The government plans to ban high-caffeine energy drink sales to under-16s in England. A consultation is open until 26 November, businesses should share feedback now. What is a high caffeine energy drink? A high caffeine energy drink is a soft drink that contains at least 150 milligrams (mg) of caffeine per litre of drink. Currently, manufacturers must label any such drink (excluding tea and coffee) with the words ‘High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women’...
Shoosmiths LLP
Overview
Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for their ability to focus on what matters.
From offices across the UK and Brussels, the firm supports some of the world's most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact.
Shoosmiths empowers its people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The firm has won prestigious industry awards, such as 'Law Firm of the Year' at the Legal Business Awards 2022, 'Legal Team of the Year' at the Estates Gazette Awards 2022 and has been recognised for being the most active law firm advising on corporate transactions across the UK (Experian, 2022).
Shoosmiths' innovative approach is also embodied in their non-legal solutions for clients, which complement its technical legal expertise.
The firm also believes in supporting the communities in which it operates, and it is firmly on its ESG journey, with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validating near-term science-based emissions reduction targets, and launching grant-making body 'The Shoosmiths Foundation'. To find out more about Shoosmiths and the positive impact the firm is making across its clients, people, and ESG and innovations, please visit: Impact report 2022 (shoosmiths.co.uk).
Year this Office was Founded: 1994
Lawyers Worldwide: 1600
Notable
Areas of Practice
Professionals
Partners
Charles Arrand
Partner
Simon Barnes
Partner
Steve Barnett
Partner
Aleks Bosch
Partner
Graham Burnett-Hall
Partner
Kirsty Chalkley
Partner
Heather Chandler
Partner
Claire Checketts
Partner
Antony Craggs
Partner
Kiran Dhesi
Partner
Jonathan Dunkley
Partner
Angus Evers
Partner
Dominic Farnsworth
Partner
Simon Fennell
Partner
Anastasia Fowle
Partner
Holly Hirst
Partner
David Jackson
Chief Executive
Sherif Malak
Partner
Rebecca Mauleverer
Partner
Joseph Mazzucca
Partner
Nick McCarthy
Partner
Chris Moakes
Partner
Amit Nayyar
Partner
Liam Phillips
Partner
Oliver Pilkington
Partner
Chris Pritchett
Partner
Nathan Rees
Partner
Sanjeev Sharma
Partner
David Thompson
Partner
Susie Wakefield
Partner
Robin Webb
Partner
Tom Wilde
Partner
Lisa Williams
PartnerPrincipal Associates
Caroline Airey
Principal Associate
Siobhan Atkin
Principal Associate
Richard Baker
Principal Associate
Ben Churchyard
Principal Associate
Laura Clark
Senior Associate
Molly Cullen
Senior Associate
Alex Davidson
Senior Associate
Sophie Davies
Principal Associate
Laura Ford
Senior Associate
Emma Foulds
Principal Associate
Adam Frost
Principal Associate
Chris George
Principal Associate
Shruti Goel
Senior Associate
Claire Hayes
Principal Associate
Kathryn Kinsey
Senior Associate
Ian Lawton
Principal Associate
Sarah Maddock
Senior Associate
Marie Mann
Senior Associate
George Peyton
Senior Associate
Lawrence Renny
Principal Associate
Lucy Sanderson
Senior Associate
John Shirley-Rakhra
Senior Associate
Emily Stocker
Principal Associate
Nathan Turley
Senior Associate
Rubina Zaidi
Senior AssociateAssociates
Shani Edwards
Associate
Lauren Moroney
Associate
Sarah Owbridge
Associate
Kamil Piekarski
Associate
Daniela Porco
Associate
Saffron Stay
Associate
Celeste Thwaites
Associate
Thomas Wilkinson
AssociateLegal Directors and Key Support Personnel
James Benedick
Legal Director
Laura Gould
Legal Director
Toby Richards-Carpenter
Legal Director
Richard Willcox
Legal DirectorArticles
Employment Rights Bill: Extended rights for agency workers
The Employment Rights Bill (the Bill) will grant more rights to agency workers, including new routes to employment tribunal claims. This article examines the types of claims available if employers try to bypass these rights. Other articles in our series (Employment Rights Bill Shoosmiths) give more details of what to expect from the Bill...
Press releases
Shoosmiths strengthens real estate offering with Partner hire in London
London, Monday 24 November 2025 – Shoosmiths is pleased to announce the appointment of Jasvinder Sahotay as Partner in London’s Commercial Real Estate team. Jasvinder joins from Steptoe International (UK), bringing extensive experience in advising on major domestic and cross-border commercial real estate transactions. His broad and sophisticated practice spans significant acquisitions and disposals, complex development projects, and high-value joint venture arrangements. A substantial part of Jasvinder’s work centres on operational real estate, where he has developed deep expertise in both the senior living and data centre sectors...
Shoosmiths Guides S&W Group Through Major UK Acquisitions as Growth Strategy Advances
Law firm Shoosmiths has advised accounting and advisory firm S&W Group, a leading professional services group, on two UK acquisitions as it accelerates its growth strategy in partnership with Apax Funds.The firm has advised S&W on its acquisition of London based ClearViewIP, a global intellectual property advisory firm which offers clients intellectual property strategy, operational, and transactional advisory services across a broad spectrum of market sectors, and Peppercorn Tax, a specialist tax advisory firm based in Newcastle. The transactions broaden S&W’s range of complementary services and also builds on its regional growth in the north of England...
