Helen Greenfield

Helen is a director and mediator at Family Law in Partnership. She trained as a mediator under the supervision of FLiP’s Head of Mediation, Dominic Raeside, one of the most experienced mediators in the country.

Drawing on her experience as a family lawyer, Helen provides clients in mediation with the support needed to find solutions to issues arising as a result of divorce or separation.  She aims to promote constructive dialogue, reduce conflict, and minimise the emotional and financial strain associated with the more acrimonious processes.  In doing this, she works to facilitate positive discussion and will endeavour to guide the couple towards mutually acceptable solutions.

Helen mediates clients on all issues, both as a sole and co-mediator, including those relating to finances and children. Mediation sessions with Helen can take place online or in person, either in London or Brighton.

Helen is ranked in the Chambers HNW Guide 2025 and UK 2026 Spotlight Table of family mediators. Comments include “Helen is very down to earth and pragmatic. She is always looking for the most sensible and cost-effective outcome” and “Helen is a credit to Family Law in Partnership. She is energetic, pragmatic and can fight a client’s corner.”

Helen is a member of Resolution. She volunteers for the Family Law Panel’s domestic abuse helpline (run by OnlyMums and OnlyDads) and Restored Lives, a charity dedicated to creating resources to support anyone going through the breakup of a significant relationship. Helen is also a member of Amicable Divorce Network, a global network of professionals dedicated to supporting low-conflict, child-centered, ethical and efficient divorce.

You can view Helen’s lawyer profile here.

Helen’s recent mediations include:

• Working with a British couple living in Singapore. Their issues were complicated by the fact that the wife is in Singapore on a spousal visa and they wanted to find a way to end their relationship whilst enabling her to stay in the country. The discussions centred around putting a separation agreement in place with a view to divorcing in a couple of years.  They also explored their potential longer-term plans, for example, whether they were going to stay in Singapore or move elsewhere and what this might look like.  The mediation took place online.
• A complex children matter for Italian parents with two young children. Dad was still living in Italy and Mum was in UK with the children.  Discussions centred around ongoing contact, specifically in relation to an incident which had led social services to advise the children should only have supervised contact with the Father. The parents used mediation to help try and break this impasse.
• Working with a co-parenting homosexual couple (male and female) who had agreed to have two children through artificial insemination. Discussions centred around the arrangements for each parent to spend time with the children and trying to work through issues linked to past addiction and behavioural problems. Helen also worked with a child inclusive mediator to make sure the children’s voices could be heard.