Kalpaxis Legal
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For women navigating complex separation

Know where you stand before you decide what's next

A fixed-fee private strategy session with principal lawyer Cassandra Kalpaxis, for separations involving businesses, trusts and substantial asset pools.

  • Business, trust and company interests properly assessed
  • A clear view of your position and the options open to you
  • Private from the first phone call
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Cassandra Kalpaxis, Director and Principal Lawyer

Cassandra Kalpaxis

Director & Principal Lawyer · LL.B · B.Soc.Sc · GDPL

Accreditations and memberships

  • Nationally Accredited MediatorNMAS
  • Family Dispute Resolution PractitionerFDR Register
  • Family Law ArbitratorAIFLAM
  • Accredited Collaborative Divorce PractitionerCPNSW
  • Board member, Collaborative Professionals NSWCPNSW Board
  • International Collaborative Practice PractitionerIACP

Matters we act in

Separation is rarely just one issue.

A business you built. An asset pool that took two decades to assemble. Children whose arrangements need to survive contact with reality. We act where several of these overlap at once — and where the financial detail decides the outcome.

Business & company interests

Valuation timing, director duties, keeping the business trading while the settlement is negotiated.

Trusts & complex structures

Discretionary trusts, SMSFs, shareholdings and loans that need to be untangled properly.

Property & financial settlement

Contributions, superannuation splitting and the realistic range your matter sits in.

High-conflict parenting

Arrangements built to hold, so you are not renegotiating them every school term.

Financial control & safety

Where funds have been withheld, moved or hidden, or where coercion forms part of the picture.

Cross-border matters

Assets, entities or children connected to more than one jurisdiction.

How the session works

This is about strategy, not simply talking through the problem.

Cassandra will help you understand the factors shaping your position, give you preliminary advice, and map the practical choices available to you.

You leave with a plan: what the path forward could look like, what to prepare, and what should happen next.

Cassandra Kalpaxis, Principal Lawyer · about a minute

Your strategy session

Exactly what you are booking

Who you meet

Cassandra Kalpaxis

Principal lawyer, Director of Kalpaxis Legal.

Where

Video, or in person

By secure video anywhere in NSW, or at our Norwest or Armidale office.

What you leave with

  • A confidential review of your circumstances, including business and structural interests
  • A realistic view of your position, explained plainly, including the factors that could change it
  • Your realistic options mapped: negotiation, mediation, arbitration or court
  • The immediate steps to protect your position, ordered by priority
  • A plan: our preliminary, high-level advice on what the path forward looks like, and the next steps for you to prepare
  • Our fees in writing before anything further is charged

Strategy session

$730including GST

One fixed fee. A clear picture of your position and your options, and our fees in writing.

Why we charge: this is a strategy session, not an introductory chat. Nothing further is charged unless you decide to engage us.

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Request your strategy session

Three short steps. You choose how and when we contact you.

  1. 1

    Your request is confirmed

    You will see your chosen contact details and preferred time as soon as you submit.

  2. 2

    A response at the time you choose

    Select a preferred day and time. Our team will confirm availability with you.

  3. 3

    Your strategy session

    By video anywhere in NSW, or in person at Norwest or Armidale.

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Step 1 of 3 · Your situationAbout 60 seconds
What is most at stake right now?
Where are things up to?
Is a business, company or trust involved?
Has the other party engaged a lawyer?

Handled confidentially. Your preferred time is confirmed by our team before the session.

Meet the team

The team supporting your matter

You deserve a team who are not only legally exceptional but genuinely care about your wellbeing. Our focus:

  • Complex separations
  • High-conflict parenting
  • Cross-jurisdictional parenting
  • Separation across cultural and religious contexts
  • Property and financial settlement
  • Family violence and financial control concerns
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Chloe, Associate at Kalpaxis Legal

Chloe

Associate

As an Associate at Kalpaxis Legal, Chloe assists clients with a range of family law matters, supporting them through negotiations, mediation and, where necessary, court proceedings. Chloe is passionate about family law and understands that navigating a family law matter can be a difficult and uncertain time. She takes a warm, approachable and supportive approach, ensuring her clients feel heard, informed and supported throughout the process.

Chloe takes the time to understand each client's individual circumstances and provides clear, practical advice tailored to their needs. Where possible, she aims to help clients resolve their matters constructively and achieve practical outcomes, while avoiding the unnecessary cost and stress that can come with litigation.

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Heela Khatiz, Senior Associate at Kalpaxis Legal

Heela Khatiz

Senior Associate

Heela was admitted to practice in 2019 and has practised exclusively in family law throughout her legal career. She has experience across a broad range of parenting matters involving issues of risk and family violence, as well as property matters involving businesses, trusts, corporate structures, superannuation interests and complex asset pools.

