Tees—Helen Midgley

Tees has appointed a new partner, Helen Midgley, in its families and divorce team.

Helen began her legal career with Tees in 2013 by completing the week-long summer vacation scheme. She joined the firm later that year as a trainee solicitor.

Helen is passionate about nurturing the next generation of legal talent: she now manages Tees’ vacation scheme and is actively involved in selecting all new trainee solicitors. Her legal practice spans a wide range of family cases, including divorce proceedings, financial settlements, child arrangements and cohabitation disputes. Her support for clients makes her an invaluable part of the families and divorce team and the wider firm.

In addition to her legal skills and her considerable empathy with clients, Helen is an experienced family mediator, shortly to complete her accreditation. She also advises couples on a joint basis, adopting the innovative Resolution Together approach (one couple, one lawyer) to reduce unnecessary conflict in separating families.

Helen said: ‘Tees’ key values include empathy, collaboration and straightforwardness, and I have strongly identified with these ever since I joined the firm. I am very proud to have been invited to join the partnership in such a short time and I hope that this will encourage enthusiastic individuals to consider a career with Tees. 

‘I look forward to working with my Families and Divorce team colleagues to continue delivering an excellent client experience and, particularly, to develop our non-court dispute resolution services, to offer sympathetic and constructive alternatives to court as a way of settling family disputes.’

Senior partner Catherine Mowat added: ‘I am delighted to see Helen join the partnership. She has firmly established herself in the Bishop’s Stortford and wider business community and brings a wealth of experience, becoming a trusted adviser to many clients.

‘We are proud to continually support career progression at Tees and Helen very much deserves her new position.’