Our People
Debra Burton
Partner
Debra Burton
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Debra is a specialist contentious trust and probate solicitor who advises on all areas of contentious trust and probate matters, representing private individuals, trusts and charities.
Eddie Flanagan
Partner
Eddie Flanagan
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Eddie works with a highly skilled team to deliver industry specific advice to the asset finance and leasing sector.
Emma Houghton
External Communications & Corporate Affairs Business Partner
Emma Houghton
External Communications & Corporate Affairs Business Partner
Emma Smith-Gamble
Partner
Emma Smith-Gamble
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Emma manages a growing sales team within our social housing department, acting specifically for Housing Association clients. Emma is passionate about her role and what the team can achieve, working together to benefit the needs of the client.
Gareth Hegarty
Partner
Gareth Hegarty
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Gareth listens to his clients to understand and achieve their goals and objectives.
Garry Dickinson
Partner
Garry Dickinson
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Garry heads our Sheffield office personal injury team and prides himself on the personal service he gives to clients.
Gary Ekpenyoung
Partner
Gary Ekpenyoung
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Gary is a social housing specialist who engages with all stakeholders to ensure landlords and property managers achieve their goals for their housing stock.
Hannah Tait
Partner
Hannah Tait
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Hannah is a private client specialist working with all types of individuals to provide tailored asset protection and estate planning solutions.
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Helen Bowns
Partner
Helen Bowns
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Helen works with clients to ensure that they are sensitively guided through the complex area of family and relationship breakdown.
Helen Molloy
Partner
Helen is an expert in employment law, HR and commercial matters, including all manner of employment law issues (ranging from grievances and disciplinaries through to complex restructures and redundancy exercises), high value cross-border commercial contracts and business turnaround advice.
Ian Evans
Partner
Ian Evans
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Ian works in our Corclaim team on the recovery of losses for our corporate clients.
Iwan Williams
Partner
Iwan Williams
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Iwan has a deep knowledge of all aspects of estate and succession planning and have particular expertise in advising landed estate owners, high net worth entrepreneurs and business-owning families in relation to a wide range of succession and tax matters.
James Fownes
Partner
James Fownes
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
James works with clients and colleagues to find effective solutions to property disputes and problems.
James Gooch
Partner
James Gooch
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
James specialises in commercial and mixed use development and investment work.
James Woolstenhulme
Partner
James Woolstenhulme
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
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 James
Partner
Janet has a reputation as being a personable and commercial practitioner and works closely with her clients to achieve their goals.
Jayne Gardner
Partner
Jayne Gardner
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Jayne has over 25 years’ experience in both debt collection and credit management.
Joanna Lee-Mills
Partner
Joanna Lee-Mills
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Joanna heads up our social housing team. Her expertise encompasses advising on social housing development transactions, from site assemblies to larger scale phased sales and purchases.
Jody Webb
Partner
Jody Webb
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
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.
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John Rice
Partner
John Rice
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
John works with lenders and borrowers on a wide range of property finance transactions including acquisition, refinancing and development loans.
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Jon Heuvel
Partner
Jon Heuvel
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Jon supports business owners and HR teams in providing strategic people management advice across a range of industries and sectors.
Jonathan Stork
Partner
Jonathan is a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution team with a broad range of experience and expertise. His particular areas of focus lie in contested trust and probate work, disputes within the agricultural sector and commercial litigation.
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Jordan Glackin
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Jordan has experience working with healthcare operators and education clients for some 15 years.
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My Recent Articles
- Recruitment challenges lie ahead for the social care sector
Joseph Mackey
Business Development Business Partner
Joseph Mackey
Business Development Business Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Joseph supports the delivery of organic growth for the West Midlands region through identifying key segments for growth, leading cross-sell and referral initiatives and .driving sales & development culture. He is also responsible for key account management and sales & growth enablement.