Our People
Andrew Taylor
Partner & Head of Restructuring
Andrew Taylor
Partner & Head of Restructuring
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew is a highly regarded and experienced restructuring lawyer.
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Languages:
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English
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French
Duncan James
Partner & Head of Finance & Advisory Services
Duncan James
Partner & Head of Finance & Advisory Services
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.
Michael Stace
Partner & Head of Corporate
Michael Stace
Partner & Head of Corporate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Michael specialises in corporate finance; advising public and private companies, individuals and institutions on domestic and international M&A, private equity investments, restructurings and joint ventures. He also advises on partnership matters.
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.
Rachel Gwynne
Partner & Head of Social Housing
Rachel Gwynne
Partner & Head of Social Housing
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Rachel provides strategic advice and support to housing associations, charities and other not-for-profit organisations.
Andrew Smith
Partner
Andrew Smith
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Andrew loves working with businesses and their owners, using his experience and knowledge to solve problems and build value.
Ben Harber
Partner
Ben Harber
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Ben leads our team of company secretaries and corporate governance advisors in our London office, providing invaluable compliance and corporate governance services to a wide range of companies.
Catherine Moss
Partner
Catherine Moss
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
As a corporate lawyer, Catherine supports her clients by ensuring that their legal and commercial needs are met with timely practical and creative solutions.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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Spanish
Daniel Jennings
Partner
Daniel Jennings
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Daniel is a highly regarded experienced specialist commercial litigator and defamation expert
Danielle Lister
Partner
Danielle Lister
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Danielle is an Employment Partner at Shakespeare Martineau, working in the Lincoln office. She has been practicing Employment law for over 16 years, including having successfully led a team of Employment lawyers in a previous position.
Gemma Tyson
Partner
Gemma Tyson
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Gemma has been working in the healthcare sector for over 15 years and has acted for dentists, pharmacists, opticians, care home providers, domiciliary care agency providers, fostering agencies and specialist care providers in a wide range of transactions.
Grant Docherty
Partner
Grant Docherty
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Scotland
Grant heads up the banking practice in Scotland and has more than 32 years’ experience in the banking sector.
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My Recent Articles
- Dispute Resolution Expert Joins Scottish Firm In Edinburgh
Heledd Wyn
Partner
Heledd Wyn is a Partner specialising in private client & long-term care. Based in Bristol Heledd has a great deal of experience across a range of future planning, private wealth and Court of Protection work.
James Hawkeswood
Partner
James Hawkeswood
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Southampton
James leads the firm’s corporate offering from our Southampton footprint, providing commercially relevant and astute advice in relation to shareholder and financing issues and generally on corporate governance matters.
Jody Webb
Partner
Jody Webb
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Jody leads on substantial transactions including acquisitions, disposals, management buy outs and private equity investments with a particular focus on the UK mid-market with values of circa £5m – £100m across a variety of sectors.
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My Recent Articles
- Joint venture partnership to deliver £53m Sheffield BTR scheme
Jonathan Tyson
Partner
Jonathan Tyson
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Jonathan has worked in the healthcare sector since 2006. He really enjoys getting to know clients well and building long-term relationships with them.
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Jordan has experience working with healthcare operators and education clients for some 15 years.
Julian Turnbull
Partner
Julian Turnbull
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Julian’s expertise covers commercial and corporate finance for a wide spectrum of businesses looking for pragmatic and / or innovative solutions.
Justine Ball
Partner
Justine Ball
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Justine enjoys engaging and working with her clients to successfully realise their aims in relation to their property issues.
Katie Taken
Partner
Katie Taken
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Katie is a Partner in the Corporate team at Shakespeare Martineau. She supports clients across a range of sectors, with a specific expertise in the healthcare sector (in particular in the pharmacy, dental and childcare sectors).
Mark Taylor
Partner
Mark is a Partner in our sector leading education team, advising on education collaborations and governance. Mark is recognised by Legal 500 and has spent all of his legal career advising in the education sector.
Martyn Thorpe
Partner
Martyn is a commercial energy and contracts lawyer. He works in our specialist Commercial Energy and Utilities team, with a particular focus on gas and LNG.
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My Recent Articles
- Chancellor Unveils Ambitious Plans to Boost UK Economy
Matt Ainsworth
Partner
Matt Ainsworth
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Matt specialises in corporate finance; advising public and private companies, individuals and institutions on domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity investments, IPOs and secondary fund raisings, restructurings and joint ventures.
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My Recent Articles
- Direct Track Solutions Ltd announces sale to Schwihag AG
Matt McDonald
Partner
Matt McDonald
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Matt’s expertise cover all areas of Employment law. He has considerable experience of advising clients on complex employment litigation, senior hires and exits, large-scale redundancy exercises and complicated TUPE issues.