Our People
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 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.
Helen Hay
Group Culture & Sustainability Director
Helen Hay
Group Culture & Sustainability Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Joanna Forbes
Legal Director
Joanna Forbes
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Joanna’s deep affinity for the education sector is reflected in her responsive approach and her practical, applied and thorough advice.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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My Recent Articles
- The consumer status of PhD students
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
Lubna Laheria
Legal Director
Lubna Laheria
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Lubna is an experienced employment solicitor who supports a diverse client base with HR matters, employment tribunal litigation, and corporate advisory work.
Marie-Therese Harper
Legal Director
Marie-Therese Harper
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Marie-Therese advises businesses and their owners on a wide variety of corporate transactions and complicated reorganisations to help them achieve their objectives.
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My Recent Articles
- Latest provisions for corporate disclosure & transparency
Matthew Harris
Legal Director
Matthew Harris
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Matthew works collaboratively with other energy specialists across a range of technologies to support clients with their decarbonisation agendas.
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.
Midhika Joseph
Legal Director
Midhika Joseph
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Midhika advises on academic partnerships, commercial collaborations and regulatory matters.
Monica Ghai
Legal Director
Monica Ghai
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Monica practices in all areas of family law and has developed a reputation for providing practical, thorough and clear advice. In particular Monica has particular interest and expertise in representing individuals where there are cultural and/or international elements of family law.
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.
Paul McMaster
Legal Director
Paul McMaster
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Paul uses his technical expertise to come up with bespoke solutions on all aspects of private client law.
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My Recent Articles
- Last Words That Matter: What to Include in Your Will
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
Sheena Tandy
Legal Director
Sheena Tandy
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Sheena provides pragmatic and commercial advice within the field of both corporate and personal insolvency
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.
Stewart Argo
Legal Director
Stewart Argo
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Stewart advises clients on a wide variety of IT, technology, data protection, IP and commercial contract issues.
Tamsin Walker
Legal Director
Tamsin Walker
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Tamsin specialises in contentious trusts and probate, with particular expertise in disputes involving wills, estates, and trusts. She regularly represents private individuals, trustees, and charities, providing clear, strategic, and practical legal advice tailored to each client’s unique circumstances.
Danielle Humphries
Associate
Danielle Humphries
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Danielle assists with our further and higher education client queries.
Dominic Suffolk
Associate
Dominic Suffolk
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Dominic specialises in non-contentious construction with a focus on delivering an efficient service centred around the needs of his clients.
Emma Noble
Senior Associate
Emma Noble
Senior Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Emma is a Solicitor within the firm’s Education team specialising in employment advice for education clients including independent schools and academies, as well as both further and higher education institutes