Our People
Helen Bowns
Partner & Head of Family Law
Helen Bowns
Partner & Head of Family Law
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Helen works with clients to ensure that they are sensitively guided through the complex area of family and relationship breakdown.
Jayne Gardner
Partner & Head of Debt & Asset Recovery
Jayne Gardner
Partner & Head of Debt & Asset Recovery
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Jayne has over 25 years’ experience in both debt collection and credit management.
Alan Hamblett
Solicitor
Alan Hamblett
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Alan handles complex and high value disputed debt claims.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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German
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Spanish
Andrew Smith
Partner
Andrew Smith
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Andrew is a corporate lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience working with clients including start-ups, SMEs and multinational companies on a variety of business matters.
Emma Joy Smith
Partner
Emma Joy Smith
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Emma is head of the firm’s affordable housing team and is passionate about what her team can achieve, working together to benefit the needs of clients.
Hannah Tait
Partner
Hannah Tait
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Hannah is a private client specialist working with all types of individuals to provide tailored asset protection and estate planning solutions.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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German
Janet James
Partner
Janet has a reputation as being a personable and commercial practitioner and works closely with her clients to achieve their goals.
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My Recent Articles
- Anglian Water appoints Shakespeare Martineau to legal panel
Jennie Wheildon
Partner
Jennie Wheildon
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Jennie has enjoyed putting her wellington boots on and working within the agricultural sector since she was a trainee solicitor. Jennie has significant experience assisting farming clients with the wide variety of their property matters.
Kevin Joynes
Partner
Kevin Joynes
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Kevin is an experienced Residential Development Partner with expertise in the acquisition and disposal of immediate and strategic land for house builders and developers. This includes the negotiation of conditional contracts, option agreements and promotion agreements as well as joint venture / collaboration agreements between landowners and developers.
Stewart Freeman
Partner
Stewart Freeman
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Stewart acts exclusively for housing association clients and completes a large number of property transactions to assist clients in achieving their goals of delivering much needed housing to their customers.
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Languages:
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English
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German
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My Recent Articles
- Registered Providers – attention needed
Alistair Spencer
Legal Director
Alistair Spencer
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Alistair specialises in contentious trusts and probate. He represents private individuals, charities, trustees and executors in a wide range of matters.
Elaine Hart
Legal Director
Elaine Hart
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Elaine works with a wide range of clients to include high net worth individuals and advises on estate planning, probate matters and various trust structures. Elaine also helps clients with Powers of Attorney and Deputy’s Accounts.
Vicci Faulkner
Legal Director
Vicci Faulkner
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Vicci is a CILEX conveyancing practitioner with over 18 years experience within residential property.
Anna Morris
Associate
Anna Morris
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Anna advises private individuals, trustees and charities on disputes relating to contentious trusts, probate and Court of Protection matters.
Ben Sharp
Associate
Ben Sharp
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Ben works with a cohesive, dedicated team which strives to provide an understanding and professional private client service.
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My Recent Articles
- Estate Planning for Blended Families
Esme Barker
Associate
Esme Barker
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Esme is an Associate who specialises in Rural Property and Agricultural Law.
Michael Lang
Associate
Michael Lang
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Michael acts for housing associations as part of the affordable housing sales team.
Sarah Evans
Senior Associate
Sarah Evans
Senior Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Sarah is an experienced commercial property solicitor in the infrastructure team dealing with a wide range of commercial property matters
Sonal Panesar
Associate
Sonal Panesar
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Sonal is part of our affordable housing and development team, with a strong property background.
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Languages:
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English
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Gujarati
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, and purchases.
Francesca Saunders
Solicitor
Francesca Saunders
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Francesca works exclusively with Registered Providers in relation to all aspects of residential property transactions.
Yasmine Lansiquot
Solicitor
Yasmine Lansiquot
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Yasmine is part of our affordable housing development team, with a strong commercial property and residential property background.
Kathy Buchanan
Group Environment, Health & Safety Manager
Kathy Buchanan
Group Environment, Health & Safety Manager
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Kathy heads up our client services and facilities provision as well as managing our entire property portfolio.
Louise Dudley
Legal Finance Analyst
Louise Dudley
Legal Finance Analyst
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Louise is a Legal Finance Analyst with 16 years’ experience in the industry.