Russell Cooke Kingston Upon Thames

About Maria

Maria specialises in all aspects of private family law including divorce, financial disputes, pre and post nuptial agreements and children matters

Maria is a member of Resolution and whilst she is committed to resolving matters outside of the court process where possible, she is also experienced in advising clients through contested litigation and other alternative dispute resolution processes. 

Maria seeks to adopt a pragmatic approach to her cases, helping clients to identify the right process for them in order to resolve their case in their best interests and as expeditiously and cost effectively as possible.

Maria trained and subsequently qualified into boutique family law firms where she worked on complex financial matters, nuptial agreements and disputes between parents. Maria qualified in August 2021 and joined Russell-Cooke in June 2023.

Experience

  • Assisted on financial remedy proceedings which had an international element with complex business structures and overseas assets.
  • Assisted on financial remedy proceedings where there is a jurisdiction dispute.

Education and Qualification

  • Read English at Nottingham University
  • Studied the Graduate Diploma in law and accelerated Legal Practice Course at BPP University.

Memberships

  • A member of Resolution, an organisation of family lawyers focused on achieving family and child focused resolutions to disputes, and Young Resolution.

Maria's highlights

News

16.03.2026

Minority stake sales and asset carve outs: the rise of women’s football and the options available for clubs and investors

As financial pressures intensify across football, clubs are turning to increasingly sophisticated corporate financing techniques to raise capital, manage regulatory...
Will Talbot-Davies, Trainee in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, regulation and compliance team.
Will Talbot-Davies
6 min Read
News

11.03.2026

The Renters’ Rights Act and upward-only rent reviews: what charity landlords and tenants need to know

What the Renters’ Rights Act means for charity landlords, and how proposed reform of upward-only rent reviews could affect new commercial leases.
Seema Gill, associate in the Russell-Cooke, charities team.
Seema Gill
3 min Read
News

09.03.2026

Russell-Cooke acts for the child in complex adoption case involving sibling placement dispute

Samantha Little, consultant in the children law team has acted for the child in a complex adoption case: T (A Child), Re (Non-Agency Adoption) [2026] EWHC...
Samantha Little, Consultant in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, family and children team.
Samantha Little
1 min Read
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