Our People
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.
Charlotte O’Loughlin
Legal Director
Charlotte O’Loughlin
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Charlotte works with developers, landowners, pension schemes and commercial clients and provides practical solutions in order to achieve desired outcomes efficiently.
Donna Barnes
Legal Director
Donna Barnes
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Donna acts for a wide range of our investors, national housebuilders and corporate occupier clients.
Emma Ali
Legal Director
Emma Ali
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Emma advises clients on a wide range of commercial property matters dealing with freehold and leasehold interests.
Emma Oliver
Legal Director
Emma Oliver
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Emma is an experienced employment lawyer acting for a range of clients including public sector, manufacturing and engineering, care providers, and insolvency practitioners.
Hannah Awcock
Legal Director
Hannah Awcock
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Hannah advises clients on a wide range of commercial property matters to achieve effective and efficient outcomes.
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.
Kieran Pearson
Legal Director
Kieran is a legal director in our innovative Managed Legal Services team.
Laura Giles
Legal Director
Laura Giles
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Laura advises business owners, companies and institutions on all aspects of growth and financing, from start-up to exit.
Laura Taylor
Legal Director
Laura Taylor
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Laura advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters and has experience of working with a vast range of public and private sector clients
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.
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.
Michael Young
Legal Director
Michael Young
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
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.
Nicola Lediard
Legal Director
Nicola Lediard
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Nicola works with clients to resolve a broad range of disputes in an effective and thorough manner, and to find sensible, long-term solutions to their legal problems.
Nicola Storey-Wood
Legal Director
Nicola Storey-Wood
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Nicola provides a professional and knowledgeable service to real estate clients and financing institutions. Nicola works for a range of clients, including individuals, corporate entities, banks, Islamic finance institutions and short term lenders.
Pia Eames
Legal Director
Pia Eames
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Pia is a highly effective lawyer focussing on resolving all types of commercial property disputes for her clients.
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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.
Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Simon provides a professional and knowledgeable service for real estate finance clients.
Sonia Bachu
Legal Director
Sonia Bachu
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Sonia is a key senior member of our family team in Leicester, with a wealth of experience gained over more than 30 years.
Stephen Lane
Legal Director
Stephen Lane
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Stephen has over 25 years’ experience in real estate finance, with particular experience in development and health funding.
Adam Watson
Associate
Adam Watson
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Adam’s main area of focus is on construction disputes, and works with clients to resolve these in a timely and cost effective manner.
Anton Letten
Associate
Anton Letten
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Anton is a friendly and down to earth lawyer who strives to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients.
Charlotte Cassells
Associate
Charlotte advises on a wide range of transactional IP matters, consumer law, marketing and advertising laws, as well as data protection across a range of industry sectors including technology, media and education.