Our People
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.
Lucinda Chaplin
Legal Director
Lucinda Chaplin
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Lucinda has a wealth of experience in providing employment support to a broad range of clients, across all sectors.
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
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. Recommended in the Legal 500 2023, he has worked on numerous cases throughout his career for clients ranging from individuals through to SMEs and blue-chip companies. He has extensive experience in dealing with high-value and complex cases – particularly property and finance issues.
Monica Ghai
Legal Director
Monica Ghai
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Monica is an experienced Legal Director in the family team who practices in all areas of family law breakdown and has developed a reputation for providing practical, thorough and clear advice.
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My Recent Articles
- Asian Divorces – Unveiling The Fallout
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 Greatrix
Director of Higher Education Consultancy
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.
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My Recent Articles
- Issues for Consideration by Governing Bodies and Executive Boards | Lessons Learnt from the University of Dundee (Part Four)
- Issues for Consideration by Governing Bodies and Executive Boards | Lessons Learnt from the University of Dundee (Part Three)
- Issues for Consideration by Governing Bodies and Executive Boards | Lessons Learnt from the University of Dundee (Part Two)
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
Rachael Coulsting
Legal Director
Rachael Coulsting
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Solihull
Rachael acts for both private and public sector clients on all aspects of planning and highways law.
Rebecca Fox-Jones
Legal Director
Rebecca Fox-Jones
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Rebecca works in our real estate and energy team with a focus on high-volume transactions for utilities clients.
Sheena Tandy
Legal Director
Sheena Tandy
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Sheena is a Legal Director in our Restructuring, Recoveries & Insolvency team, providing 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.
Sonia Bachu
Legal Director
Sonia Bachu
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Sonia is a key senior member of our family team in Leicester, with a wealth of experience gained over more than 30 years.
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.
Steven Skiba
Legal Director
Steven Skiba
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Nottingham
Steven is a straight-talking lawyer who works with clients to resolve disputes.
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My Recent Articles
- Business Interruption Insurance | Our fixed fee support
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.
Vicci Faulkner
Legal Director
Vicci Faulkner
Legal Director
Shakespeare Martineau Stratford
Vicci Faulkner is CILEX Conveyancing Practitioner and Legal Director within the Social Housing Sales Team, having returned to the team in May 2023. She has over 18 years experience within Residential Property.
Adam Watson
Senior Associate
Adam Watson
Senior Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Birmingham
Adam’s main area of focus is on construction disputes, and works with clients to resolve these in a timely and cost effective manner.
Alexandria Davis
Associate
Alexandria is an associate within the firm’s employment team specialising in advising education clients, including further and higher education institutions, schools and academics.
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My Recent Articles
- Employment Case Law Update | Spring 2025
Anita Chaudhary
Senior Associate
Anita Chaudhary
Senior Associate
Shakespeare Martineau Leicester
Anita works with a broad range of high net worth individuals and business owners to fulfil their commercial property requirements.
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Languages:
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English
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Punjabi