Our People
Meriel O’Loughlin
Legal Director
Meriel O’Loughlin
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Meriel adopts a proactive and commercial approach to drive transactions forward to completion quickly, ensuring her clients interests are protected.
Rachael Coulsting
Legal Director
Rachael Coulsting
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Rachael acts for both private and public sector clients on all aspects of planning and highways law.
Emily Shuttleworth
Senior Associate
Emily Shuttleworth
Senior Associate
Emily Shuttleworth is a Residential Development and Commercial Property Senior Associate. Emily joined SHMA in August 2025 and brings with her a wealth of experience of working with many of the UK’s leading national housebuilders.
Joe Davies
Senior Associate
Joe Davies
Senior Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
A solicitor in our Residential Development Team, Joe assists on complex promotion agreements and option agreements and manages the disposal and acquisition of sites for residential development. Joe has experience of acting for developers with a particular focus on disposals to Housing Associations. Joe also deals with complex lease transactions from both perspective of Tenants and Landlords.
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Sabrina Umrani
Associate
Sabrina Umrani
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau London
Sabrina works with a variety of clients, including business occupiers, developers and investors.
Sarah Evans
Senior Associate
Sarah Evans
Senior Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Sarah is an experienced commercial property solicitor in the infrastructure team dealing with a wide range of commercial property matters
Joseph McElhone
Volume Utilities Project Manager
Joseph McElhone
Volume Utilities Project Manager
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Joseph supports our Real Estate and Energy teams, with a particular interest in energy distribution.