Our People
Adam Watson
Legal Director
Adam Watson
Legal Director
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.
Afreen Cole
Legal Director
Afreen Cole
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Afreen works for a range of clients including banks, Islamic finance institutions, short term lenders and other corporate entities.
Bhikhu Samat
Legal Director
Bhikhu Samat
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Bhikhu is part of our energy team and has built up considerable experience advising clients in the private and public sectors on commercial contracts, IT, data protection and procurement law.
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Languages:
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English
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Gujarati
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, working on numerous cases throughout his career for clients ranging from individuals through to SMEs and blue-chip companies.
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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Languages:
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English
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Hindi
Robert Mander
Legal Director
Robert Mander
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Robert has extensive experience in the full range of commercial property work.
Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Simon Coghlan
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Simon provides a professional and knowledgeable service for real estate finance clients.
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.
Anton Letten
Senior Associate
Anton Letten
Senior Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Anton handles a variety of disputes including contractual and professional negligence matters.
Ashley Bhandari
Associate
Ashley Bhandari
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Ashley is a Solicitor working in the Residential Development team assisting with the acquisition and disposal of development land.
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