Heidi Menkes

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Profile

Heidi is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and has been a Partner at Pearson Emerson Family Lawyers in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia since 2020.

 Whilst Heidi acts for clients in relation to all aspects of family law, her practice primarily focuses on advising high net worth individuals in relation to complex cross-jurisdictional property matters that involve sophisticated trust and corporate structures, spousal maintenance, financial agreements, de facto and same sex relationships, matters involving third parties, and child support.

 Heidi also has a specialised practice in parenting matters that involve an international element and has been involved in a number of successful Hague Convention and international relocation matters.

 Doyle’s 2025 Guide to the Australian Legal Market has recognised Heidi as a recommended family lawyer in Sydney. Heidi was also recommended as a family lawyer for parenting and children’s matters in NSW for 2023. 

 In 2023 Heidi co-authored the Australian Chapter of the Chambers & Partners Global Practice Guide on child relocation trends, developments and child relocation law and practice in Australia.

Languages Spoken: English

Practice Areas: Appeals, Arbitration, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Collaborative Law, Divorce, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Trusts, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony

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