Thomas is a solicitor in our Private Family Law Team.
Thomas is a solicitor in the Machins family team in Berkhamsted. He joined Machins in July 2020 and qualified in 2022, completing his two year training contract which included 18 months within the private and public family law departments.
Thomas advises on all areas of family law, including divorce, financial remedy, cohabitation and private children matters. He has experience assisting the department head with complex high net worth financial cases, involving businesses and foreign assets, and with international child abduction and international relocation matters. Thomas also has experience in commercial law and consequently has a comprehensive understanding of corporate structures and the commercial considerations that can arise in family law matters.
Thomas graduated with a degree in Law and Business from the University of Warwick before studying the Legal Practice Course at BPP University in Cambridge, achieving a Commendation in 2019.
Before joining Machins, Thomas worked as a criminal disclosure paralegal at the Serious Fraud Office and as a document review paralegal on a public inquiry for the Cabinet Office.
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