About Antonia

Antonia is the joint founder of the firm and runs it alongside Peter Burgess. Together they have grown the firm, developed its different specialisms and ensured that its strategy remains innovative and forward-thinking. She jointly developed with Peter Burgess the firm’s sister website, The Happy Co-Parent.

Her expertise in family law is in medium to high and ultra-high value financial cases and all types of private law children cases. In the 2024 edition of Chambers & Partners Family/Matrimonial:HNW Antonia is described as “… a force of nature" and ".. a brilliant lawyer." Her children practice remains highly regarded by barrister/solicitor referrers. She is known for specialising in cases where allegations of abuse or controlling behaviour have been made and where there are issues around alienation. She has particular specialism in relocation cases both “internal” and “external” (leave to remove). In Chambers and Partners Family/Matrimonial:Children directory 2024 she is described as “… very good at relocation work. She is very good with clients and quickly builds up a relationship with them." and “She is brilliant - she knows everything about everything and is super personable."

Antonia’s specialisms also include cases involving clients or their partners with personality disorders and she regularly gets inquiries from potential new clients who are looking for this expertise.

Antonia has excellent professional connections in New Zealand including KCs who regularly refer cross-border work to her. This is an area which is likely to continue to develop due to the increasing number of marriages with NZ/English elements and given that the NZ court cannot make orders in relation to foreign immovable property unless the parties agree.

Antonia sits on the corporate partners’ steering committee of the Drive Forward Foundation, a charity with which the firm is closely associated. Through the charity the firm offers work experience and mentoring to care leavers. Antonia still advises regularly at the Tuesday night Family Law Clinic at Peckham CAB. She co-founded this clinic several years ago and continues to recruit solicitors from within the firm and city solicitors to advise clients there.

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"Antonia is fantastic; she is very knowledgeable and works tirelessly for her clients”. Commentators for Chambers and Partners 2022 say "She is a very robust lawyer. She is very technically skilled, forthright and a pleasure to deal with. She is happy to fight her client's corner but is also commercial and practical", "She's really thorough, personable and intelligent. I would certainly recommend her".

“‘Antonia Mee has all the qualities of a great family lawyer. She is empathetic yet frank, explaining the best route forward with great clarity. I never had any doubt that I was in the safest and most capable of hands. Her calm, unruffled nature is reassuring. She makes every effort to make herself available when urgency is required and has great agility, adapting to changes in circumstance with efficiency and ease. I would recommend her wholeheartedly, and without any hesitation’. Antonia is also described as “a powerhouse. She is totally unafraid of the opposition but equally happy to guide her clients to a pragmatic and commercial consensual outcome with the other side”.

"She is really excellent - considered, careful, tactical and client-focused", in 2020 they said Antonia "cuts through the issues and gets to the point, but at the same time she is very sensible and always focused on the client" and in 2018 Antonia was described as "a hard-working, dedicated and experienced practitioner who exudes considerable confidence and who inspires a lot of respect."

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