Our People
Alex Smith
Partner & Managing Director
Alex Smith
Partner & Managing Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
As Managing Director of Shakespeare Martineau’s Infrastructure & Specialist Markets Business Unit, I’m responsible for the strategic growth of the business unit, working closely with colleagues in the development of our strategy, values and culture.
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My Recent Articles
- We announce 24 promotions
- Shakespeare Martineau completes GL Law merger
Paul Bird
Chief Financial Officer
Paul is our Chief Financial Officer and plays a significant role in Shakespeare Martineau’s strategic leadership through an extensive knowledge of growing and managing UK and international businesses.
David Browne
Partner & Head of Employment LawPartner & Head of Employment Law Law
David Browne
Partner & Head of Employment LawPartner & Head of Employment Law Law
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
David is Head of Employment Law and the lead employment partner for the firm’s education clients and provides sector specialist advice to universities and colleges.
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.
Catherine Savage
Partner
Catherine Savage
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Catherine works predominantly with our education clients, providing strategic advice in relation to contentious matters.
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.
Esther Maxwell
Partner
Esther Maxwell
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Esther is an experienced and trusted advisor to the firm’s education clients and supports universities, FE colleges and schools in dealing with a range of sensitive and complex employment and education related issues. As well as being a solicitor, she is a qualified workplace mediator, using her mediation skills to help nip workplace issues in the bud. She also regularly undertakes investigations into matters involving both staff and students.
James Hawkeswood
Partner
James Hawkeswood
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Works from Home
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.
Joe Soul
Partner
Joe Soul
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Joe is a commercial real estate lawyer with over 20 years experience working with healthcare operators and has particular expertise in the funding, ownership and development of care homes, new medical centres and private medical hospitals.
Jon Heuvel
Partner
Jon Heuvel
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Jon supports business owners and HR teams in providing strategic people management advice across a range of industries and sectors.
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My Recent Articles
- Multilaw Global Conference 2023
- Preparing for IR35 | Contracts Review
Jonathan Fear
Partner
Jonathan Fear
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Jonathan builds long-term trust based on a thoughtful appreciation of the individuality of each client and transaction.
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My Recent Articles
- Major New Leicestershire Development Takes Step Forward
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Jordan has experience working with healthcare operators and education clients for some 15 years.
Kerry Russell
Partner
Kerry Russell
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Kerry specialises in intellectual property infringement disputes, non-contentious intellectual property exploitation and advertising law, working with both private and public sector clients.
Ranked as an Associate to Watch for IP in Yorkshire 2023, by Chambers and Partners UK
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.
Paul Hardman
Partner
Paul is a Partner and Head of the Corporate team in the Bristol office. He trained and has worked in Bristol and Bath over many years and has a deep understanding of the issues affecting SME businesses and their owners.
Ruth Phillips
Partner
Ruth Phillips
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Ruth uses her technical background in the industry to provide practical legal solutions to her clients.
Selina Hinchliffe
Partner
Selina Hinchliffe
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Selina specialises in transactional and advisory IP matters. She advises across the board on all IP rights.
Tom Long
Partner
Tom Long
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Tom is ranked as a Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2024 edition and is also part of a team ranked as a Top Tier Firm for Education in the same edition.
Tom works with employers to prevent and resolve people issues, to ensure their organisations continue to work efficiently and effectively.
Anieka Sheppard
Legal Director
Anieka Sheppard
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Anieka assists education clients to realise their goal and resolve their problems.
Geraldine Swanton
Legal Director
Geraldine Swanton
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Geraldine works with the higher and further education sector solving problems and minimising risk. She makes complex law easy to understand and apply.
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My Recent Articles
- HEIs telling it like it is – correcting false or misleading public statements
- University Of Bristol V Dr Robert Abrahart – An Analysis Of The High Court’s Judgment
- Our response to the OfS’s consultation on a new approach to regulating harassment and sexual misconduct in English Higher Education
Hannah Brassington-MacDonald
Legal Director
Hannah Brassington-MacDonald
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Hannah is an experienced Real Estate lawyer, with particular focus on development work, for both residential and commercial projects.
Hannah has wide ranging experience of acting for different types of developers across a range of schemes, varying in size, value, development type and complexity.
Joanna Forbes
Legal Director
Joanna Forbes
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Joanna’s deep affinity for the education sector is reflected in her responsive approach and her practical, applied and thorough advice.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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My Recent Articles
- The consumer status of PhD students
Dannielle Long
Associate
Dannielle Long
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Dannielle advises a wide variety of clients including commercial landlords and tenant, developers and investors on all aspects of commercial property disputes.
Emma Glazzard
Associate
Emma Glazzard
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Emma is a Solicitor within the firm’s Education team specialising in employment advice for education clients including independent schools and academies, as well as both further and higher education institutes