Our People

Andrew Taylor
Partner & Head of Restructuring
Andrew Taylor
Partner & Head of Restructuring
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew is a highly regarded and experienced restructuring lawyer.
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Languages:
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English
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French

Naomi Tudor
Partner & Head of Banking & Financial Services
Naomi Tudor
Partner & Head of Banking & Financial Services
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Naomi and her team work together with funders and their customers to ensure a smooth path to completion of a transaction where all parties are satisfied with the terms.

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

Chris Gayle
Partner
Chris Gayle
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Chris acts for institutional and individual lenders, as well as borrowers lending or borrowing debt finance for acquisition, working capital, refinance or capital release.
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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.

John Rice
Partner
John Rice
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
John works with lenders and borrowers on a wide range of property finance transactions including acquisition, refinancing and development loans.

Hannah Pickering
Legal Director
Hannah Pickering
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Hannah provides a professional and knowledgeable service for her real estate finance clients.

Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Simon provides a professional and knowledgeable service for real estate finance clients.

Anita Chaudhary
Associate
Anita Chaudhary
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Anita works with a broad range of high net worth individuals and business owners to fulfil their commercial property requirements.
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Languages:
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English
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Punjabi

Harpreet Sandhu
Associate
Harpreet Sandhu
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Harpreet Sandhu is an unregistered barrister and chartered legal executive, and handles contentious and non-contentious litigation, including but not limited to debt recovery, asset finance, enforcement, resolution of contractual disputes, and technical financial regulatory advice.

Kate Hall
Consultant
Kate Hall
Consultant
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Kate is an experienced real estate lawyer, valued by her clients for her commercial approach and attention to detail.

Noreen Khan-Ghalib
Chartered Legal Executive
Noreen Khan-Ghalib
Chartered Legal Executive
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Noreen works for a range of clients including institutional and individual lenders, as well as funders and their customers in respect of their banking transaction.

Rebecca Ford
Governance Manager
Rebecca Ford
Governance Manager
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Rebecca is the Training and Compliance Manager for our Debt and Asset Recovery Team, and is responsible for ensuring all members of the team are fully trained on the compliance and soft skills aspects of dealing with our clients’ customers. This includes vulnerability, TCF, GDPR and other compliance matters.She is also responsible for ongoing call auditing for the team, refresher training and generally ensuring that all calls and claims are handled appropriately and to the highest standards.