Our People
Neil Gosling
Partner & Head of Residential Development
Neil Gosling
Partner & Head of Residential Development
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Neil builds long standing working relationships with our clients by becoming an extension of their business. He is forward thinking and progressive in his approach.
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Languages:
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English
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French
Nicholas Briggs
Partner & Head of Intellectual Property
Nicholas Briggs
Partner & Head of Intellectual Property
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Nick helps UK and international clients enforce and protect their Intellectual Property rights, and defends those accused of infringing IPRs.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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German
Peter Snodgrass
Partner & Head of Agriculture
Peter Snodgrass
Partner & Head of Agriculture
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Peter advises his farming and landowning clients on a wide variety of matters from partnerships to agricultural tenancies.
Philip Pepper
Partner & Head of Commercial, IP & Employment
Philip Pepper
Partner & Head of Commercial, IP & Employment
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Phil works in partnership with HR and senior management teams by providing commercially driven employment advice, which is both pragmatic and outcome focused.
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My Recent Articles
- Voluntary redundancy – Are you really safe from an unfair dismissal claim?
Smita Jamdar
Partner & Head of Education
Smita Jamdar
Partner & Head of Education
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Smita leads the team that works to shape the universities and colleges of the future by providing strategic advice and sector specific insight across all their legal needs.
Tony Hannington
Partner & Head of LIME
Tony Hannington
Partner & Head of LIME
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Tony is head of our Lime division, our consumer brand dealing with personal injury and clinical negligence claims.
Allawee Albaghdadi
Partner
Allawee Albaghdadi
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Allawee has led multi-disciplinary teams for over 10 years both within private practice and whilst in-house.
Amal Kaur
Partner
Amal Kaur
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Amal is our dual-qualified Partner having many years of combined experience North and South of the border.
She has worked both within core real estate and the renewable energy sector.
Amy Cowdell
Partner
Amy Cowdell
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Amy specialises in agricultural property law, bringing more than 16 years’ experience.
Andrew Adams
Partner
Andrew Adams
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew works with teams to achieve the best commercial and strategic outcome to complex commercial disputes.
Andrew Gore
Partner
Andrew Gore
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Andrew has in excess of 16 years’ planning experience
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My Recent Articles
- Marrons Planning launches urban design with new associate director hire
Andrew Hartshorn
Partner
Andrew Hartshorn
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew has over 20 years of experience in helping clients successfully deal with IT, telecoms and data protection matters.
Andrew Mellor
Partner
Andrew Mellor
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Andrew is an experienced real estate development lawyer, dealing with complex commercial and mixed use sites. He regularly leads teams of lawyers on complex real estate developments.
Andrew Smith
Partner
Andrew Smith
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Andrew loves working with businesses and their owners, using his experience and knowledge to solve problems and build value.
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My Recent Articles
- Corporate team advises on sale of Stratford care home
Andrew Wilkinson
Partner
Andrew Wilkinson
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Andrew acts for individuals and charities in resolving disputes regarding wills, trusts, estates and powers of attorney.
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Languages:
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English
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French
Anna Cartledge
Partner
Anna Cartledge
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Anna has 15 years’ experience advising on all aspects of planning, compulsory purchase and highways law, acting for a variety of public and private sector clients throughout her career including landowners, promoters, developers, local authorities, central government agencies, regional development agencies, and various NHS Trusts.
Ben Harber
Partner
Ben Harber
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Ben leads our team of company secretaries in our London office, providing invaluable compliance and corporate governance services to a wide range of companies.
Caroline Elliott
Partner
Caroline Elliott
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Caroline works with clients who have family disputes and problems to achieve an outcome which gives them peace of mind and a positive future.
Caroline Irvine
Partner
Caroline Irvine
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Caroline advises clients on landlord and tenant work and supports companies when they are buying and selling properties.
Carys Thompson
Partner
Carys Thompson
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Carys undertakes a comprehensive range of commercial work providing high quality and commercially focussed advice to clients across a variety of sectors.
Catherine Moss
Partner
Catherine Moss
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
As a corporate lawyer, Catherine supports her clients by ensuring that their legal and commercial needs are met with timely practical and creative solutions.
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Languages:
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English
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French
Catherine Rustomji
Partner
Catherine Rustomji
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Works from Home
Catherine Rustomji is a partner and head of charities at Shakespeare Martineau. She has been advising charities, social enterprises and not for profit organisations exclusively for over 20 years.
Chris Brown
Business Development Business Partner
Chris Brown
Business Development Business Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Chris is a Business Development specialist working with our Employment, Commercial & IP, Litigation, Insolvency and Agriculture teams. He has been working in the legal sector for over eight years.
Chris Gayle
Partner
Chris Gayle
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Chris acts for institutional and individual lenders, as well as borrowers lending or borrowing debt finance for acquisition, working capital, refinance or capital release.