Mark Heptinstall > Slater Heelis > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Slater Heelis Offices
86 DEANSGATE
MANCHESTER
M3 2ER
England
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Mark Heptinstall
Work Department
Family
Position
Mark joined Slater Heelis in 2005 and is Partner and Head of the Family Department. Mark holds two part-time judicial appointments as a Deputy District Judge (Civil & Family) and a Recorder (Family) on the Northern Circuit. He is authorised to deal with complex finance cases.
Mark specialises in family high net worth finances, often involving high profile individuals with complex asset bases and structure. These often involve multiple jurisdictions and parties. He also deals with high conflict children cases. Mark is also a fully trained Collaborative Lawyer and committed to ADR.
Mark has an array of clients both in the UK, particularly the South East and overseas including other professionals such as Barristers, Solicitors, business directors, media & sports personalities and medical professionals. Mark’s clients are almost exclusively personally referred to him by former clients and other professionals locally, nationally and internationally.
Mark is recognised as a leading lawyer in the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and is described as a “very thorough, proactive and a hard negotiator” and recognised as a leading individual in the Legal 500.
Career
From Trainee Solicitor to Partner & Head of Family Slater Heelis, 2005 – Present
Memberships
Resolution, past President & Vice-President of the Trafford Law Society
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Private client > Family
(Leading individuals)‘An impressive, forward-thinking, solution-focused firm’, Slater Heelis’s arsenal of capabilities includes a significant alternative dispute resolution offering, with a number of collaborative and resolution accredited mediators within its ranks. The team boasts an extensive track record handling complicated nuptial agreement mandates, as well as Schedule One Children Act and children relocation cases. Mark Heptinstall is a ‘true professional’, utilising his collaborative lawyer credentials to competently settle financial disputes, especially where trusts and international assets are present. Charlotte Beck provides trusted counsel to couples in cohabitation disputes or seeking post-separation advice, while Patricia Robinson, also a trained collaborative lawyer, has been involved in extensive, multi-faceted proceedings involving divorce, financial and child welfare aspects, as well as cross-border components. Phillip Rhodes departed to Irwin Mitchell in 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud