Our People
Nicola Lediard
Associate
Nicola Lediard
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Nicola works with clients to resolve a broad range of disputes in an effective and thorough manner, and to find sensible, long-term solutions to their legal problems.
Olga Washington
Associate
Olga Washington
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Bristol
Olga is a associate in the private client team, based in our Bristol office.
Oscar Ciaurro
Associate
Oscar Ciaurro
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Oscar is a solicitor in our employment team working across both our Leicester and Nottingham offices, and advises and assists a variety of businesses from large, national organisations to SMEs.
Paul Harris
Associate
Paul is an experienced commercial property solicitor with a specialism in residential development, working as an Associate within the land team at Shakespeare Martineau.
Paula Evans
Associate
Paula Evans
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Paula is an associate in the development team and mainly acts for housing associations in acquiring properties.
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My Recent Articles
- Common Land – Can It Be Developed?
Raza Ali
Associate
Raza specialises in all areas of residential property, acting for individuals and companies in a variety of transactions.
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Languages:
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English
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Hindi
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Punjabi
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Urdu
Ruth Thoms
Associate
Ruth works with a range of high net worth individuals, developers and business owners to provide proactive solutions in order to achieve clients objectives.
Sabrina Umrani
Associate
Sabrina Umrani
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau London
Sabrina works with a variety of clients, including business occupiers, developers and investors.
Sarah Evans
Associate
Sarah Evans
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Sonal Panesar
Associate
Sonal Panesar
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Sonal is a Solicitor within our Social 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, purchases and many more.
Stephanie Kyriacou
Associate
Stephanie Kyriacou
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Stephanie deals with all aspects of relationship breakdown to include complex divorce cases, children matters and resolving high net worth financial cases which involve disputes regarding business interests, pensions and taxation issues.
Stewart Argo
Associate
Stewart Argo
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Stewart advises public and private sector clients on a wide variety of commercial issues including commercial contracts, intellectual property and IT.
Victoria Kirkpatrick
Associate
Victoria Kirkpatrick
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Victoria is an Associate in the Commercial Litigation team and works closely with each of the Partners in both running cases and supporting client relationships.
Alice Gibson
Solicitor
Alice Gibson
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Bristol
Alice Gibson joined GL Law in 2022 prior to the merger with Shakespeare Martineau in October 2022. Alice is is a solicitor specialising in all family law matters including divorce & financial remedy, child arrangements matters and cases involving domestic abuse.
Ashley Bhandari
Solicitor
Ashley Bhandari
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Ashley is a Solicitor working in the Residential Development team assisting with the acquisition and disposal of development land.
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My Recent Articles
- The Climate Change Challenge for Property
Calum Hanrahan
Solicitor & Immigration Specialist
Calum Hanrahan
Solicitor & Immigration Specialist
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Calum is an immigration law expert and offers advice to individuals and businesses across a variety of sectors including agriculture, manufacturing and sport.
Christopher Neale
Solicitor
Clare Hopkins
Consultant Solicitor
Clare Hopkins
Consultant Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Bristol
Clare is based in the Bristol office. She has 25 years’experience in private client work and has been with GL Law for 19 years. A former director of GL and Head of Wills & Inheritance, Clare now works with GL Law in a consultative capacity.
Danielle Humphries
Solicitor
Danielle Humphries
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Danielle assists with our further and higher education client queries.
Deanna Phillips-Mills
Solicitor
Deanna Phillips-Mills
Solicitor
Deanna practices in all areas of family law breakdown including divorce, children matters and resolving financial issues upon separation.
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My Recent Articles
- Jade’s Law – A Pivotal Shift in Safeguarding Victims & Children
Deeya Ray
Solicitor
Deeya Ray
Solicitor
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.
Ellis Pugh
Solicitor
Ellis Pugh specialises in advising social housing providers, charities, other not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises with a particular interest in governance matters.