Our People
Alex Smith
Partner & Managing Director
Alex Smith
Partner & Managing Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
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 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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English
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Urdu
Amal Kaur
Partner
Amal Kaur
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Scotland
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 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.
Jake Holmes
Partner
Jake Holmes
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Southampton
Jake Holmes leads the firm’s banking and financial services offering from our Southampton footprint.
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.
Julia Rosenbloom
Private Wealth Tax Partner
Julia Rosenbloom
Private Wealth Tax Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
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 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.
Martin Jones
Partner
Martin Jones
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Martin works with teams to ensure project goals are realised by engaging development partners and other key stakeholders.
Peter Dilks
Partner
Peter Dilks
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Peter prides himself on delivering results for clients, who value his commercial experience as much as his real estate legal expertise.
Simon Robinson
Partner
Simon is a commercially focused and entrepreneurial real estate expert known for his calm, practical and commercial approach.
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Languages:
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English
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French
Vanessa Joll
Partner
Vanessa Joll
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
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 Bovington
Partner
Victoria Bovington
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Victoria undertakes real estate finance work representing lenders and borrowers with a focus on development funding and healthcare transactions.
Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Andrew is a finance lawyer specialising in real estate finance.
Charlotte O’Loughlin
Legal Director
Charlotte O’Loughlin
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Charlotte works with developers, landowners, pension schemes and commercial clients and provides practical solutions in order to achieve desired outcomes efficiently.
Daniel Clarke
Legal Director
Daniel Clarke
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Daniel joined Shakespeare Martineau in 2024 from a Global Law Firm and has advised FTSE 100 companies, funding institutions, private developers and UK Government bodies on portfolio management, investment, and the real estate elements of corporate restructuring.
Desh Patel
Legal Director
Desh Patel
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Desh has over 10 years of corporate real estate experience and undertakes a wide variety of real estate work.
Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Lucy acts for our developers and general commercial property clients.
Matthew Harris
Legal Director
Matthew Harris
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Matthew works collaboratively with other energy specialists across a range of technologies to support clients with their decarbonisation agendas.
Nicola Storey-Wood
Legal Director
Nicola Storey-Wood
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
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.
Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Simon provides a professional and knowledgeable service for real estate finance clients.
Joe Davies
Associate
A solicitor in our Residential Development Team, Joe assists on complex promotion agreements and option agreements and manages the disposal and acquisition of sites for residential development. Joe has experience of acting for developers with a particular focus on disposals to Housing Associations. Joe also deals with complex lease transactions from both perspective of Tenants and Landlords.
Sonal Panesar
Associate
Sonal Panesar
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Sonal is a Solicitor within our Social Housing and Development Team with a strong Property background.
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Languages:
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English
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Gujarati