William is by birth a dual Franco-British national. He is rated by the main legal guides as an established expert in Anglo-French and wider European family law disputes.
He is a bilingual French-English speaker. William has insight on the different cultural approaches clients bring to their own cases.
He has more than 25 years lawyer experience and has advised throughout most of that time on hundreds of Anglo-French cases. These involve the full range of complex issues around divorce, separation, finances, children and prenuptial agreements.
In finance cases William deals with high net worth (and very high net worth) cases for families whether they involve entrepreneurs and business owners, professionals, or those with inherited assets. William has acted for Hollywood royalty and for sports stars who are household names, all of whom have European or US connections.
In children matters he has acted on difficult investigations of facts to protect children, children relocation and many other issues which arise in an international context.
Océane is a dual-qualified French Avocat, registered with the Paris Bar, and an English solicitor.
She holds a French Master’s degree in internal, international and comparative family law. Before joining Alexiou Fisher Philipps (now AFP Bloom) in 2020, she undertook two six-month placements in law firms specialised in international family matters, in London and Paris.
Océane represents and advises clients on complex Anglo-French family law cases, including high-value financial claims (sometimes in excess of £100 million) and sensitive private law children issues. Her works covers the consequences of relationship breakdowns (divorces and separations), as well as the preparation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements involving significant wealth.
She is a member of the Franco-British Lawyers Society, and of Resolution, an organisation of family lawyers committed to adopting a constructive and non-confrontational approach in all their cases.
Maëlys is part of cycle regular French interns in our team who assist on day to day tasks in running our Anglo-French and other European cases.
She holds a French Master’s degree in Personal and Families Law from Paris Panthéon-Assas University and is currently a French trainee lawyer at the Paris Bar School. She expects to be qualified as a French Avocat in November 2026.
Before joining AFP Bloom, Maëlys completed several internships in family law, including one at a renowned law firm specialising in international family law in Paris.
Moved by her desire to help families in complex situations, she aspires to become a lawyer specialising in this matter.