Heela understands that clients often come to a family lawyer at one of the most difficult and uncertain times in their lives. Her approach is warm and approachable, while remaining practical and focused on a strategy to achieve the best possible outcome for her clients.

She prides herself on providing clear and straightforward advice, ensuring her clients understand not only their legal position but also the options available to them and the practical implications of each path forward.

Whether a matter can be resolved through alternative dispute resolution or requires litigation, Heela approaches each case with careful preparation, attention to detail and a strategy tailored to the individual client and their circumstances.

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Client outcomes

What clients say afterwards

5.0Based on 35 Google reviews
“I had an outstanding experience working with Kalpaxis Legal, for my family legal matter and specifically with Niloufar as my lawyer. Throughout the entire legal process, she was professional, knowledgeable, and supportive, providing clear and concise advice on how to proceed with my case. What stood out to me was her compassionate and understanding approach, always putting my well-being first. The receptionist at Kalpaxis Legal was also friendly and approachable, making me feel welcomed and comfortable from the moment I walked through the door. Overall, I highly recommend Kalpaxis Legal for their exceptional service and support.”
Sophie Adolphe
“I couldn't ask for a team more professional then Kalpaxis their precision to detail is immaculate in all areas. They were very attentive to all my needs especially suffering with severe mental health issues and made all areas understandable. Because of their amazing work I am now thriving with much success and they really deserve all credit for this. Their kindness with gifts and check up phone calls to check on my family were also a beautiful touch and really makes you feel a lot of comfort with leaving any issues with them. I can not be any more over the moon with my outcomes and their hard working achievements. Stefano was also a great and humorous person to have done so many hours to make sure there was absolute perfection. Worth every cent and second of my time — I honestly couldn't ask for anyone better. Their history on domestic violence, mental health and basic day to day challenge knowledge is excessively a bonus in this line of work. If you ever find yourself with Kalpaxis Legal you have found yourself in a beautiful trusting foundation. Thank you for everything Kalpaxis — I'll be sure to use you again whenever anything arises.”
Tynesha Aldridge
“How do you begin to thank a team that goes so far above and beyond? I approached Kalpaxis at a very difficult time in my life, and I'm so incredibly grateful that they were recommended to me. Cassandra, Stefano and Heela did more than just get me a better outcome than I could have ever hoped for — the team were so incredibly kind and empathetic. The professionalism and drive to get what was in my best interest knew no bounds. I will never forget Cassandra calming me down; there was a tonne of things to do and she turned to me and said “All you need to do now, is relax. Leave the rest to us”. Who can forget the team by my side at mediation — Stefano you are a rock! Then there is Heela who had to do the opposition's work, but did it as it was me, their client, who they were striving to get a positive result for. This is not an easy time, there is so much uncertainty and confusion, but with Kalpaxis on my side I got the best outcome — far better than I ever expected. You cannot go wrong in using them.”
Belinda-Leigh Barnes
“I highly recommend the Kalpaxis Legal practice. I had the opportunity to be guided under Heela regarding unfortunate family circumstances in recent months. During that time, I was consulted and supported along the way with the utmost professionalism. My situation was approached from various angles with impeccable integrity inside and outside of the judicial system. Heela dedicated herself to ensuring that my legal outcome was fairly just, which resulted favourably. Her approach legally (sufficiently applying the law, scoping every issue raised intently), and humanistically (always answering every correspondence, listening to every fear, and supporting every tear) was of the highest in nature. In searching for a legal firm, this firm is certainly the firm to choose on every level.”
Katrina A. Sardis — Author
“I cannot thank Kalpaxis Legal and Cassandra enough for everything they have done for me and my family. They truly care for their clients and put their heart and soul into everything. Highly recommend.”
Rebbie J
“I highly recommend Heela Khatiz from Kalpaxis Legal. Great customer service and professionalism, I will forever be greatful for her service and dedication and the support I received. I have been religiously working on this case with multiple Lawyers for over 3 years with no win or success. Luckily I was in the hands of Heela Khatiz and she was able to successfully win this case for me. I would recommend her for any court matters.”
Rima Hanna

After you enquire

Here is exactly how it goes. No surprises.

  1. 01Discretion

    Private from the first conversation

    You speak with our team confidentially. Nothing is filed, sent or disclosed, and no one in your professional world needs to know you called.

  2. 02Strategy

    Considered before reactive

    We map parenting, property, business interests and process choices before any action is taken — so your first move is informed, not improvised.

  3. 03Competence

    Calm, sharp, commercially minded

    Measured advocacy across negotiation, mediation, arbitration and, where required, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

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