Our People
Charlotte Cassells
Associate
Charlotte Cassells
Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Charlotte advises clients on a wide range of commercial issues including commercial contracts, intellectual property, IT and data protection.
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.
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.
Dipika Mistry
Legal Director
Dipika Mistry
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Dipika provides clear advice from the outset. Her financial cases involve substantial assets, property division, investments, protecting pension interests and businesses. She is particularly adept in understanding the emotional complexities in matrimonial disputes and the impact this will have on reaching resolutions.
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My Recent Articles
- Understanding Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control
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. Jane identifies the issues early and takes constructive steps to achieve a prompt resolution.
Band 1 Individual ranking Chambers & Partners guide 2024 and for previous 10 years.
Legal 500 2024 ranked firm family law, Beds, Bucks, Herts and Middx
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My Recent Articles
- A Guide To Pre-Nuptial And Post-Nuptial Agreements
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 an associate in our innovative Managed Legal Services team.
Laura Giles
Legal Director
Laura Giles
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Sheffield
Laura advises business owners, companies and institutions on all aspects of growth and financing, from start-up to exit.
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
Lilly Toop
Legal Director
Lilly Toop
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Lilly Toop is an experienced Private Client solicitor specialising in Trusts, Wills, Wealth Planning and Estate Administration.
Lisa Serrant
Legal Director
Lisa Serrant
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
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.
Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Lucy Hemming
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau London
Lucy acts for our developers and general commercial property clients.
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