Our People

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.

Ben Humphreys
Partner
Ben Humphreys
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Ben works with clients to manage all manner of commercial disputes.

Gary Ekpenyoung
Partner
Gary Ekpenyoung
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Gary is a social housing specialist who engages with all stakeholders to ensure landlords and property managers achieve their goals for their housing stock.

James Fownes
Partner
James Fownes
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
James works with clients and colleagues to find effective solutions to property disputes and problems.
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My Recent Articles
- Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022

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.

Martin Edwards
Partner
Martin Edwards
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Martin is known for his flexible thinking to resolve challenging situations for clients including developers, corporate occupiers, owners and investors.

Mauro Paiano
Partner
Mauro Paiano
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Mauro has over 25 years’ experience in advising clients on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property related issues.
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Languages:
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English
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Italian

Daniel Goodall
Legal Director
Daniel Goodall
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Dan is recognised in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 as a “Key Lawyer” within Shakespeare Martineau’s Tier 2 ranked Intellectual Property team, and in particular for “[standing] out for his varied caseload, which encompasses IP creation, protection and enforcement mandates.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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My Recent Articles
- Protecting your back catalogue

Daniel Kelly
Associate
Danny is an associate in our Intellectual Property team, with a specific focus on contentious intellectual property matters.
He advises clients on the full spectrum of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade marks, designs, and copyright. Danny has particular experience advising clients in the retail, engineering, brewing, education, technology, online and social media, and IT sectors.
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My Recent Articles
- Lovely jubbly – English Courts provide guidance on when an intended parody becomes copyright infringement
- ’Invisible’ trade marks. Is it possible to protect or infringe something you can’t see or touch? Yes it is
- Intellectual Property Judgment update: China Tang Trade Mark Dispute – Key points to Takeaway from the Decision

Danielle Sodhi
Team Manager
Danielle Sodhi
Team Manager
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Danielle is part of our social housing litigation team. She engages with all stakeholders to ensure landlords and property managers achieve their goals for their housing stock.

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.

Habib Khan
Associate
Habib Khan
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Habib is part of the social housing litigation team. He engages with all stakeholders to ensure landlords and property managers achieve their goals for their housing stock.

Laura Taylor
Associate
Laura Taylor
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Laura advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters and has experience of working with a vast range of public and private sector clients

Nicola Lediard
Associate
Nicola Lediard
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Nicola works with clients to resolve a broad range of disputes in an effective and thorough manner, and to find sensible, long-term solutions to their legal problems.

Pia Eames
Associate
Pia Eames
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Pia is a highly effective lawyer focussing on resolving all types of commercial property disputes for her clients.
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Languages:
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English
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Hindi