David Hodson OBE MICArb is a Partner and Co-founder of The International Family Law Group LLP. 

He is an English solicitor, mediator, arbitrator, Australian solicitor, and a deputy family court judge, DDJ in the FRC at the CFC in London.  He is a member of the English Law Society Family Law Committee, a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, a member of LawAsia, the Asian Institute of ADR Professionals, the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, and a similar contributor to many family law organisations around the world.  He was awarded the OBE for services to international family law.  He is an Honorary Professor of Law at Leicester University. 

He is the editor and primary author of the LexisNexis textbook ‘The International Family Law Practice’ (6th edition). In October 2020, his book ‘Family Law Leaves the EU: A summary guide for practitioners’ was published.

‘David Hodson is a legend in family law circles and is no doubt one of the leading figures in International Family Law’ The Legal 500

Ann Thomas is Managing Partner and Co-founder of The International Family Law Group LLP.

She is an English solicitor with advanced accreditation in international family law and children (Law Society family panel); she is a mediator, collaborative lawyer and deals with complex family cases with an international element. Ann is a specifically trained mediator qualified to work with children within the mediation process. She is recognised as a leading international children lawyer, particularly in relocation disputes. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, who are recognised specialists in international law.  Ann has been involved in training family law Judges in Serbia in the mechanics of the Hague Convention and international aspects of family law. She is also co-author of ‘When Cupid’s Arrow Crosses National Boundaries: A Guide for international families’ and is author of a chapter in the definitive international practitioners’ text ‘The International Family Law Practice’ (6th edition).

‘Ann Thomas is a lawyer, smart and compassionate. Highly recommended for her work in children and relocation cases' The Legal 500

Lucy Loizou is a Partner with the International Family Law Group LLP.

She is regarded as one of the country's renowned leading young international family lawyers. She undertakes complex financial cases and has worked on several cases involving high net worth issues often involving an international element. Lucy advises clients with difficult corporate and trust interests. She regularly lectures on areas of family law.

Lucy has presented a fortnightly radio show on ‘London Greek Radio’ for the past 10 years where she answers questions on all family related matters. She also writes a monthly family law column in Parikiaki newspaper which is read by the Greek and Cypriot community for over 13 years. Lucy has become well known by family lawyers in Cyprus/ Greece and is known as the ‘go to’ family lawyer for Greek and Cypriot families.  Lucy speaks Greek fluently.

Lucy is described in The Legal 500 UK 2021 as ‘an outstanding lawyer, determined, thoughtful and great with clients’

Rhys specialises in financial remedies and property law disputes. He deals with complex assets, often where third parties are also involved. He is a leader in the field of pensions on divorce. He has extensive experience dealing with complex assets, business valuation and trust structures.

Aside from advocacy in court, he sits part-time as a family Recorder and is authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge. He is an experienced family arbitrator, mediator and accepts appointments to act as a neutral evaluator in the private FDR setting.

Rhys is a contributing editor to the family lawyers’ “Bible” the Family Court Practice (Red Book) with responsibility for financial remedies and property issues. He is also the editor of the Financial Remedies Journal, a member of the Pension Advisory Group and a co-author of “Pensions on Divorce: A Practitioner’s Handbook”. Rhys is also a barrister member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee, which governs the development of procedure and rules in the Family Court.

Michael Allum is a Partner at The International Family Law Group LLP.

Michael works in the divorce, forum, and finance team. Much of Michael’s work involves complex international issues and/or high net worth cases. He has a particular interest in jurisdictional issues and forum disputes. Michael also undertakes cases involving financial provision in the English court following an overseas divorce (known as Part III) and obtaining English sharing orders when divorce and financial proceedings are taking place in another country.

Michael regularly writes articles for the main legal journals and subscriptions, including Jordans, LexisNexis and Family Law Week. His article writing is astute and hugely informative for all the legal profession.

Michael contributed towards the Jurisdiction and Part III chapters in the definitive international practitioners’ publication ‘International Family Law Practice’ (6th edition).

‘Michael Allum is proving to be very talented and in demand. He is an outstanding lawyer’ The Legal 500 2021