Why choose Mishcon de Reya’s Surrogacy & Modern Family’s Group?

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You might know Mishcon de Reya for having represented Princess Diana in her divorce or Gina Miller in her unanimous Supreme Court success against Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament.

Here are five things you might not know about us:

1. We were founded in 1937 by Lord Victor Mishcon. Lord Mishcon was appointed a member of the Wolfenden Committee, whose recommendations eventually led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

• We represented Professor Deborah Lipstadt in her successful defence of David Irving’s claim that he had been libelled in her book ‘Denying the Holocaust’. Irving was found to be “one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial”.

• For the last 15 years, we have run the ‘Pink Law’ Legal Advice Centre with the Queen Mary University of London’s Legal Advice Centre. It offers free and impartial advice on issues affecting the LGBTQIA+ community.

• We have offices in London, Oxford, Cambridge and Singapore, an association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong, and connections across the world.

• We showcase entrepreneurial talent and stories on Jazz Shapers, our collaboration with Jazz FM that airs at 9am every Saturday.

Mishcon de Reya’s Surrogacy & Modern Family’s Group

Mishcon de Reya’s Surrogacy & Modern Family’s Group is made up of family and immigration lawyers who are passionate about helping their clients grow their families. They advise on family building, through surrogacy, assisted reproduction, donor conception and adoption (domestic and international), and have worked on numerous complex cases involving overseas jurisdictions including within the US and Eastern and Western Europe.

The Group sits within Mishcon Private, with lawyers across a spectrum of specialisms from tax to immigration to reputation management. Mishcon de Reya’s extensive network of connections both in the UK and abroad means that it is able to draw on the expertise required to ensure that a client’s family building journey progresses as smoothly as possible.

More info?

If you would like more information about how we can help you please go to: Surrogacy and Modern Families | Lawyers | Mishcon de Reya or contact Antonia Felix (Antonia.Felix@mishcon.com) and Alice Mantle (Alice.Mantle@mishcon.com).