Our People
Duncan James
Partner & Head of Corporate
Duncan James
Partner & Head of Corporate
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.
Kavita Patel
Partner & Head of Investment Funds
Kavita Patel
Partner & Head of Investment Funds
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Kavita is Regional Head for our South region and also 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
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.
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My Recent Articles
- Corporate team advises on sale of Stratford care home
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
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.
Julian Turnbull
Partner
Julian Turnbull
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Julian’s expertise covers commercial and corporate finance for a wide spectrum of businesses looking for pragmatic and / or innovative solutions.
Keith Spedding
Partner
Keith Spedding
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.
Michael Squirrell
Partner
Michael Squirrell
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Michael is a corporate lawyer who brings clients’ goals to the forefront, understanding their objectives and meeting their aims in a thorough, timely and pragmatic manner.
Oliver Gutman
Partner
Oliver Gutman
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
A corporate tax specialist with over 15 years of experience, Ollie works closely with our various teams to ensure clients’ objectives are realised.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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German
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.
Roy Botterill
Partner
Roy Botterill
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Roy is a corporate lawyer whom clients use when they need a pragmatic and no nonsense approach.
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.
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.
Richard Vernon
Legal Director
Richard Vernon
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Richard works with a range of businesses, from speculative start-ups to multinational organisations, advising on acquisitions, restructurings, funding streams and exits.
Gweni Rees-Evans
Solicitor
Gweni Rees-Evans
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Gweni is a corporate solicitor based in Birmingham
Jack Fowler
Trainee Solicitor
Jack Fowler
Trainee Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Jack is a forward thinking member of the Commercial and Intellectual Property team who assists clients in a range of matters and brings a solutions-based approach that always adds value.
Jade Price
Associate
Jade is a solicitor in our corporate East Midlands team and works with a range of businesses on acquisitions and disposals, reorganisations and corporate governance matters.
Matthew Shephard
Associate
Matthew Shephard
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Mathew advises both businesses and entrepreneurs on a wide variety of corporate transactions and reorganisations to help them reach their overall corporate goal.
Rachael Mitchison
Associate
Rachael Mitchison
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Rachael works with businesses on mergers, acquisitions and disposal, reorganisations, equity investments and general corporate governance.