Lesley Smythe

Partner

Lesley is a proactive and determined family solicitor with 25 years of experience in non-contentious and contentious family law, with specialist expertise in divorce matters, separation agreements, and financial settlements. Lesley advises on high-value money cases for clients across Manchester and surrounding areas, Cheshire, Liverpool and North Wales., having worked in top rated practices across the North West and Yorkshire. She is respected for her candid, supportive, and personable approach to clients, attributes which are essential in providing high-quality family law services. Lesley supports families and children through difficult divorces and relationship breakdowns, investing personal care into every matter she handles. Practising since 1997, Lesley’s approach to high-net-worth family law is holistic, taking cases considering business valuations across different sectors, pensions issues, and maintenance payments through all levels of the courts system from District Judges to the Court of Appeal. Her wealth of knowledge and experience allow her to form strategies to be able to give effective and commercial advice throughout.