Our Family Lawyers

Heidi Menkes

Partner
Accredited Specialist in Family Law

T  61 2 8202 9202
E  hmenkes@pefamilylaw.com


Heidi is an Accredited Family Law Specialist having practised exclusively in the area of family law since 2008. Heidi is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) and has been a partner of the firm since 2020.

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 and a Rising Star in family law in the Australian legal market for 2020.

Heidi is a dynamic and pragmatic lawyer who has extensive experience acting for high net worth individuals in a wide range of family law matters ranging from complex property matters that include sophisticated trust and corporate structures, to spousal maintenance, financial agreements, matters involving third parties, child support and parenting

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

Heidi’s empathy, combined with her technical and commercial skills, allow her to clearly identify her client’s objectives and provide strategic and practical advice, helping to achieve favourable outcomes for her clients.

Heidi is collaboratively trained and can offer this as an alternative way for clients to reach a commercially sound resolution to their dispute at an early stage.

Heidi is a member of:

  • The Law Society of New South Wales

  • Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia

  • Women Lawyers' Association of NSW

  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

  • Collaborative Professionals (NSW) Inc

  • Central Sydney Collaborative Forum


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