Roopa has over 20 years’ experience advising on family law matters and is a qualified family mediator and collaborative lawyer. She has significant expertise negotiating financial settlements on behalf of clients who are divorcing or separating and acting on complex children issues. Her cases often have international elements or third-party interests, such as family trusts and prenuptial agreements.
Roopa’s clients include wealthy individuals, entrepreneurs, academics, and trustees who instruct her for her specialisms in divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships, financial settlements and negotiation, pre- and post-nuptial agreements.
I was introduced to Roopa by a friend and she couldn’t have been more knowledgable, supportive and on the ball throughout my divorce negotiations. Roopa offered clear advice and gave options to help make things run quicker and easier without rolling over! Calls were punctual and limited to only when they were required to keep costs down. Thanks Roopa!
Lucy Wibberley, Client
Expertise
- Divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships
- Division of finances on separation/divorce.
- Pre- and post-nuptial agreements
- Section 37 proceedings and freezing injunctions
- Interim maintenance
- Separation agreements
- Cohabitation agreements
- Acting for third-party interests, i.e. intervenors
- Disputes involving children – both national and international including child arrangement orders, prohibited steps orders, specific issue orders and urgent applications, and relocation with children both nationally and internationally
- Injunctions – non-molestation and occupation orders
- Collaborative law
- Mediation
- Private FDRs
- Arbitration and other forms of NCDR
Experience
- Acted for a wife with a considerable inherited property portfolio. Dealt with the matter through non-court dispute resolution at a private FDR and reached a settlement that recognised the needs of the father but importantly also recognised the source of the family wealth, with the wife receiving credit for this.
- Advised on a prenuptial agreement where there was dynastic wealth on one side in excess of £80m.
- Advised a wife in divorce proceedings where the assets were global and one trust alone exceeded £500m in value. This involved complicated tax issues and therefore consultation with a number of tax advisers.
- Advised a mother on relocating with her children from one part of England to reside with her new partner in Cambridgeshire. The competing interests involved one child whose father resided in the original location and was opposed the move, set against the desire of the mother to establish family life with her new partner and father of her youngest child who could not relocate to the original area because of work.
- Advised a husband in a same-sex marriage on financial settlement issues where there had already been an earlier division of assets.
- Acted for a husband in both financial and children matters. Wife was extremely hostile to husband’s financial claims especially as all three of their children had additional needs that needed to be factored in. Wife inflated her claims. The matter was resolved at final hearing.
- Acted for a business owner whose wife was also a shareholder and was undermining the day-to-day running of the business as well as alienating the children against their father. Dealt with both financial and Children Act applications to court.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Recognised in Chambers UK 2025 for Family/Matrimonial
“Roopa has an excellent understanding of family law. She sends timely, comprehensive and to-the-point communications. I find her to be a very able advocate. She is excellent.”Chambers UK 2025
“Roopa is really brilliant. She is a really astute tactician who knows the points and how to run them. She is very supportive as an instructing solicitor.””Chambers UK 2025
“She has a great deal of experience, is tactical and committed to client care. She is dedicated and stands out head and shoulders above the rest in terms of what she does outside of the office.”Chambers UK 2025
Acknowledged by Chambers 2025 for acting on cases spanning the whole range of family law, from high net worth financial matters to child relocation cases. She is a qualified mediator and collaborative lawyer.
Recommended in Spears 500 for Family Law
Recognised in The Legal 500 2024 for East Anglia: Private Client: Family
‘Roopa Ahluwalia is an outstanding family lawyer. She is comprehensive in her approach ensuring matters are progressed effectively and efficiently. She ensures she leaves no stone unturned in her pursuit of a fair out come for her clients.’ The Legal 500 2024
‘ Roopa is approachable and organised in her work. She is easy to contact, both by email and by phone. She will also pick up the phone to speak if it is easier than sending emails.’ The Legal 500 2024
‘Roopa Ahluwalia stands out for her extensive experience, tactical acumen, and commitment to client care. Her ability to blend robust legal advice with empathy sets her apart from many others. Ahluwalia’s approach to minimising court interventions, unless absolutely necessary, and her skills in negotiation and mediation are particularly valued. Her dedication to achieving the best outcomes for her clients, paired with her expertise in a wide range of family law matters, sets her apart from competitors.’ The Legal 500 2024
‘Roopa Ahluwalia is unique due to her compassionate and pragmatic approach to family law’ The Legal 500 2024
“Level-headed and pragmatic” and “manages to combine a robust legal knowledge with a caring, empathic approach to her clients.” The Legal 500 2023
Member of Resolution & Former Chair of the Cambridge & West Suffolk Committee
Member of the Cambridgeshire Law Society
Member of the Law Society’s Family Law Committee
Career
Roopa qualified as a solicitor in 2001. Prior to joining Keystone in 2024, Roopa worked at the following firms:
- HCR Hewitsons
- BDB Pitmans
- Birketts LLP