Will Mercer
Partner
Family Law
About
I am a partner in our Family Department based in St Albans. I advise clients on all aspects of family law including divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships, financial arrangements on the breakdown of relationships, children matters, cohabitation issues and pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.
I am a committed member of Resolution and maintain an honest and professional stance while fighting for my clients’ preferred outcomes with passion and determination.
I am calm even in the most heated of cases and receive universally positive feedback from clients. I have a broad skill set and have advised clients in a number of complicated financial matters including cases which involved farming assets, elements of ring-fencing non-matrimonial assets, conduct and addback arguments, and post separation accrual of assets. In children matters, I have significant experience of acting for parents in a range of applications including where one parent is having little or no contact with the children and where there are serious allegations of domestic abuse.
I am regularly instructed to give advice and prepare pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements for clients.
Having grown up and studied in St Albans I am well known in the area. My established local roots can also be seen through my time at the Firm having joined as a trainee in 2009 and qualified in 2011 before promotion to partner in July 2016.
Interests
I enjoy playing and watching sport and spending time with my young family.
Joined Taylor Walton in 2009
What our clients say
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your help and advice during the final part of this long process. Your work has been excellent and your courtesy and patience towards me very much appreciated. I would not hesitate to use Taylor Walton again.”
“I just wanted to thank you for all your help over the last few months. It was a very difficult, stressful period in my life but your support and clear, considered advice helped me enormously, as did your patience when having to explain things I hadn't understood. Thank you very much.”
“I was very fortunate to have Will Mercer as my divorce solicitor. He was so supportive during this difficult time as well as being extremely knowledgeable and thorough. He gave me good, practical advice and always reassured me when things were tough. He was extremely efficient and I felt that he went over and above to achieve the best outcome for me, for which I will always be very grateful”.
"I can’t recommend TW enough; Will Mercer has been superb in every engagement over a number of years. Professional, personable, empathetic and above all, expert council. Brilliant to work with." -5* Google
"Will is a stand out partner. He is empathetic, honest, and adopts a constructive and practical approach to his matters. He is trusted by clients, very knowledgeable and they are in safe hands." -Legal 500
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