Anna Worwood
Partner
Services
Family law
Sectors
Private wealth
Anna heads the Penningtons Manches Cooper family department. She specialises in all areas of family law, particularly high value financial and complex private law children cases, and leads from the front with a thriving mixed practice.
As well as regularly advising on pre- and post-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements, Anna represents many international individuals and families and has significant expertise in international relocation cases. She represented the father in the reported case of Re C (Permission to Remove from Jurisdiction) and the mother in Re D (Leave to Remove: Shared Residence). In addition, Anna represented the father in the landmark internal relocation of Re C which determined there should be no difference in the approach of the courts to internal and international relocation cases. She co-wrote Relocation: A Practical Guide, the first comprehensive guide to the law concerning relocation of children (second edition published 2016) and is also the General Editor of Practical Law’s Global Guide to the International Relocation of Children.
I am sought after as a leading family lawyer who is as equally adept at representing clients in high-value financial cases as in complex children matters. I have an international practice and a stellar reputation in matters involving the relocation of children, and consider it a privilege to be trusted by my clients to guide and support them.
In September 2019, she was profiled in Spear’s Magazine as ‘family law’s new superstar’, and she features in the Tatler Address Book in its family law advisory section. Anna is a leading individual in The Legal 500 and a highly ranked lawyer in the Chambers family law directories, including Chambers High Net Worth. She is a ‘Top Recommended’ family lawyer in The Spear’s 500 and appears as a top-rated lawyer and ‘Power Woman’ in the Citywealth Leaders List; ‘one of the star performers of her generation, destined to be at the forefront of family law for many years to come.’ Anna is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) and leads the IAFL’s Relocation of Children Committee. She is a member of Resolution’s International Committee and a collaborative lawyer. In March 2023, Anna won the ‘Inspirational Woman of the Year’ Gold Award at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards.
Recent work highlights
Trusted advisor
International divorce proceedings
Wardship and relocation
Arbitration award
Appeal of relocation refusal order
Financial disclosure
External recognition
What people are saying
[Anna’s] client care skills are incredible yet behind that presentation she is a really steely lawyer who protects her clients completely…
Anna is at the top of her game: she has great knowledge of the law and is hugely empathetic and always calm.
[Anna] has all the interpersonal skills to manage the most difficult of situations and clients. She has perfect judgement and makes all the right calls in the big cases .
Anna is a standout partner… The team goes from strength to strength with her as head of it.
I instructed the firm because of Anna… Notwithstanding contentious proceedings and a litigious opponent, Anna’s strategy produced the financial outcome we had discussed at the outset. I can’t recommend her highly enough.
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