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.
Richard Hill
Partner & Head of Bristol
Richard Hill
Partner & Head of Bristol
Shakespeare Martineau Bristol
Richard Hill is a partner in the commercial property team.
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My Recent Articles
- Shakespeare Martineau completes GL Law merger
David Wells
Partner
David Wells
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
I am a City trained commercial real estate solicitor with over 20 years’ PQE with current partnership and leadership experience, a high level of commercial and financial awareness, an ethic of client focused service delivery and a keen interest in business development.
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.
Jonathan Wilson
Partner
Jonathan joined GL Law as an associate director in September 2017, prior to the merger with Shakespeare Martineau in October 2022.
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My Recent Articles
- Shakespeare Martineau completes GL Law merger
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Jordan has experience working with healthcare operators and education clients for some 15 years.
Julian Pyrke
Partner
Julian is a director and head of commercial property at our Bristol office.
Kate Hall
Partner
Kate Hall
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Kate is an experienced real estate lawyer, valued by her clients for her commercial approach and attention to detail.
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.
Peter Dilks
Partner
Peter Dilks
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Peter prides himself on delivering results for clients, who value his commercial experience as much as his real estate legal expertise.
Simon Robinson
Partner
Simon is a commercially focused and entrepreneurial real estate expert known for his calm, practical and commercial approach.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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 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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English
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French
Aller Dawlat
Legal Director
Aller Dawlat
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Aller works in our Real Estate and Energy teams, with a particular interest in high volume energy transactions, investment, landlord and tenant and development projects and transactions
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Languages:
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English
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Arabic
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Chechen
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Russian
Desh Patel
Legal Director
Desh has over 10 years of corporate real estate experience and undertakes a wide variety of real estate work.
Donna Barnes
Legal Director
Donna Barnes
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Donna acts for a wide range of our investors, national housebuilders and corporate occupier clients.
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.
Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Lucy acts for our developers and general commercial property clients.
Simon Hayden
Legal Director
Simon Hayden
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Simon acts for a range of property developers, land owners and occupiers but with a particular interest in development work.
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
Emma Ali
Associate
Emma Ali
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Emma advises clients on a wide range of commercial property matters dealing with freehold and leasehold interests.
Emma Connaughton
Associate
Emma Connaughton
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Hannah Awcock
Associate
Hannah Awcock
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Hannah advises clients on a wide range of commercial property matters to achieve effective and efficient outcomes.
Matthew Jones
Associate
Matthew Jones
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Matthew represents a mixture of institutional and nationally known land owners as well as commercial occupiers in portfolio management and investment instructions.