Gemma has been working in the healthcare sector for over 15 years and has acted for dentists, pharmacists, opticians, care home providers, domiciliary care agency providers, fostering agencies and specialist care providers in a wide range of transactions.

Hannah is a private client specialist working with all types of individuals to provide tailored asset protection and estate planning solutions.

Jack works with developers, landowners and promoters to bring forward residential development, specialising in the acquisition, promotion and disposal of land and developer-side affordable housing deals.

James works with clients and colleagues to find effective solutions to property disputes and problems.

James is an expert in managing and resolving complex disputes and guiding his clients through commercial problems so that they can focus on their business.

Janet has a reputation as being a personable and commercial practitioner and works closely with her clients to achieve their goals.

Jennie has enjoyed putting her wellington boots on and working within the agricultural sector since she was a trainee solicitor. Jennie has significant experience assisting farming clients with the wide variety of their property matters.

Joanna is a partner in our residential development team and specialises in strategic land development projects. Having previously worked for Eversheds, Joanna has over 20 years experience in the sector.

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.

John works with lenders and borrowers on a wide range of property finance transactions including acquisition, refinancing and development loans.

Jonathan has worked in the healthcare sector since 2006. He really enjoys getting to know clients well and building long-term relationships with them.

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.

Justine handles the full range of disputes that can arise in respect of property interests.

Kate’s focus is on preventing disputes where possible and seeking commercial resolutions which align with her client’s goals when disputes do arise.

Kevin is an experienced Residential Development Partner with expertise in the acquisition and disposal of immediate and strategic land for house builders and developers. This includes the negotiation of conditional contracts, option agreements and promotion agreements as well as joint venture / collaboration agreements between landowners and developers.

Lesley works closely with her clients to assist and guide in all aspects of complex estate planning and asset protection including trust and estate administration after death, wills and powers of attorney.

Lucy specialises in Residential Development and Strategic Land.

Mark is managing director of the litigation services and dispute resolution business unit, responsible for growing and developing the litigation and restructuring teams across Shakespeare Martineau.

Mark advises on education collaborations and governance, having spent all of his legal career advising in the education sector.

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

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.

Mauro has over 25 years’ experience in advising clients on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property related issues.

Michael specialises in corporate finance; advising public and private companies, individuals and institutions on domestic and international M&A, private equity investments, restructurings and joint ventures. He also advises on partnership matters.

Peter works tirelessly to ensure first and foremost that his clients’ objectives and deadlines are met.