Jody leads on substantial transactions including acquisitions, disposals, management buy outs and private equity investments with a particular focus on the UK mid-market with values of circa £5m – £100m across a variety of sectors.

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.

Jon supports business owners and HR teams in providing strategic people management advice across a range of industries and sectors.

Jonathan builds long-term trust based on a thoughtful appreciation of the individuality of each client and transaction.

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.

Jordan has experience working with healthcare operators and education clients for some 15 years.

Julia is a chartered tax adviser, solicitor and trust & estate practitioner. She has a wide range of experience, advising clients from both a personal and corporate tax perspective.

Kim enjoys working with his clients to provide pragmatic and commercial legal support on their business issues, whether day-to-day or business critical. They find him easy to deal with, flexible, commercial and someone they value as part of their team.

Louise assists clients to bring forward development, working with landowners, promoters and developers to deliver results.

Mark is a Partner in our sector leading education team, advising on education collaborations and governance. Mark is recognised by Legal 500 and has spent all of his legal career advising in the education sector.

Mark is a trusted business adviser providing practical and, above all, commercial advice to individuals and companies in relation to business matters.

Martin is known for his flexible thinking to resolve challenging situations for clients including developers, corporate occupiers, owners and investors.

Martyn is a commercial energy and contracts lawyer. He works in our specialist Commercial Energy and Utilities team, with a particular focus on gas and LNG.

Matt’s expertise cover all areas of Employment law. He has considerable experience of advising clients on complex employment litigation, senior hires and exits, large-scale redundancy exercises and complicated TUPE issues.

Michael has been at the forefront of our professional negligence work for over 10 years. Recommended in the Legal 500 2023, he has worked on numerous cases throughout his career for clients ranging from individuals through to SMEs and blue-chip companies. He has extensive experience in dealing with high-value and complex cases – particularly property and finance issues.

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).

Paul is a Partner and Head of the Corporate team in the Bristol office. He trained and has worked in Bristol and Bath over many years and has a deep understanding of the issues affecting SME businesses and their owners.

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

Selina specialises in transactional and advisory IP matters. She advises across the board on all IP rights.

Simon provides a professional and knowledgeable service for real estate finance clients.

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

Tim is a litigator who adopts a robust and practical approach to claims and is valued as a trusted advisor to his clients.

Based in Edinburgh, Trevor is triple-qualified as a solicitor in Scotland, England & Wales, and British Columbia (non-practising status). He is also a Law Society of Scotland Certified Specialist in Cyber Security, and has the data protection certifications CIPP/E and CIPM.

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.