Our People
Joanna Lee-Mills
Partner & Head of Social Housing Development
Joanna Lee-Mills
Partner & Head of Social Housing Development
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Joanna heads up our social housing development team. Her expertise encompasses advising on social housing development transactions, from site assemblies to larger scale phased/portfolio sales and purchases.
Louise Drew
Partner & Head of Building Communities
Louise Drew
Partner & Head of Building Communities
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Louise is the Head of the Building Communities team, having a passion for delivering development that brings major benefit to residents in terms of health, wellbeing, education, employment and the environment.
Neil Gosling
Partner & Head of Residential Development
Neil Gosling
Partner & Head of Residential Development
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Neil builds long standing working relationships with our clients by becoming an extension of their business. He is forward thinking and progressive in his approach.
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Languages:
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English
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French
Emma Joy Smith
Partner
Emma Joy Smith
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Emma manages a growing sales team within our social housing department, acting specifically for Housing Association clients. Emma is passionate about her role and what the team can achieve, working together to benefit the needs of the client.
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.
Natalie Owen
Partner
Natalie Owen
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Natalie is a Partner and Head of Securitisation at Shakespeare Martineau.
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.
Laura Taylor
Legal Director
Laura Taylor
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Laura advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters and has experience of working with a vast range of public and private sector clients
Stewart Freeman
Legal Director
Stewart Freeman
Legal Director
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
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.
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My Recent Articles
- Expert social housing solicitor returns to the team
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?
Paula Evans
Associate
Paula Evans
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Paula is an associate in the development team and mainly acts for housing associations in acquiring properties.
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My Recent Articles
- Common Land – Can It Be Developed?
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.
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.
Francesca Saunders
Solicitor
Francesca Saunders
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Francesca works exclusively with Registered Providers in relation to all aspects of residential property transactions.
Yasmine Lansiquot
Solicitor
Yasmine Lansiquot
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Yasmine is a solicitor in our Social Housing Development team with a strong commercial property and residential property background.
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My Recent Articles
- Developers: restrictive covenants and your options
Frazer Magunda
Chartered Legal Executive
Frazer Magunda is a Chartered Legal Executive within the Social Housing Sales Team.
Sab Dhillon
Senior Paralegal
Sab Dhillon
Senior Paralegal
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
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.