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.
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.
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.
Natalie Owen
Partner
Natalie Owen
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Natalie is a Partner and Head of Securitisation at Shakespeare Martineau.
Stewart Freeman
Partner
Stewart Freeman
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Stewart acts exclusively for housing association clients and completes a large number of property transactions to assist clients in achieving their goals.
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Languages:
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English
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German
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My Recent Articles
- Registered Providers – attention needed
Anita Rasaratnam
Legal Director
Anita Rasaratnam
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
With over 12 years experience advising the affordable housing sector, Anita is a Legal Director specialising in property development and regeneration for registered providers, focusing particularly on development site acquisitions, site assemblies and stock disposals.
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.
Rachael Coulsting
Legal Director
Rachael Coulsting
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Rachael acts for both private and public sector clients on all aspects of planning and highways law.
Vicci Faulkner
Legal Director
Vicci Faulkner
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Vicci Faulkner is CILEX Conveyancing Practitioner and Legal Director within the Social Housing Sales Team, having returned to the team in May 2023. She has over 18 years experience within Residential Property.
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.
Michael Lang
Associate
Michael Lang
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Michael acts for housing associations as part of the social housing sales team.
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My Recent Articles
- Lease Extensions – Are Registered Providers Making The Most Of Them?
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
Sophie Hunter
Associate
Sophie Hunter
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Sophie deals exclusively with transactions for Registered Providers such as leasehold schemes for the elderly, shared ownership, right to buy/acquire, staircasing, single unit disposal, purchases and many more.
Ellen Abrahall
Solicitor
Ellen Abrahall
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Ellen is a Trainee Solicitor in the Employment team, assisting with a range of contentious and non-contentious matters.
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My Recent Articles
- Managing employee absence over peak periods
Ellis Pugh
Solicitor
Ellis Pugh specialises in advising social housing providers, charities, other not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises with a particular interest in governance matters.
Danielle Sodhi
Chartered Legal Executive
Danielle Sodhi
Chartered Legal Executive
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.
Liz Shirley
Legal Assistant
Liz Shirley
Legal Assistant
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Liz specialises in dealing with phased completions within the development team, as well as reviewing title and dealing with section agreements and easements.