Joanna Grandfield

What can I do for you

Joanna is a specialist financial and children lawyer who heads up the firm's London family team. A trained barrister who is also a mediator and collaborative lawyer, her work involves advising clients with complex financial and children issues arising from family breakdown. She also drafts and advises on wealth protection issues such as pre and post marital agreements.

What do others say

"A tremendous asset...Calm, assured, diligent and clearly very knowledgeable, Joanna performed superbly throughout the proceedings." A client

"Commercially astute and extremely personable. She knows what she is doing at every stage of the process and is fearless in a battle". Chambers UK

"Brilliant and has a steely determination to do the best for her clients". Legal 500

Supporting your ambitions

As a partner in a top family law firm, legal expertise is a given. Joanna takes the time not only to get to grips with the legal complexities but also to understand what clients really want and how they want to get there, working together to formulate a strategy and create a team to achieve it.

Leading counsel commented, Joanna is: "Really bright and talented. She is really competent and not at all fazed by the numbers. She is very resourceful in terms of bringing together disciplines to manage cases at that level, she can bring together all of that".

What else should you know?

Joanna takes a particular interest in mental health and has acted as trustee for a start up charity looking to provide services to children and young people. She has also been a school governor and academy director.

She is also a mother of two and a lamentable cook.

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.”

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Insights from Joanna

06 Oct 2021