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

Vanessa Joll
Partner
Vanessa Joll
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
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.

Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Andrew is a finance lawyer specialising in real estate finance.

Anita Rasaratnam
Legal Director
Anita Rasaratnam
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
With over 12 years experience advising the affordable housing sector, Anita is a Legal Director specialising in property development and regeneration for registered providers, focusing particularly on development site acquisitions, site assemblies and stock disposals.

Bhikhu Samat
Legal Director
Bhikhu Samat
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Bhikhu is a Legal Director in the Energy team and has built up considerable experience advising clients in the private and public sector on commercial contracts, IT, data protection and procurement law. He advises on the process by which major works, services and supplies contracts are awarded, including liaising with stakeholders, advising on procurement processes, drafting contracts and procurement documents.

Desh Patel
Legal Director
Desh Patel
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Desh has over 10 years of corporate real estate experience and undertakes a wide variety of real estate work.

Hannah Brassington-MacDonald
Legal Director
Hannah Brassington-MacDonald
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
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.

Jane Charlton
Legal Director
Jane Charlton
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Jane has significant experience of acting for husbands, wives and cohabiting partners on relation breakdown, offering no-nonsense, sensible advice. Jane identifies the issues early and takes constructive steps to achieve a prompt resolution.
Band 1 Individual ranking Chambers & Partners guide 2024 and for previous 10 years.
Legal 500 2024 ranked firm family law, Beds, Bucks, Herts and Middx
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My Recent Articles
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A Guide To Pre-Nuptial And Post-Nuptial Agreements
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Lisa Serrant
Legal Director
Lisa Serrant
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Lisa is a first-class Legal Director in our London litigation and dispute resolution team. She has a wealth of experience in general commercial litigation and international arbitration, with a growing focus on energy and natural resources disputes.

Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Lucy acts for our developers and general commercial property clients.

Deeya Ray
Associate
Deeya Ray
Associate
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.

Louise McDonald
Associate
Louise McDonald
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau London
Louise is a chartered legal executive working in the within the Healthcare Team at Shakespeare Martineau. Louise supports clients within the healthcare sector, with particular expertise and focus on dental and pharmacy.

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

Asmee Dutt-Choudhury
Solicitor
Asmee Dutt-Choudhury
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau London
Asmee Dutt-Choudhury is a Solicitor in the Commercial and IP team.

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.

Imran Ilias
Solicitor
Imran Ilias
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Imran is a Solicitor specialising in Litigation and Corporate Restructuring. He advises on a variety of restructuring, recovery and insolvency issues, including contested insolvency work.
Imran is skilled in providing innovative and cost-effective legal solutions to both commercial and individual clients, with a wealth of experience gained working at several international and national law firms, including working within an in-house capacity for a blue chip automotive company. Imran has advised clients ranging from private individuals to FTSE 100 companies.

Jacob Hanson
Solicitor
Jacob Hanson
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau London
Jacob acts on wide range of property matters and advises on all aspects of property law.

Jing Wang
Solicitor
Jing Wang
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau Bristol
Jing Wang is a solicitor in the corporate and commercial team, based in the Bristol office.

Katherine Richards
Solicitor
Katherine Richards
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau London
Katherine Richards is a Solicitor in the Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation team in London. She works on a wide range of commercial disputes including contract disputes, defamation, professional negligence, shareholder disputes and matters involving consumer law.

Kristine Malok
Solicitor
Kristine Malok
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau London
Kristine advises on renewable power projects and also has extensive experience of advising on gas projects. She advises clients on regulatory issues that will impact on their project and on the full range of commercial contracts (including trading agreements, GTMAs, EFETS and REMIT).
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My Recent Articles
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Revised REMIT: What You Need to Know
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Meg Edwards
Solicitor
Meg Edwards is a Solicitor specialising in Wills, Trusts, Inheritance and Court of Protection disputes.

Stena Rham
Solicitor
Stena Rham
Solicitor
Shakespeare Martineau London
Stena is a Solicitor in the Corporate Healthcare Team. Stena qualified into the team in October 2022. She supports on dental, pharmacy and childcare sector transactions, including business sales and purchases, mergers, joint ventures, corporate lending, and company incorporation.

Bev Forse
Paralegal
Bev is a Paralegal supporting the Private Client team in all areas of work from lasting powers of attorney to Court of Protection and trust administration.
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My Recent Articles
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Shakespeare Martineau completes GL Law merger
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Georgina Tilley
Due Diligence Manager
Georgina Tilley
Due Diligence Manager
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Georgina is the Due Diligence Manager for the healthcare team at Shakespeare Martineau having experience in both real estate and corporate sectors. She was a Fellow of the Institute of Paralegals and is currently transitioning to Paralegal CILEX Membership.