Our People

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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English
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Urdu

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.

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.
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My Recent Articles
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Green Campus Report
Right Arrow

Grant Docherty
Partner
Grant Docherty
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Scotland
Grant heads up the banking practice in Scotland and has more than 32 years’ experience in the banking sector.

Jake Holmes
Partner
Jake Holmes
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Southampton
Jake Holmes leads the firm’s banking and financial services offering from our Southampton footprint.

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.

John Rice
Partner
John Rice
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
John works with lenders and borrowers on a wide range of property finance transactions including acquisition, refinancing and development loans.

Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Simon provides a professional and knowledgeable service for real estate finance clients.

Vicki Simpson
Partner
Vicki Simpson
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Vicki is renown for providing commercial real estate advice (including funding and recovery) with particular expertise in the education and charity sectors. She has international experience and is a practising Notary Public
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.

Afreen Cole
Legal Director
Afreen Cole
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Afreen works for a range of clients including banks, Islamic finance institutions, short term lenders and other corporate entities.

Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Andrew is a finance lawyer specialising in real estate finance.

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

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

Meriel O’Loughlin
Legal Director
Meriel O’Loughlin
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Meriel adopts a proactive and commercial approach to drive transactions forward to completion quickly, ensuring her clients interests are protected.

Nicola Storey-Wood
Legal Director
Nicola Storey-Wood
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Nicola provides a professional and knowledgeable service to real estate clients and financing institutions. Nicola works for a range of clients, including individuals, corporate entities, banks, Islamic finance institutions and short term lenders.

Stephen Lane
Legal Director
Stephen Lane
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Stephen has over 25 years’ experience in real estate finance, with particular experience in development and health funding.

Anita Chaudhary
Associate
Anita Chaudhary
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
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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English
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Punjabi

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.

Jacob Hanson
Solicitor
Jacob Hanson
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau London
Jacob acts on wide range of property matters and advises on all aspects of property law.

Sarah Parker
New Build Sales Manager
Sarah Parker
New Build Sales Manager
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull