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

I am delighted to join as a Commercial Property Partner in the Lincoln office. After relocating from London in 2023, I’m excited to bring my expertise in commercial property law to a firm whose proactive and commercially minded approach I’ve long admired from working opposite them on various transactions.

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 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.

Kellie Hatton is Co-Head of the Development practice, within the Commercial Property team. Having spent 13 years practising at City firms, Kellie moved to Sheffield in 2014 and joined SHMA in May 2025.

Peter prides himself on delivering results for clients, who value his commercial experience as much as his real estate legal expertise.

Simon acts for a range of property developers, land owners and occupiers but with a particular interest in development work.

Simon is a commercially focused and entrepreneurial real estate expert known for his calm, practical and commercial approach.

Susannah is a partner in our team based out of our London and Milton Keynes offices, within the Commercial Property and Development team, focussing on real estate finance, family offices and luxury assets.

Susannah advises clients on a wide range of real estate finance and property matters, including advising family offices and bridge lenders. Susannah represents both lenders and borrowers on all levels of secured funding, ranging from overdraft facilities of £100,000 to refinances and acquisitions, involving secured, bridge and development finance.

This includes supporting SME and banking clients within the UK residential and commercial property market. Susannah’s experience in this sector is all encompassing for clients on documentation support, and transactional support on both standard and bespoke, complex matters. Transactional representation includes due diligence on titles and supporting documents and reports, searches, raising enquiries, reporting and all registration requirements to ensure security is perfected.

Susannah’s clients typically include family offices and bridge lenders, challenger banks and financial institutions, focussing on the SME real estate borrowing market.

Vicki is renown for providing commercial real estate advice (including funding and recovery) with particular expertise in the education and charity sectors. She has international experience and is a practising Notary Public
She has expertise of advising clients on safeguarding and related disciplinary matters

Victoria undertakes real estate finance work representing lenders and borrowers with a focus on development funding and healthcare transactions.

Donna acts for a wide range of our investors, national housebuilders and corporate occupier clients.

Emma advises clients on a wide range of commercial property matters dealing with freehold and leasehold interests.

Hannah advises clients on a wide range of commercial property matters to achieve effective and efficient outcomes.

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 acts for our developers and general commercial property clients.

Matthew works collaboratively with other energy specialists across a range of technologies to support clients with their decarbonisation agendas.

Meriel adopts a proactive and commercial approach to drive transactions forward to completion quickly, ensuring her clients interests are protected.

Rebecca works in our real estate and energy team with a focus on high-volume transactions for utilities clients.

Robert Mander is a Chartered Legal Executive and Legal Director in our Commercial Property Team with extensive experience in the full range of Commercial Property work.

Anita works with a broad range of high net worth individuals and business owners to fulfil their commercial property requirements.

Emily Shuttleworth is a Residential Development and Commercial Property Senior Associate. Emily joined SHMA in August 2025 and brings with her a wealth of experience of working with many of the UK’s leading national housebuilders.

Matthew represents a mixture of institutional and nationally known land owners as well as commercial occupiers in portfolio management and investment instructions.

Sabrina works with a variety of clients, including business occupiers, developers and investors.