Family - Will Mercer
Family - Will Mercer

Will Mercer

Partner – Head of Family

St Albans

william.mercer@taylorwalton.co.uk

01727 818509

  • About me
  • Qualifications
  • Memberships

I am a Partner and Head of 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.

  • LLB from Sheffield University
  • LPC from the University of Law

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

I was particularly impressed with the support and advice I received from Will Mercer. Will was able to walk me clearly and calmly through often complex matters. As these matters were also quite emotional he was able to help me separate that out from the factual and pragmatic approach required to reach a resolution. Will consistently responded promptly and accurately. He also provided much needed moral support to get me through the whole divorce process. – Legal 500, 2025

Will Mercer is very knowledgeable, providing his clients with clear and strategic advice. He will always use his best efforts to settle a case without recourse to the court which benefits all parties. He is robust and determined to achieve the best outcome for his clients whilst having a great deal of care and compassion. – Legal 500, 2025

Will Mercer runs an efficient, ethical team. He provides realistic quality advice to his clients. He is easy to work with and is someone you can call and have a constructive discussion with to narrow the issues and help both parties. – Legal 500, 2024

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, 2023

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* Client review

Will Mercer’s posts

07 November 2022

Cohabiting couples and “common law marriage” – time for reform of the law?

For some time, there have been calls for reform in relation to the rights of cohabiting couples but as far… read more
18 April 2019

Blame in divorce proceedings to be eradicated

Family Law practitioners who have been calling for a change in divorce law will note with optimism the outcome of the Government’s recent… read more

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