A Brazilian-qualified lawyer with a postgraduate specialisation in family law, Sandra supports divorce, children and financial proceedings with trilingual fluency — native Portuguese, professional English and Italian — and a cross-jurisdictional eye few family teams can offer.
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Core Practice Areas
Divorce and matrimonial proceedings, child arrangements and financial disputes — documentation, filings and client liaison.
Native Portuguese and professional Italian and English — advice without the translation gap.
Cross-border document coordination and cultural context between the Brazilian and UK legal systems.
Court bundles, deadline and compliance monitoring, and meticulous file management that keeps cases moving.
Professional Background & Education
Sandra holds a Bachelor of Laws from Brazil and a postgraduate qualification in family law, grounding her in civil, constitutional, family and procedural law — now paired with working knowledge of the UK legal system and court procedure. That dual perspective is precisely what international families navigating an English divorce need at the paperwork level, where cases are won and lost.
In PracticeFamily Law Support & Proceedings
Her day-to-day work spans divorce and matrimonial proceedings, child arrangement matters and financial dispute resolution: preparing legal documents and court bundles, managing filings and deadlines, and keeping clients informed at every stage. For Portuguese- and Italian-speaking clients, she is the bridge that makes the process legible.
How She WorksClient Care & Professional Approach
Professional, approachable and solution-focused — rigorous legal knowledge paired with genuine cultural awareness. Sandra's philosophy is simple: every client should feel heard, understood and well supported, in whichever of her three languages that takes.
Sandra's Practice Areas at Connaught LawFor family proceedings — in English, Portuguese or Italian — Connaught Law will put the right team behind your case.