As Managing Director of Ampa Group Services. I’m responsible for the strategic growth of the business unit, working closely with colleagues in the development of our strategy, values and culture.

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.

Amal is our dual-qualified Partner having many years of combined experience North and South of the border.
She has worked both within core real estate and the renewable energy sector.

Grant heads up the banking practice in Scotland and has more than 32 years’ experience in the banking sector.

Jake Holmes leads the firm’s banking and financial services offering from our Southampton footprint.

Jill Briggs is a Partner in our specialist Residential Development team. She is an expert in acquiring sites for PLC housebuilders and large regional residential developers and is known for her proactive and collaborative approach to complex transactions.

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.

Julia is a chartered tax adviser, solicitor and trust & estate practitioner. She has a wide range of experience, advising clients from both a personal and corporate tax perspective.

Justine enjoys engaging and working with her clients to successfully realise their aims in relation to their property issues.

Kamal Chauhan is a Partner of Shakespeare Martineau and Member of AMPA. He has worked on numerous high-profile and complex regulatory matters across multiple sectors. Having trained at DLA Piper and worked at global law firms CMS Nabarro and Kennedys, Kamal brings with him significant experience to help him lead and build an exceptional regulatory service line.

Kellie Hatton is Co-Head of the Development practice, within the Commercial Property team. Having spent 13 years practising at City firms, Kellie moved to Sheffield in 2014 and joined SHMA in May 2025.

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

Martin works with teams to ensure project goals are realised by engaging development partners and other key stakeholders.

Peter prides himself on delivering results for clients, who value his commercial experience as much as his real estate legal expertise.

Simon is a commercially focused and entrepreneurial real estate expert known for his calm, practical and commercial approach.

Stephen Scott is a partner in Shakespeare Martineau’s real estate disputes team. He is based in our London office but also spends time in our Nottingham office (his home town). Stephen loves getting to know clients’ businesses and helping them to achieve their strategic aims. He finds it fascinating that he is able to play a role in developing a piece of real estate which can have a transformative effect on a neighbourhood or a city or region.

Vanessa is one of the leading property litigators in the south east region. She leads the practice area at Shakespeare Martineau and has been involved in resolving a wide range of complex and high value disputes over her 20+ years in practice.

Victoria undertakes real estate finance work representing lenders and borrowers with a focus on development funding and healthcare transactions.

Andrew is a finance lawyer specialising in real estate finance.

Charlotte works with developers, landowners, pension schemes and commercial clients and provides practical solutions in order to achieve desired outcomes efficiently.

Desh has over 10 years of corporate real estate experience and undertakes a wide variety of real estate work.

Lucy acts for our developers and general commercial property clients.

Matthew works collaboratively with other energy specialists across a range of technologies to support clients with their decarbonisation agendas.

Nicola provides a professional and knowledgeable service to real estate clients and financing institutions. Nicola works for a range of clients, including individuals, corporate entities, banks, Islamic finance institutions and short term lenders.