Samantha Newton

Biography

Samantha is a partner in the Family Team, specialising in private family law issues arising for separating couples, including divorce, complex financial disputes, child arrangements and asset protection for couples.

Samantha regularly represents business owners, entrepreneurs, international, high net worth, homemaker and professional sporting clients with their family law issues, whether at the end of their relationship or to support them with the early stages of relationship planning.

Samantha is a collaboratively trained family lawyer, which enables her to work with you, your partner and their lawyer to help find family-focussed solutions together without lots of legal correspondence.  She is known for her conciliatory, sensible and commercial approach to resolving disputes. Where necessary, she is able to apply her experience dealing with complex financial or children proceedings in the family court.

Samantha also regularly supports clients embarking on their relationship, advising on protecting family wealth, advising on the impact of relationship breakdown when creating a new company or gifting assets, and with prenuptial agreements. 

Samantha has been consistently ranked in legal publications Legal 500 and Chambers over the past five years as both a ‘Rising Star’ and ‘Associate to Watch’ as a result of her excellent reputation amongst clients and peers.

Samantha is on the committee for the Bristol Collaborative Lawyers Pod and is committed to helping clients find alternative solutions to resolving their family disputes.