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It’s not just about their legal expertise but also their market experience
and the right personality fit. Whatever you need, we achieve it together.
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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.
David Browne
Partner
David Browne
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
David is the lead employment partner for the firm’s education clients and provides sector specialist advice to universities and colleges.
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.
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.
Ruth Phillips
Partner
Ruth Phillips
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Ruth uses her technical background in the industry to provide practical legal solutions to her clients.
Tom Long
Partner
Tom Long
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Tom works with employers to prevent and resolve people issues, to ensure their organisations continue to work efficiently and effectively.
Catherine Savage
Legal Director
Catherine Savage
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Catherine works predominantly with our education clients, providing strategic advice in relation to contentious matters.
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.
Georgina Calvey
Legal Director
Georgina Calvey
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Georgina specialises in the legal aspects of commercial real estate transactions, working closely with clients involved in a wide range of asset classes.
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Languages:
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French
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Spanish
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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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.
Mark Jones
Legal Director
Mark Jones
Legal Director
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.
Tijen Ahmet
Legal Director
Tijen Ahmet
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Tijen works with global UK businesses advising on strategic international recruitment and supports with immigration compliance facilitating assignments and relocation.
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Languages:
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Turkish
Uddalak Datta
Legal Director
Uddalak Datta
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Udi provides advice all aspects of commercial law, including procurement and state aid law.
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My Recent Articles
- Supporting British steel
- The Outsourcing Playbook
- Brexit: Procurement update
Abigail Halcarz
Associate
Abigail Halcarz
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Abigail works with clients to achieve commercial solutions to all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law.
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Languages:
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French
Anieka Sheppard
Associate
Anieka Sheppard
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Anieka assists education clients to realise their goal and resolve their problems.
Justine Ball
Associate
Justine Ball
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Justine enjoys engaging and working with her clients to successfully realise their aims in relation to their property issues.
Michael Young
Associate
Michael Young
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Michael advises on resolving claims at all stages of litigation including contractual disputes, professional negligence claims, injunctive relief and defamation claims in the education sector.
Alex Reid
Solicitor
Alex works with employers to prevent and resolve employment issues and ensure their organisations continue to work in an effective and efficient manner. Primarily this work is in the higher education sector, but does also involve working with clients in the private and third sectors.
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My Recent Articles
- Disability can be disclosed during an appeal process
- Employment law update
Danielle Humphries
Paralegal
Danielle Humphries
Paralegal
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Danielle assists with our further and higher education client queries.
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19 Jun
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Parental Alienation – what are the consequences for a guilty parent?
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18 Jun
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Keeping competition healthy in the energy supply market
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