Our People

Michael Brown
Associate
Michael Brown
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Michael has over 35 years’ experience helping individuals, families, trusts and charities to deal with their legal obligations, providing practical advice on the best and most tax efficient ways of achieving their goals.

Michael Lang
Chartered Legal Executive
Michael Lang
Chartered Legal Executive
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Michael acts for housing associations as part of the social housing sales team.
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My Recent Articles
- How registered providers can set themselves up to make the most of VRtB

Monica Ghai
Associate
Monica Ghai
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Monica practices in all areas of family law breakdown and has developed a reputation for providing practical, thorough and clear advice.

Natasha Jasinska
Paralegal
Natasha is a paralegal in our Employment Team, working within our specialist Employment/Education Team, assisting with our education clients and supporting the wider Employment Team.
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My Recent Articles
- Industrial action participation – protection from detriment cannot be read into TULR(C)A
- Employment Appeal Tribunal holds striking employees are protected from detriment
- The Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds opposing tribunal decisions on justification of compulsory retirement age

Nic Leeson
Private Client Executive
Nic Leeson
Private Client Executive
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Nicola works alongside the members of the private client team to offer a personable and empathetic service to private individuals.

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.

Nigel Davies
Business Development Manager
Nigel Davies
Business Development Manager
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Nigel is responsible for assisting and supporting the Volume & Consumer Partners in their pursuit of growth. For those clients that Nigel is involved with bringing on board, he will act as their relationship manager, ensuring that their interests are managed and our services meet their expectations and requirements.

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
- Waking up the market: Deal complete on £5.7m affordable housing scheme

Pia Eames
Associate
Pia Eames
Associate
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

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.

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

Sabrina Umrani
Associate
Sabrina Umrani
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau London
Sabrina works with a variety of clients, including business occupiers, developers and investors.

Samantha Clancy
Senior Conveyancing Executive
Samantha Clancy
Senior Conveyancing Executive
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Samantha manages a growing team that undertakes high volume plot sales, part exchange and residential property work with a positive, enthusiastic and dedicated approach.

Samantha Vaughan
Associate
Samantha Vaughan
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Sam is an associate in the Commercial Property and Development team in Birmingham and has broad real estate experience, having worked within the team for over 6 years, pre and post qualification.

Stephanie Kyriacou
Associate
Stephanie Kyriacou
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Stephanie deals with all aspects of relationship breakdown to include divorce, children matters and resolving the financial issues upon separation.

Stewart Argo
Associate
Stewart advises public and private sector clients on a wide variety of commercial issues including commercial contracts, intellectual property and IT.

Susan Ward
Conveyancing Executive
Susan is part of the plot team and works with them and the client to ensure continuity and streamline processes, through her organisational skills.

Susannah Nicholas
Professional Support Lawyer
Susannah Nicholas
Professional Support Lawyer
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Susannah is a professional support lawyer assisting the lawyers in the employment team.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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German

Thomas Verlander
Company Secretary
Thomas Verlander
Company Secretary
Shakespeare Martineau London
As a Company Secretary in the Corporate Team, Tom has a particular focus on all areas of corporate governance. Tom works closely with the board members and shareholders of a number of listed companies and has been involved in; share allotments, project funding, stock transfers and day-to-day corporate transactions.
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My Recent Articles
- Board Evaluations – don’t waste a crisis

Victoria Taylor
Associate
Victoria Taylor
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Vicky helps individuals put plans in place for the future by means of Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, and other estate Planning.