Simon Magner Mawdsley > Aaron & Partners LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Aaron & Partners LLP Offices

1 Tabley Court
Victoria St
Altrincham
WA14 1EZ
England
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Simon Magner Mawdsley

Work Department
Family Law
Position
Partner
Career
Described by clients as “an excellent listener, open and engaging”, “exceptional”, “reassuring” and “insightful”, Simon acts for a range of clients in all aspects of relationship breakdowns including divorce, resolution of financial matters, civil partnerships, cohabitation disputes, pre- and post-marital agreements, injunctions, and children matters.
Simon understands that the breakdown of a relationship is a difficult and stressful period, and offers support and advice to ensure the best possible outcome for his clients. He works with each client to manage the case at the right pace for them.
He is an experienced family law Solicitor receiving instructions in respect of complex and high-net worth matters, including cases involving businesses, farming partnerships, complex family structures, companies, and pensions. He regularly leverages relationships with leading barristers for his clients’ benefit.
Simon has extensive knowledge of protecting his clients’ non-matrimonial assets via pre and post-nuptial agreements.
He has experience of cohabitation cases under ToLATA 1996. Simon has drafted cohabitation/separation agreements for non-married couples.
Simon acts for clients in respect of applications to deal with arrangements for children and Schedule 1 applications for financial support for children.
Simon has successfully advised clients on matters with inter-jurisdictional complications.
He is a member of Resolution, an organisation founded in 1982 by a group of family lawyers who believed that a non-confrontational approach to family law issues would produce better outcomes for separating families and their children.
Education
Simon was educated on the Isle of Man before attending the University of Liverpool to study history. Simon completed the graduate diploma in law at BPP Manchester and qualified as a solicitor in 2010.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Private client > Family
(Next Generation Partners)Chester-based Aaron & Partners LLP is praised as an ‘absolutely first-class‘ family practice by clients, and the group has particular expertise in advising high-net-worth individuals on the financial aspects of a relationship breakdown. The team represents land owners, business owners, and farmers on marital agreements and complex financial structures. Practice head Simon Magner Mawdsley is ‘an outstanding family lawyer with huge intellect and real empathy‘, and he is sought after for his high-net-worth financial remedy and children work. Other key practitioners include Lorraine Saunders, who focuses on high-net-worth remedy work and private children law, and finance specialist Victoria Syvret, who is also a seasoned mediator.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery