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Family Lawyers
Location
London
Advice type
Children law
Cross-border litigation
Divorces
High-value cases
International child relocation
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
Client type
Entrepreneurs
Expats
High-profile clients
HNW
Sector Focus
Legal Advisory Services
Geographical focus
France
Italy
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
Melissa Lesson
Spear’s Review
Melissa Lesson, who joined Mills & Reeve as a partner in 2024, specialises in separation, divorce, trusts and jurisdictional disputes, including children matters.
Lesson tells Spear’s she is pleased to be part of ‘such an established and collaborative team, where there are great opportunities to grow the existing capabilities while enhancing our client offering by providing a wider, international platform’.
Before Mills & Reeve, the trilingual Lesson was head of the Anglo-French family law team and the French group at private client specialists Mishcon de Reya. Her client base remains very international, and she frequently collaborates with legal professionals in France and Italy to resolve cases involving client assets in multiple jurisdictions.
Adviser Profile
Melissa is a dual French and English national and a multilingual speaker.
Melissa specialises in separation, divorce, trusts and jurisdictional disputes, including complex, multi-jurisdictional cases involving significant assets. These often also include private children matters such as residence and contact, prohibited steps and specific issues. Many of Melissa’s clients have been high-profile figures, and she regularly works on cases with lawyers in Paris and on international prenuptial agreements.
Melissa has law degrees from both the Universities of London and Paris and was a pupil at 1 Hare Court. Melissa speaks at international conferences and is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL).
Rank: Top Recommended

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Phone
03442 643743
Address
24 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AT, United Kingdom
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