Fatima Ismail

Fatima joined 1KBW as a tenant in October 2024, following successful completion of her pupillage under the supervision of Peter Newman, Jennifer Perrins, George Gordon and Katy Chokowry.

Fatima accepts instructions across the full spectrum of family law and has been instructed on a range of matrimonial finance, private law children, public law children and international matters.

Prior to joining 1KBW, Fatima worked as a paralegal at a Band 1 litigation law firm, specialising in complex high-net worth matrimonial finance matters. Given Fatima’s ability to speak Arabic fluently, she also assisted with document review as part of ongoing commercial litigation on behalf of a large public entity operating in the Middle East.

Fatima also worked as a Judicial Assistant in the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales. She assisted Sir Nicholas Mostyn, Mrs Justice Theis, and Mrs Justice Judd in matters involving matrimonial finance, schedule 1 proceedings and children work, often with cross-border and complex trust issues. Fatima’s role included producing legal analysis, providing commentary and opinions on cases, and drafting segments of judgments. Fatima also spent time at the UK Supreme Court with Lord Lloyd-Jones, on the Bridging the Bar internship.

Fatima has extensive voluntary experience with organisation such as Bridging the Bar, Advocate (the Bar’s pro-bono charity)and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau. During pupillage, she was awarded the Pupil Pledge for her dedication to pro-bono work. Fatima also contributes to case summaries in the Financial Remedies Journal.