LGBTQ+ Solicitors

Shakespeare Martineau has been committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within its own business for many years. Our business is increasingly diverse and so are our clients.

We are not like other firms, we do things differently.

As part of our ongoing commitment to increasing access to legal services for all, we have developed a real focus in answer to requests from the LGBT community for advice to be provided in an approachable, empathetic and non-judgemental way by lawyers that truly understand the issues they may face particularly concerning their personal matters.

How we can help

With the relatively recent changes to legislation enabling same-sex marriages and civil partnerships, there are now opportunities for LGBT people to live in legally recognised family units, adopting children or having children of their own via surrogacy.

With our wealth of expertise, we can advise on a range of legal issues including preparing for marriage and civil partnerships as well as divorce and dissolution, adoption and surrogacy, Wills and estate planning including philanthropy and inheritance tax mitigation.

Being a full multi-service firm, we can assist you with the setup and running of your business including succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, insurance, financing and banking. We will work with you to enhance the success of your business for you, your family and those important to you whoever they may be.

Areas of expertise

• Family
• Fertility and surrogacy
• Pre and postnuptial agreements
• Powers of Attorney
• Divorce
• Personal Tax Planning
• Estate Administration
• Intellectual Property
• Corporate