Tessa Bray

Tessa joined Simons Muirhead & Burton as a Senior Associate in September 2017 from Farrer & Co. Tessa advises on all issues arising from relationship and marital breakdown. She has been involved in a number of high profile cases and acts for a broad range of clients, many of whom work in the entertainment industry and others in the financial sector, medicine and farming. Tessa acts for a number of international clients and has a particular interest in Franco-Anglo cases. Tessa has worked on a great deal of Schedule 1 Children Act cases in the last year, acting for both domestic and international clients. Tessa also advises on private law children disputes, and has considerable experience in applications for leave to remove a child from the jurisdiction. Tessa regularly drafts complex pre- and post-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements. Tessa is a Resolution trained family mediator and a member of Resolution. She is an experienced mediator and is always keen to explore non-court options with her clients. Tessa’s clients praise her empathetic style and technical legal ability. · Simons Muirhead Burton

EnglandFamily / Matrimonial, Children LawFrench, Spanish

About

Tessa is a Senior Associate at Simons Muirhead & Burton (joined September 2017 from Farrer & Co) who advises on all issues arising from relationship and marital breakdown, including complex children disputes and Schedule 1 Children Act matters. She routinely drafts pre- and post-nuptial and cohabitation agreements, acts for a range of clients (including those in entertainment, finance, medicine and farming) and is a Resolution-trained family mediator with a particular interest in Franco-Anglo cross-border cases.

Practice areas

Family / MatrimonialChildren LawMediationPrenuptial & Postnuptial AgreementsCohabitationInternational / Cross-border Family

Office

England

Simons Muirhead Burton · Tessa joined Simons Muirhead & Burton as a Senior Associate in September 2017 from Farrer & Co. Tessa advises on all issues arising from relationship and marital breakdown. She has been involved in a number of high profile cases and acts for a broad range of clients, many of whom work in the entertainment industry and others in the financial sector, medicine and farming. Tessa acts for a number of international clients and has a particular interest in Franco-Anglo cases. Tessa has worked on a great deal of Schedule 1 Children Act cases in the last year, acting for both domestic and international clients. Tessa also advises on private law children disputes, and has considerable experience in applications for leave to remove a child from the jurisdiction. Tessa regularly drafts complex pre- and post-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements. Tessa is a Resolution trained family mediator and a member of Resolution. She is an experienced mediator and is always keen to explore non-court options with her clients. Tessa’s clients praise her empathetic style and technical legal ability.

England

Expertise

Schedule 1 Children Act casesPrivate law children disputesApplications for leave to remove a child from the jurisdictionPre- and post-nuptial agreementsCohabitation agreementsCross-border Franco-Anglo family mattersEntertainment sector clientsFinancial services sector clientsHealthcare sector clientsFarming / agricultural sector clients

Education

College of Law, Guildford - LPC (Distinction)
University of the West of England, Bristol - LLB (Hons) 2:1
St Swithun’s School
Portsmouth Grammar School

Admissions

Qualified as a solicitor (2001)
Resolution trained mediator (qualified 2012)

Languages

FrenchSpanish