Our People

Duncan James
Partner & Head of Finance & Advisory Services
Duncan James
Partner & Head of Finance & Advisory Services
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Duncan works with fast growing family businesses and entrepreneurs to ensure they are successful and to help them achieve their goals through acquisitions, funding lines and exit and succession planning.

Michael Stace
Partner & Head of Corporate
Michael Stace
Partner & Head of Corporate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Michael specialises in corporate finance; advising public and private companies, individuals and institutions on domestic and international M&A, private equity investments, restructurings and joint ventures. He also advises on partnership matters.

Andrew Smith
Partner
Andrew Smith
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Andrew loves working with businesses and their owners, using his experience and knowledge to solve problems and build value.

Catherine Moss
Partner
Catherine Moss
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
As a corporate lawyer, Catherine supports her clients by ensuring that their legal and commercial needs are met with timely practical and creative solutions.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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Spanish

Daniel Banton
Partner
Dan is an experienced Partner in the Corporate Team specialising in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and joint ventures.
Dan has over 15 years’ corporate finance experience and acts for wide range of clients including, mid-market corporates, PLCs, litigation financing companies, OMBs and education institutions.
Dan has more recently acted as director of a European litigation business backed by an international credit fund.
Dan is based in our Nottingham and Leicester offices with a great reputation as an active member of the East Midlands business community.

Dean Chauhan
Partner
Dean Chauhan
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Dean works with owner managed businesses and larger corporates on a wide range of corporate deals/transactions, domestic and international business reorganisations, and corporate governance matters.

James Hawkeswood
Partner
James Hawkeswood
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Southampton
James leads the firm’s corporate offering from our Southampton footprint, providing commercially relevant and astute advice in relation to shareholder and financing issues and generally on corporate governance matters.

Jody Webb
Partner
Jody Webb
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Jody leads on substantial transactions including acquisitions, disposals, management buy outs and private equity investments with a particular focus on the UK mid-market with values of circa £5m – £100m across a variety of sectors.

Keith Spedding
Senior Partner
Keith Spedding
Senior Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Keith advises companies (both public and private), partnerships and their owners on all aspects of corporate and partnership law.

Lisa Botterill
Partner
Lisa Botterill
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Lisa works with business owners and stakeholders to help them achieve their growth strategies.

Matt Ainsworth
Partner
Matt Ainsworth
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Matt specialises in corporate finance; advising public and private companies, individuals and institutions on domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity investments, IPOs and secondary fund raisings, restructurings and joint ventures.

Michael Squirrell
Partner
Michael Squirrell
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Michael is a corporate lawyer who brings clients’ goals to the fore, understanding their objectives and meeting their aims in a thorough, timely and pragmatic manner.

Paul Hardman
Partner
Paul is a Partner and Head of the Corporate team in the Bristol office. He trained and has worked in Bristol and Bath over many years and has a deep understanding of the issues affecting SME businesses and their owners.

Peter Mayhew
Partner
Peter Mayhew
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Peter works tirelessly to ensure first and foremost that his clients’ objectives and deadlines are met.
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Languages:
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English
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French

Roger Harcourt
Partner
Roger Harcourt
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Roger is a corporate lawyer who acts for clients doing great things all around the country and overseas.

Sean Scott
Partner
Taking an idea on a journey from concept to reality is challenging but really interesting. I’m an adrenaline junkie who is happy riding the ups and downs of that process, but I have done it enough times now to be a safe pair of hands.

Jennie Davis
Legal Director
Jennie Davis
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Jennie is a key member of our corporate team, providing advice to both private and public companies.

Laura Giles
Legal Director
Laura advises business owners, companies and institutions on all aspects of growth and financing, from start-up to exit.

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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Deeya Ray
Associate
Deeya Ray
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau London
Deeya is a dual qualified solicitor having qualified and practised initially in India for over 3 years in the mergers, acquisitions and general corporate space. She then qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales in 2023.

Jing Wang
Solicitor
Jing Wang
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Bristol
Jing Wang is a solicitor in the corporate and commercial team, based in the Bristol office.

Kavita Patel
Consultant
Kavita Patel
Consultant
Shakespeare Martineau Works from Home
Kavita is the Head of our Investment Funds sector. She has a formidable reputation amongst her clients for technical excellence and getting the job done and is regarded as the ‘rainmaker of the team’.
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Languages:
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English
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Gujarati
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Hindi

Pam Carr
Legal Secretary
Pam Carr is a Legal Secretary providing support to the Corporate Team in the East Midlands

Vikki Quigley
Paralegal
Vikki Quigley
Paralegal
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Vikki is a Paralegal in the Corporate Team based in Sheffield.