Our People
Andrew Taylor
Partner & Head of Restructuring
Andrew Taylor
Partner & Head of Restructuring
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew is a highly regarded and experienced restructuring lawyer.
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Languages:
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English
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French
Barry Jervis
Partner & Head of Litigation
Barry Jervis
Partner & Head of Litigation
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Barry brings a no-nonsense approach to resolving disputes for his clients whilst involving them at every stage of the process.
Sneha Nainwal
Partner & Head of India Desk
Sneha Nainwal
Partner & Head of India Desk
Shakespeare Martineau London
Sneha Nainwal is the Head of India Desk at Shakespeare Martineau. Sneha is dual-qualified to practise law in India and England & Wales.
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Languages:
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English
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Hindi
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Panjabi
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Urdu
Andrew Adams
Partner
Andrew Adams
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew works with teams to achieve the best commercial and strategic outcome to complex commercial disputes.
Ben Humphreys
Partner
Ben Humphreys
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Ben works with clients to manage all manner of commercial disputes.
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My Recent Articles
- Charities and Business Rates – How Should Relief be Applied?
Catherine Savage
Partner
Catherine Savage
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Catherine works predominantly with our education clients, providing strategic advice in relation to contentious matters.
Daniel Jennings
Partner
Daniel Jennings
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Daniel is a highly regarded experienced specialist commercial litigator and defamation expert
Gareth Hegarty
Partner
Gareth Hegarty
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Gareth listens to his clients to understand and achieve their goals and objectives.
James Fownes
Partner
James Fownes
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
James works with clients and colleagues to find effective solutions to property disputes and problems.
James Woolstenhulme
Partner
James Woolstenhulme
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
James is an expert in managing and resolving complex disputes and guiding his clients through commercial problems so that they can focus on their business.
We focus on getting the best result possible for our clients and ensuring the process is as easy as possible.
Jonathan Stork
Partner
Jonathan is a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution team with a broad range of experience and expertise. His particular areas of focus lie in contested trust and probate work, disputes within the agricultural sector and commercial litigation.
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My Recent Articles
- Flood defence provision: what landowners need to know
Justine Ball
Partner
Justine Ball
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Justine enjoys engaging and working with her clients to successfully realise their aims in relation to their property issues.
Mark Rondel
Partner
Mark Rondel
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Martin Edwards
Partner
Martin Edwards
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Martin is known for his flexible thinking to resolve challenging situations for clients including developers, corporate occupiers, owners and investors.
Nicola Holton
Partner
Insolvency expert Nicola has over 10 years’ restructuring and insolvency experience having worked with a wide variety of clients ranging from insolvency practitioners and litigation funders to corporates and their directors. She advises on a variety of restructuring, recovery and insolvency issues and has extensive experience in contentious insolvency work. Nicola is also a qualified insolvency practitioner having obtained a first time pass in the Joint Insolvency Examination Boards (2014).
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My Recent Articles
- Shakespeare Martineau boosts south team with triple hire
Richard Gore
Partner
Richard Gore
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Bristol
Richard Gore is a partner and head of the commercial dispute resolution team based in the Bristol office. With a background training at Vizards in London, and as an associate solicitor at Boyce Hatton, Richard joined GL Law in 2001 prior to the merger with Shakespeare Martineau in October 2022.
Ranked for Litigation in the South West in the Chambers UK Guide 2023.
Sean Moran
Partner
Sean Moran
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Sean’s practice is focused on restructuring and insolvency, covering complex investigatory work as well as transactional and advisory assignments.
Tim Speed
Partner
Tim Speed
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Tim is a litigator who adopts a robust and practical approach to claims and is valued as a trusted advisor to his clients.
Vanessa Joll
Partner
Vanessa Joll
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Vanessa is one of the leading property litigators in the south east region. She leads the practice area at Shakespeare Martineau and has been involved in resolving a wide range of complex and high value disputes over her 20+ years in practice.
Claire Burrows
Legal Director
Claire Burrows
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Claire is highly regarded for her straightforward and commercial advice and is entrusted by clients to steer them through difficult and often sensitive disputes through her hands on and empathetic approach.
Farah Bandali
Legal Director
Farah Bandali
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Farah is a legal director in the Real Estate Disputes department at Shakespeare Martineau’s London office acting for commercial and private clients advising on a wide range of both commercial and residential property related matters.
Kendal Litherland
Legal Director
Kendal Litherland
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Kendal specialises in professional negligence claims against solicitors, insurance brokers, barristers, surveyors, accountants, IFAs, SIPP operators and all other types of professional advisor.
Lisa Serrant
Legal Director
Lisa Serrant
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Lisa is a first-class Legal Director in our London litigation and dispute resolution team. She has a wealth of experience in general commercial litigation and international arbitration, with a growing focus on energy and natural resources disputes.
Pia Eames
Legal Director
Pia Eames
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Pia is a highly effective lawyer focussing on resolving all types of commercial property disputes for her clients.
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Languages:
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English
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Hindi