Our People
Mark Rondel
Partner
Mark Rondel
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau London
Mark is a 35 year qualified Dispute Resolution solicitor with a focus on Corporate disputes. He has worked for clients in a broad range of industry sectors. Mark’s main areas of expertise are shareholder disputes including unfair prejudice proceedings; warranty claims; professional negligence; and general contractual claims including commercial disputes in relation to breach of contract and breach of confidence, partnership disputes, declaratory relief and judicial review proceedings.
Mark Taylor
Partner
Mark advises on education collaborations and governance, having spent all of his legal career advising in the education sector.
Mark Thompson
Partner
Mark Thompson
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Mark is a trusted business adviser providing practical and, above all, commercial advice to individuals and companies in relation to business matters.
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My Recent Articles
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Getting investment-ready: 7 tips for start-ups
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Martin Edwards
Partner
Martin Edwards
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Martin is known for his flexible thinking to resolve challenging situations for clients including developers, corporate occupiers, owners and investors.
Martin Jones
Partner
Martin Jones
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Martin ensures project goals are realised by engaging development partners and other key stakeholders.
Matt Ainsworth
Partner
Matt Ainsworth
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Matt specialises in corporate finance; advising public and private companies, individuals and institutions on domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity investments, IPOs and secondary fund raisings, restructurings and joint ventures.
Matt McDonald
Partner
Matt McDonald
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Matt’s expertise cover all areas of Employment law. He has considerable experience of advising clients on complex employment litigation, senior hires and exits, large-scale redundancy exercises and complicated TUPE issues.
Mauro Paiano
Partner
Mauro Paiano
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Mauro has over 25 years’ experience in advising clients on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property related issues.
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English
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Italian
Michael Squirrell
Partner
Michael Squirrell
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Michael is a corporate lawyer who brings clients’ goals to the fore, understanding their objectives and meeting their aims in a thorough, timely and pragmatic manner.
Michael Stace
Partner
Michael Stace
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Michael specialises in corporate finance; advising public and private companies, individuals and institutions on domestic and international M&A, private equity investments, restructurings and joint ventures. He also advises on partnership matters.
Nick Jones
Partner - Employment
Nick Jones
Partner - Employment
Shakespeare Martineau Bristol
Nick has over 25 years experience of working in Bristol as a specialist employment lawyer, dealing with all aspects of employment law. Whilst he predominantly acts for business owners, employers and senior executives he also assists employees with the difficult issues that they can face in their employment.
Nicola Holton
Partner
Insolvency expert Nicola has over 10 years’ restructuring and insolvency experience having worked with a wide variety of clients ranging from insolvency practitioners and litigation funders to corporates and their directors. She advises on a variety of restructuring, recovery and insolvency issues and has extensive experience in contentious insolvency work. Nicola is also a qualified insolvency practitioner having obtained a first time pass in the Joint Insolvency Examination Boards (2014).
Paul Hardman
Partner
Paul has a deep understanding of the issues affecting SME businesses and their owners.
Paul Wakefield
Partner
Paul Wakefield
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Paul is a specialist planning solicitor who focusses on delivering practical solutions for his clients and joint leader of the legal planning team.
Peter Dilks
Partner
Peter Dilks
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Peter prides himself on delivering results for clients, who value his commercial experience as much as his real estate and energy legal expertise.
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My Recent Articles
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Supporting the UK’s Largest Battery Storage Project
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Flexible Energy Generation and Storage Operator Statera Strikes £500 Million Deal From Major Buyer
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Land rights and consents for electricity network infrastructure – have your say before 15 September
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Peter Mayhew
Partner
Peter Mayhew
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Peter works tirelessly to ensure first and foremost that his clients’ objectives and deadlines are met.
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Languages:
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English
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French
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My Recent Articles
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Unlocking Clean Energy Innovation: Investment, Impact and Intellectual Property in 2025 and Beyond
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Aircraft robotics pioneer True Position Robotics raises £1m to support business expansion
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£8m angel investment fund for early-stage East Midlands companies
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Rhys Wyborn
Partner
Rhys Wyborn
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Rhys helps employers manage their staff and HR issues by providing clear and pragmatic advice to find the resolution required.
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English
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French
Richard Thorpe
Partner
Richard Thorpe
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Richard is a partner in our Managed Legal Services team.
Ruth Phillips
Partner
Ruth Phillips
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Ruth uses her technical background in the industry to provide practical legal solutions to her clients.
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Partner
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Formerly with Taylor Emmet, Ironmonger Curtis and Bell & Buxton Solicitors, Ryan has more than 10 years’ corporate commercial legal experience advising businesses based in Sheffield and throughout South Yorkshire.
Sandeep Leighs
Partner
Sandeep Leighs
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Sandeep is a recognised specialist in the field of employment law.
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My Recent Articles
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Menopause policy and the gender pay gap
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Sarah Brack
Partner
Sarah Brack
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Sarah is a Legal 500 recommended Partner who advises clients on all aspects of their wills, estates, trusts, tax and powers of attorney.
Sean Moran
Partner
Sean Moran
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Sean’s practice is focused on restructuring and insolvency, covering complex investigatory work as well as transactional and advisory assignments.
Simon Hayden
Partner
Simon Hayden
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Simon acts for a range of property developers, land owners and occupiers but with a particular interest in development work.