Contact Details
Dawson Cornwell LLP
11 Staple Inn
London
WC1V 7QH
England
- + 44 20 7242 2556
- + 44 7442 337 497
- hilka.hollmann@dawsoncornwell.com
- https://dawsoncornwell.com/
Profile
Partner specialising in international and domestic adoptions and surrogacy, assisted
reproduction, alternative family planning, relocations, abductions, jurisdictional disputes, and
complex care proceedings, often involving cross-border issues and the most serious
allegations of sexual abuse, non-accidental injuries, factitious illness and radicalisation.
Accredited by the Law Society to represent children in court proceedings. Has acted in
many leading and reported cases and provided expert legal advice on English law for
proceedings in other jurisdictions; consistently ranked in legal directories as the “top expert
in international adoption and surrogacy cases” and “an impressive advocate who deals with
some of the most complex cases for children”, with a “razor sharp mind”.
Resolution accredited adoption and abduction specialist, officer of the IBA Family Law
Committee, member of the Law Society’s Children Panel, the Association of Lawyers for
Children, the Child Abduction Lawyers Association, and CoramBAAF, and a trustee of
Children and Families across Borders (CFAB).
Languages Spoken: bilingual English/German, some French and Russian
Practice Areas: Adoption, Appeals, Child Care/Public Law, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Parentage/Paternity, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Surrogacy
