Our People
Alex Ryan
Legal Director
Alex Ryan
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Alex has a positive attitude and adopts a commercial approach towards all of his matters.
Alistair Spencer
Legal Director
Alistair Spencer
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Alistair specialises in contentious trusts and probate. He represents private individuals, charities, trustees and executors in a wide range of matters.
Amit Patel
Legal Director
Amit Patel
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Amit is the operations director for our national residential conveyancing department
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My Recent Articles
- Zombie Property Laws: What Happens When Property Is Abandoned?
Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Andrew Stevens
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Andrew is a finance lawyer specialising in real estate finance.
Anieka Sheppard
Legal Director
Anieka Sheppard
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Anieka assists education clients to realise their goal and resolve their problems.
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.
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Languages:
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English
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Gujarati
Calum Hanrahan
Legal Director & Immigration Specialist
Calum Hanrahan
Legal Director & Immigration Specialist
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Calum is an immigration law expert and offers advice to individuals and businesses across a variety of sectors including agriculture, manufacturing and sport.
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.
Daniel Kelly
Legal Director
Daniel Kelly
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Danny has a specific focus on contentious intellectual property matters, advising clients on the full spectrum of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade marks, designs, and copyright.
Desh Patel
Legal Director
Desh Patel
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Desh has over 10 years of corporate real estate experience and undertakes a wide variety of real estate work.
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.
Elaine Hart
Legal Director
Elaine Hart
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Elaine works with a wide range of clients to include high net worth individuals and advises on estate planning, probate matters and various trust structures. Elaine also helps clients with Powers of Attorney and Deputy’s Accounts.
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 Carr
Legal Director
Emma Carr
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Lincoln
Emma really enjoys building long lasting relationships with her clients and spending time getting to know and understand their individual circumstances. This in turn enables her to provide advice that is tailored to the specific needs of her clients which she always endeavours to deliver in a professional but sensitive and supportive manner.
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.
Ewan Carr
Legal Director
Ewan Carr
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
As an associate in the employment team, Ewan works primarily with business owners and directors advising on the employment aspects of corporate governance.
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.
Hannah Pickering
Legal Director
Hannah Pickering
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Hannah provides a professional and knowledgeable service for her real estate finance clients.
Harman Bains
Legal Director
Harman is a trusted adviser to high and ultra-high net worth individuals and business-owning families. Harman specialises in all aspects of tax, trust, estate and succession planning, with a focus on asset preservation and protecting family wealth across successive generations.
Helen Hay
Group Culture & Sustainability Director
Helen Hay
Group Culture & Sustainability Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Jane Charlton
Legal Director
Jane Charlton
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Milton Keynes
Jane has significant experience of acting for husbands, wives and cohabiting partners on relation breakdown, offering no-nonsense, sensible advice.
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
Kieran Pearson
Legal Director
Kieran is a legal director in our innovative Managed Legal Services team.