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 LawPartner & Head of Employment Law Law
David Browne
Partner & Head of Employment LawPartner & Head of Employment Law Law
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
David is Head of Employment Law and 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.
Esther Maxwell
Partner
Esther Maxwell
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Esther is an experienced and trusted advisor to the firm’s education clients and supports universities, FE colleges and schools in dealing with a range of sensitive and complex employment and education related issues. As well as being a solicitor, she is a qualified workplace mediator, using her mediation skills to help nip workplace issues in the bud. She also regularly undertakes investigations into matters involving both staff and students.
Joe Soul
Partner
Joe Soul
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
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.
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Jordan has experience working with healthcare operators and education clients for some 15 years.
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.
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.
Mark Taylor
Partner
Mark is a Partner in our sector leading education team, advising on education collaborations and governance. Mark is recognised by Legal 500 and has spent all of his legal career advising in the education sector.
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.
Selina Hinchliffe
Partner
Selina Hinchliffe
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Selina specialises in transactional and advisory IP matters. She advises across the board on all IP rights.
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 2024 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.
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.
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My Recent Articles
- HEIs telling it like it is – correcting false or misleading public statements
- University Of Bristol V Dr Robert Abrahart – An Analysis Of The High Court’s Judgment
- Our response to the OfS’s consultation on a new approach to regulating harassment and sexual misconduct in English Higher Education
Hannah Brassington-MacDonald
Legal Director
Hannah Brassington-MacDonald
Legal Director
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.
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
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My Recent Articles
- The consumer status of PhD students
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.
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My Recent Articles
- Latest provisions for corporate disclosure & transparency
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.
Emma Glazzard
Associate
Emma Glazzard
Associate
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