Lesley Pendlebury Cox

Partner

Lesley is a Litigation partner and head of our specialist Family Law team. She is a member of the Law Society's Specialist Family Panel and a Family Specialist accredited by Resolution. She acts in many cross border disputes particularly those with a German connection, whilst retaining a substantial domestic client base.

Her litigation experience has taken her before the highest appellate courts including the House of Lords. Her international expertise includes jurisdiction disputes, intellectual property litigation and work for German shipping companies, banks and insurance companies and she is a member of the British German Jurists Association.

Before qualifying as a solicitor Lesley engaged in social research, notably at the London School of Economics and the Tavistock Institute. Before becoming a partner at GRM in 1992 she spent several years as a commercial litigator before accepting a partnership with Mawby Barrie & Scott, a niche Anglo-German practice.

e: l.pendleburycox@grm.co.uk

Anna Clifton

Assistant Solicitor

Anna Clifton joined GRM in 2003 as a trainee solicitor and following qualification in 2005 became an Assistant Solicitor in the firm's Litigation Department. Her practice area encompasses disputes in a wide variety of areas, ranging from Family and Matrimonial matters to Commercial Contract and Intellectual Property suits.

She gained a BA in Classics from Wadham College Oxford in 2001, and received an MA (Oxon) in the same discipline. She completed her Legal Practice Course at the College of Law. Anna is a member of several charitable fundraising committees supporting medical research and children's welfare.

e: a.clifton@grm.co.uk