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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.

Mohammed Saqub
Partner & Head of Islamic Finance
Mohammed Saqub
Partner & Head of Islamic Finance
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Mohammed is a real estate finance and islamic finance specialist with considerable experience in dealing with a range of high-value and complex property investment, finance and development transactions.
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Languages:
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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.

Christopher von Strandmann
Partner
Christopher von Strandmann
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Chris and his team act for local and international banks and corporates on bilateral and syndicated facilities across a number of jurisdictions on both a conventional and Islamic basis

John Rice
Partner
John works with lenders and borrowers on a wide range of property finance transactions including acquisition, refinancing and development loans.
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My Recent Articles
- Financial challenges…and opportunities ahead for the FE/HE sector

Paul Huggins
Partner
Paul works with his team to deliver a proactive service to our housing and care sector clients..

Vicki Simpson
Partner
Vicki is renown for providing commercial real estate advice (including funding and recovery) with particular expertise in the education and charity sectors.
She has expertise of advising clients on safeguarding and related disciplinary matters

Victoria Bovington
Partner
Victoria Bovington
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Victoria undertakes real estate finance work representing lenders and borrowers with a focus on development funding and healthcare transactions.
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Languages:
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Arabic
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French
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German

Afsor Ullah
Legal Director
Afsor advises banks and investors on real estate and financing issues, and has a strong interest in Islamic Finance.
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Languages:
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Bengali

Anita Chaudhary
Associate
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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Punjabi

Ben Darlow
Associate
Ben blends technical excellence, sheer discipline and a pragmatic approach to ensure that his clients achieve their goals.

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

Hannah Awcock
Solicitor
Hannah Awcock
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Hannah advises clients on a wide range of commercial property matters to achieve effective and efficient outcomes.

Ruth Thoms
Solicitor
Ruth Thoms
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester Colton Square
Ruth works with a range of high net worth individuals, developers and business owners to provide proactive solutions in order to achieve clients objectives.
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