Ellen Wilkinson

Senior Associate

What can I do for you

Ellen is a senior associate in our family team. She specialises in children law and financial arrangements following relationship breakdown. The Legal 500 describes Ellen as "one to watch, with notable expertise in children disputes and national fertility law work ... she is showing great promise in her ability to analyse cases and give clear advice to clients."

What do others say

Clients say:

"You have always gone above and beyond the call of duty to be there for me and I’ll be forever grateful.”

“Ellen made me feel empowered at a time when I would otherwise have felt lost.”

Described as "one to watch" by Legal 500, Ellen was shortlisted for the Rising Star Award at the Resolution Awards 2022.

Supporting your ambitions

Ellen is motivated, energetic and highly organised. She is committed to understanding each individual client and uses her knowledge and personality to help get them where they want to be. Ellen's deliberately diverse practice ensures clients can benefit from her advice and expertise on a range of issues they and their families may face.

Ellen's children work frequently involves complex issues such as serious allegations of domestic abuse, internal and international relocation applications and disputes between parents on medical, cultural and religious issues. She is increasingly instructed in international child abduction cases in the High Court, and has a developing surrogacy practice.

A significant element of Ellen's divorce and matrimonial finance cases are those involving non-matrimonial assets, pre and post-nuptial agreements, non-disclosure and/or international assets.

While Ellen has significant experience of both litigation and negotiation, she strives to minimise conflict and to support her clients in reaching an agreement where possible.

What else should you know?

Ellen truly cares about community and supporting others. She sits on Resolution's Wellbeing Committee and is the immediate past co-chair of the National Committee of Young Resolution. Ellen also delivers workshops on family law to aspiring lawyers of school age and volunteers with legal charities.

She is an accomplished cellist, saxophonist and singer (though not all at once!).

What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”