Our People
Clive Read
Partner & Head of Birmingham
Clive Read
Partner & Head of Birmingham
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Clive has been advising universities and colleges on the management and development of their campuses for 30 years.
David Browne
Partner & Head of Employment
David Browne
Partner & Head of Employment
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
David is the lead employment partner for the firm’s education clients and provides sector specialist advice to universities and colleges.
Smita Jamdar
Partner & Head of Education
Smita Jamdar
Partner & Head of Education
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Smita leads the team that works to shape the universities and colleges of the future by providing strategic advice and sector specific insight across all their legal needs.
Allawee Albaghdadi
Partner
Allawee Albaghdadi
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Allawee has led multi-disciplinary teams for over 10 years both within private practice and whilst in-house.
Andrew Hartshorn
Partner
Andrew Hartshorn
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew has over 20 years of experience in helping clients successfully deal with IT, telecoms and data protection matters.
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Jordan has experience working with healthcare operators and education clients for some 15 years.
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My Recent Articles
- Recruitment challenges lie ahead for the social care sector
Joseph Soul
Partner
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.
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.
Kate Onions
Partner
Kate Onions
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Kate’s focus is on preventing disputes where possible and seeking commercial resolutions which align with her client’s goals when disputes do arise.
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My Recent Articles
- The Building Safety Act 2022 – how it will affect house builders
Mark Jones
Partner
Mark Jones
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Mark works collaboratively with teams across the firm to ensure client’s goals are achieved. Mark has a highly commercial and efficient approach to transactions developed by acting principally for major pension funds and institutional investor clients.
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My Recent Articles
- Don’t waste money on space you don’t use! Re-gear
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.
Simon Stanion
Partner
Simon Stanion
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Simon leads an experienced and energetic national team of planning lawyers dealing with all aspects of town and country planning.
Tom Long
Partner
Tom Long
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Tom is ranked as a Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2022 edition and is also part of a team ranked as a Top Tier Firm for Education in the same edition.
Tom works with employers to prevent and resolve people issues, to ensure their organisations continue to work efficiently and effectively.
Anieka Sheppard
Legal Director
Anieka Sheppard
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Anieka assists education clients to realise their goal and resolve their problems.
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My Recent Articles
- New OfS Regulatory Advice on Reportable Events – what it means for providers
Esther Maxwell
Legal Director
Esther Maxwell
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Esther is an experienced and trusted advisor to the firm’s education clients and supports them in dealing with a range of sensitive and complex employment and education related issues.
Geraldine Swanton
Legal Director
Geraldine Swanton
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Geraldine works with the higher and further education sector solving problems and minimising risk. She makes complex law easy to understand and apply.
Helen Hughes
Legal Director
Helen Hughes
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Helen is an experienced employment lawyer, who works proactively with clients to identify solutions to complex HR issues.
Joanna Forbes
Legal Director
Joanna Forbes
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Joanna’s deep affinity for the education sector is reflected in her responsive approach and her practical, applied and thorough advice.
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Languages:
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English
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French
Marie-Therese Harper
Legal Director
Marie-Therese Harper
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Marie-Therese advises businesses and their owners on a wide variety of corporate transactions and complicated reorganisations to help them achieve their objectives.
Tijen Ahmet
Legal Director & Immigration Specialist
Tijen Ahmet
Legal Director & Immigration Specialist
Shakespeare Martineau London
Tijen works with global/UK businesses advising on strategic international recruitment and supports with immigration compliance facilitating work assignments and relocation to the UK.
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Languages:
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English
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Turkish
Uddalak Datta
Legal Director
Uddalak Datta
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Udi provides advice on all aspects of commercial law, including procurement and state aid law.
Emma Glazzard
Solicitor
Emma Glazzard
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Emma is a Solicitor within the firm’s Education team specialising in employment advice for education clients including independent schools and academies, as well as both further and higher education institutes
Dannielle Long
Associate
Dannielle Long
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Dannielle advises a wide variety of clients including commercial landlords and tenant, developers and investors on all aspects of commercial property disputes.
Hannah Brassington
Associate
Hannah Brassington
Associate
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.