Our People

Andrew Foreman
Group Chief Information Officer
Andrew Foreman
Group Chief Information Officer
Shakespeare Martineau London
Andrew started his career in software development with IBM and developed through various roles into Group Director Projects at SITA, based in Geneva, responsible for delivery globally.
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My Recent Articles
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Shakespeare Martineau completes GL Law merger
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Emma Porter
Partner & Head of managed legal services
Emma Porter
Partner & Head of managed legal services
Shakespeare Martineau London
Emma is the Head of Operations for our Volume and Consumer group and has in excess of 18 years’ legal practice management experience.

Sneha Nainwal
Partner & Head of India Desk
Sneha Nainwal
Partner & Head of India Desk
Shakespeare Martineau London
Sneha Nainwal is the Head of India Desk at Shakespeare Martineau. Sneha is dual-qualified to practise law in India and England & Wales.
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Languages:
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English
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Hindi
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Panjabi
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Urdu

Ben Harber
Partner
Ben Harber
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Ben leads our team of company secretaries and corporate governance advisors in our London office, providing invaluable compliance and corporate governance services to a wide range of companies.

Catherine Moss
Partner
Catherine Moss
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
As a corporate lawyer, Catherine supports her clients by ensuring that their legal and commercial needs are met with timely practical and creative solutions.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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Spanish

Clare Reed
Partner
Vast experience of handling complex construction related disputes on behalf of building contractors, sub-contractors, owners and property developers, and for many other construction or property related professionals.
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My Recent Articles
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Construction Specialist Joins Our London Team
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Gareth Hegarty
Partner
Gareth Hegarty
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Gareth listens to his clients to understand and achieve their goals and objectives.

Huw Witty
Corporate Tax Partner
Huw Witty
Corporate Tax Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Huw is a highly experienced in advising on the tax aspects of corporate finance, venture capital, property finance, property and capital market transactions and funds, and international private wealth.
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My Recent Articles
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Tax Planning Guide
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SCS Technology Solutions Acquisition
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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.

Katie Taken
Partner
Katie Taken
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Katie is a Partner in the Corporate team at Shakespeare Martineau. She supports clients across a range of sectors, with a specific expertise in the healthcare sector (in particular in the pharmacy, dental and childcare sectors).

Kim Walker
Partner
Kim Walker
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Kim enjoys working with his clients to provide pragmatic and commercial legal support on their business issues, whether day-to-day or business critical. They find him easy to deal with, flexible, commercial and someone they value as part of their team.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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German

Mark Bartholomew
Partner
Mark Bartholomew
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Mark is an energy specialist having advised clients in the UK energy markets since the restructuring and privatisation in the early 1990s and has extensive experience of energy markets internationally.

Mark Rondel
Partner
Mark Rondel
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Mark is a 35 year qualified Dispute Resolution solicitor with a focus on Corporate disputes. He has worked for clients in a broad range of industry sectors. Mark’s main areas of expertise are shareholder disputes including unfair prejudice proceedings; warranty claims; professional negligence; and general contractual claims including commercial disputes in relation to breach of contract and breach of confidence, partnership disputes, declaratory relief and judicial review proceedings.

Martyn Thorpe
Partner
Martyn is a commercial energy and contracts lawyer. He works in our specialist Commercial Energy and Utilities team, with a particular focus on gas and LNG.

Nicola Holton
Partner
Insolvency expert Nicola has over 10 years’ restructuring and insolvency experience having worked with a wide variety of clients ranging from insolvency practitioners and litigation funders to corporates and their directors. She advises on a variety of restructuring, recovery and insolvency issues and has extensive experience in contentious insolvency work. Nicola is also a qualified insolvency practitioner having obtained a first time pass in the Joint Insolvency Examination Boards (2014).

Sean Scott
Partner
Taking an idea on a journey from concept to reality is challenging but really interesting. I’m an adrenaline junkie who is happy riding the ups and downs of that process, but I have done it enough times now to be a safe pair of hands.

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.

Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Andrew is a finance lawyer specialising in real estate finance.

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.

Bhikhu Samat
Legal Director
Bhikhu Samat
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Bhikhu is a Legal Director in the Energy team and has built up considerable experience advising clients in the private and public sector on commercial contracts, IT, data protection and procurement law. He advises on the process by which major works, services and supplies contracts are awarded, including liaising with stakeholders, advising on procurement processes, drafting contracts and procurement documents.

Lisa Serrant
Legal Director
Lisa Serrant
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Lisa is a first-class Legal Director in our London litigation and dispute resolution team. She has a wealth of experience in general commercial litigation and international arbitration, with a growing focus on energy and natural resources disputes.

Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Lucy acts for our developers and general commercial property clients.

Deeya Ray
Associate
Deeya Ray
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau London
Deeya is a dual qualified solicitor having qualified and practised initially in India for over 3 years in the mergers, acquisitions and general corporate space. She then qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales in 2023.