We know how important it is for you to have the right person working with you.
It’s not just about their legal expertise but also their market experience
and the right personality fit. Whatever you need, we achieve it together.
Learn more about who we are here.
Sarah Walker-Smith
Chief Executive
Sarah Walker-Smith
Chief Executive
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Sarah has executive responsibility for all aspects our strategy, legal and other professional operations as well as delivery of fantastic client service.
Emily Cupi
HR Early Ambitions Advisor
Emily Cupi
HR Early Ambitions Advisor
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Emily is passionate about and committed to developing people, and helping them achieve their potential within the firm.
Gemma Dipple
HR Business Partner
Gemma Dipple
HR Business Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Gemma is passionate about people development and enjoys helping young professionals navigate their careers.
Peter Snodgrass
Partner & Head of Agriculture
Peter Snodgrass
Partner & Head of Agriculture
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Peter advises his farming and landowning clients on a wide variety of matters from partnerships to agricultural tenancies.
Naomi Tudor
Partner & Head of Banking & Financial Services
Naomi Tudor
Partner & Head of Banking & Financial Services
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Naomi and her team work together with funders and their customers to ensure a smooth path to completion of a transaction where all parties are satisfied with the terms.
Vicki Simpson
Partner & Head of Banking & Financial Services
Vicki Simpson
Partner & Head of Banking & Financial Services
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Vicki is a specialist advisor to funders on real estate. She also has a niche expertise in ecclesiastical law.
Richard Wrigley
Partner & Head of Corporate & Commercial
Richard Wrigley
Partner & Head of Corporate & Commercial
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Richard is a vastly experienced lawyer who advises clients on corporate transactions and reorganisations.
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My Recent Articles
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Andrew Whitehead
Senior Partner & Head of Energy
Andrew Whitehead
Senior Partner & Head of Energy
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew is a specialist energy regulatory and contracts lawyer, who works with a range of utility and developer clients and funders to help them manage regulatory and legal risk in a fast moving and complex environment. Andrew is also currently our elected Senior Partner.
Mark Beesley
Partner & Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Mark Beesley
Partner & Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Mark uses his deep understanding of clients’ commercial needs to achieve the best results for them in circumstances of conflict.
Ed Wright
Partner & Head of Sport
Ed Wright
Partner & Head of Sport
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Ed works with clients from all sectors (particularly healthcare/life sciences, sport, technology, media and communications) on wide-ranging non-contentious contractual, IP, data protection and competition law issues.
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Languages:
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French
Louise Drew
Partner & Head of Real Estate
Louise Drew
Partner & Head of Real Estate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Louise engages with clients at an early stage to ensure delivery of projects efficiently, with input from all key stakeholders.
Martin Jones
Partner & Head of Projects, Infrastructure & Regeneration
Martin Jones
Partner & Head of Projects, Infrastructure & Regeneration
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester Colton Square
Martin works with teams to ensure project goals are realised by engaging development partners and other key stakeholders.
Clare Laird
Partner & Head of Private Client
Clare Laird
Partner & Head of Private Client
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Clare is an experienced private client lawyer having practiced in this field for over 20 years.
Adam McGiveron
Partner & Head of Manufacturing
Adam McGiveron
Partner & Head of Manufacturing
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Adam helps businesses and entrepreneurs with his experience, commercially focussed advice and ability to find creative solutions for clients.
Mohammed Saqub
Partner & Head of Islamic Finance
Mohammed Saqub
Partner & Head of Islamic Finance
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Mohammed is a real estate finance and islamic finance specialist with considerable experience in dealing with a range of high-value and complex property investment, finance and development transactions.
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Languages:
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Urdu
Kavita Patel
Partner & Head of Investment Funds
Kavita Patel
Partner & Head of Investment Funds
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Kavita is head of our London office and also heads up our investment funds sector. She has a formidable reputation amongst her clients for technical excellence and getting the job done and is regarded as the ‘rainmaker of the team’.
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Languages:
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Gujarati
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Hindi
Duncan James
Partner & Head of Family Business
Duncan James
Partner & Head of Family Business
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Duncan works with fast growing family businesses and entrepreneurs to ensure they are successful and to help them achieve their goals through acquisitions, funding lines and exit and succession planning.
Mary Kaye
Partner & Head of Family
Mary Kaye
Partner & Head of Family
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Mary deals with all aspects of marriage and relationship breakdown, with a particular emphasis on serious children cases.
Smita Jamdar
Partner & Head of Education
Smita Jamdar
Partner & Head of Education
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Smita leads the team that works to shape the universities and colleges of the future by providing strategic advice and sector specific insight across all their legal needs.
Abigail Walters
Partner
Abigail Walters
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester Colton Square
Abigail works with parties affected by planning and compulsory purchase issues, including public and private sector clients and utilities.
Adrian Bland
Partner
Adrian Bland
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Adrian is an experienced head of commercial real estate with an outstanding record as a leader in the legal services industry. Skilled in strategy, project leadership, negotiation and making things happen.
Alan Hamblett
Partner
Alan Hamblett
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Alan handles complex and high value disputed debt claims.
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Languages:
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French
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German
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Spanish
Alex Smith
Partner
Alex Smith
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Alex takes a pragmatic commercial approach with clients and their stakeholders to ensure they achieve their development goals.
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My Recent Articles
- MIPIM 2019 Day three – Our team reflect on MIPIM 2019!
Andrew Adams
Partner
Andrew Adams
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew works with teams to achieve the best commercial and strategic outcome to complex commercial disputes.
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MIPIM 2019 Day three – Our team reflect on MIPIM 2019!
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Real Estate & Planning
MIPIM 2019 Day two – It’s all happening in the Midlands!
13 Mar
Real Estate & Planning
MIPIM 2019 Day one – Our team reflect on the events of day one at MIPIM
13 Mar
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