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 is an experienced employment lawyer acting for a range of clients including public sector, manufacturing and engineering, care providers, and insolvency practitioners.

As an associate in the employment team, Ewan works primarily with business owners and directors advising on the employment aspects of corporate governance.

Hannah advises clients on a wide range of commercial property matters to achieve effective and efficient outcomes.

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.

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.

Jane has significant experience of acting for husbands, wives and cohabiting partners on relation breakdown, offering no-nonsense, sensible advice.

Joanna’s deep affinity for the education sector is reflected in her responsive approach and her practical, applied and thorough advice.

Kieran is a legal director in our innovative Managed Legal Services team.

Laura advises business owners, companies and institutions on all aspects of growth and financing, from start-up to exit.

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 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.

Lubna is an experienced employment solicitor who supports a diverse client base with HR matters, employment tribunal litigation, and corporate advisory work.

Lucinda has a wealth of experience in providing employment support to a broad range of clients, across all sectors.

Lucy acts for our developers and general commercial property clients.

Marie-Therese advises businesses and their owners on a wide variety of corporate transactions and complicated reorganisations to help them achieve their objectives.

Matthew works collaboratively with other energy specialists across a range of technologies to support clients with their decarbonisation agendas.

Meriel adopts a proactive and commercial approach to drive transactions forward to completion quickly, ensuring her clients interests are protected.

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 advises on academic partnerships, commercial collaborations and regulatory matters.

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 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 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.

Dr Paul Greatrix is Director of Higher Education Consultancy and joined Shakespeare Martineau in August 2025 after over 35 years working in the HE sector including 18 years as Registrar of the University of Nottingham.