with a wide range of other matters including cancer, orthopaedic, cardiology, gynaecology, psychiatric and fatal claims. She works for children and adults from all walks of life. Due to the nature of her cases she also works closely with the Court of Protection team and deputies.

Aline joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in April 2018, after working in a number of other top tier specialist medical negligence firms in London. She is also a trained AvMA helpline volunteer. As a bilingual French national, she is uniquely placed to assist families whose first language is French.

She has particular expertise in disputes involving the validity and interpretation of wills, breaches of fiduciary duty, complex estate administration issues, and proprietary estoppel claims. Caroline advises on claims brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, acting for both claimants and defendants in sensitive and at times high-value matters. She also advises on disputed Court of Protection applications, including the appointment and removal of deputies or attorneys, management disputes, and statutory will applications.

Caroline joined the firm in 2021, having qualified as a solicitor at another London-based firm known for its contentious trust and probate work. She is a member of ConTrA, the Contentious Trusts Association.

Jamie also has experience in insurance and re-insurance disputes, both marine and aviation, most notably having acted for a leading international re-insurer in the multibillion Russian aviation ‘mega trial’. The largest claim in this trial, AerCap Ireland Limited v AIG and others [2023] EWHC 96 (Comm), was for US$3.5 billion. Further aviation work includes advising the insurers and their assured in the 2025 inquest into the Leicester City Football Club helicopter crash in 2018.

Notable highlights of Jamie’s experience advising on international trade disputes and trade finance include advising an international trading house in its coverage dispute with its IG P&I Club; and advising a government-appointed agent, responsible for the import of oil and petroleum products at a national level, and other oil manufacturing companies in their successful arbitration dispute with the seller.

Her practice covers a diverse range of areas, including advising in relation to commercial contract disputes, regulatory compliance, fraud claims and cross-border litigation. Kate has been involved in both arbitrations and litigation, as well as mediations resulting in the early resolution of disputes. She has also been involved with obtaining interim remedies in order to protect client interests, including successfully obtaining a worldwide freezing injunction in relation to three respondents and a domestic freezing injunction in relation to a further seven respondents.

Kate joined the firm as a trainee in 2021 and qualified as a solicitor in 2023. Prior to her training contract, she obtained her undergraduate degree in law before completing the Legal Practice Course, graduating with distinction.

His expertise includes working with individuals affected by serious respiratory conditions such as mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis and pleural thickening resulting from negligent asbestos exposure during their employment.

Khelam has more recently contributed to high-profile claims involving child brain injuries arising from medical negligence and road traffic accidents, as well as spinal injury cases. His current caseload focuses on historic abuse claims, where he continues to demonstrate a commitment to securing justice for vulnerable individuals.

After earning his LLB, Khelam pursued an LLM in healthcare, law and ethics at the University of Manchester, with a keen interest in the interplay between both areas. He qualified as a solicitor through the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) in September 2023 and joined the firm in 2024, where he continues to build on his expertise and dedication to client care.