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: 1854
Lawyers Worldwide: 1600
Notable
Areas of Practice
Professionals
Partners
Daren Allen
Partner
Craig Armstrong
Partner
Charles Arrand
Partner
Edell Asquez
Partner
Rick Atha
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Melissa Barker
Partner
Simon Barnes
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Natalie Barnes
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Steve Barnett
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Richard Bellamy
Partner
Jon Bew
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Alex Bishop
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Kirsty Black
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Laura Board
Partner
Isaac Bordon
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Aleks Bosch
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Andrew Bowden-Brown
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Andrew Brennan
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Crispin Bridges Webb
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Michael Briggs
Partner
Kate Brimsted
Partner
Helen Burnell
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Graham Burnett-Hall
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Suzanne Burrell
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Paul Carney
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Kirsty Chalkley
Partner
Heather Chandler
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Claire Checketts
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Mark Churchman
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Ruth Clare
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Stuart Clubb
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Sheelagh Cooley
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Hamish Corner
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Antony Craggs
Partner
Michelle Craven-Faulkner
Partner
Richard Cressall
Partner
Phil Crowe
Partner
Suman Dally
Partner
Frence Delord
Partner
Kiran Desai
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Kiran Dhesi
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Grant Edwards
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Angus Evers
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Sarah Ewing
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Dominic Farnsworth
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Judy Fawcett
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Simon Fennell
Partner
Hannah Field
Partner
Tim Flight
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James Foster
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Simon Foster
Partner
John M Fotheringham
Consultant
Anastasia Fowle
Partner
Andrew Foyle
Partner
Kate Garcia
Partner
Ben Gardner
Partner
Patrick Garner
Partner
Wayne Gibbard
Partner
Alison Gilson
Partner
Thomas Hall
Partner
Alistair Hammerton
Partner
Sara Hampson
Partner
Ian Hardman
Partner
Tracey Hemingway
Partner
Holly Hirst
Partner
Nick Holland
Partner
Catherine Hood
Partner
David Jackson
Chief Executive
Jason Jackson
Partner
Andrew Jennings
Partner
Kathryn Jump
Partner
James Keates
Partner
Matthew Kemp
Partner
Daniel Kennedy
Partner
Matthew Kenwood
Partner
Alex Kirkhope
Partner
Jody Kite
Partner
Alexandria Kittlety
Partner
Adam Lambert
Partner
Stuart Lawrenson
Partner
Lynette Lewis
Partner
Stuart Little
Partner
Kurt Ma
Partner
Sherif Malak
Partner
Choisanne Man
Partner
David Mathias
Partner
Rebecca Mauleverer
Partner
Joseph Mazzucca
Partner
Simon McArdle
Partner
Beth McArdle
Partner
Kate McCall
Partner
Jo McGuinness
Partner
Barry McKeown
Partner
Liz McKillop Paley
Partner
Michael McLaughlin
Partner
Simon Meek
Partner
David Meisel
Partner
Andrew Millar
Partner
Lauren Miller
Partner
Richard Millington
Partner
Chris Mills
Partner
Jonathan Mills
Partner
Robin Mitchell
Partner
Elia Montorio
Partner
Bethan Moore
Partner
Emma Morgan
Partner
Chris Morris
Partner
Dominic Murphy
Partner
Jonathan Naylor
Partner
Amit Nayyar
Partner
James Needham
Partner
Lyndsey O'Connor
Partner
Andrew Outram
Partner
David Parton
Partner
Mehar Patel
Partner
Andrew Pattinson
Partner
Alastair Peet
Partner
Lee Perry
Media and communications executive
Liam Phillips
Partner
Stephen Porter
Partner
Simon Procter
Partner
Nathan Rees
Partner
Ian Reid
Partner
Peter Richards-Gaskin
Partner
Anna Robson
Partner
Claire Rowe
Partner
Elinor Sandbach
Partner
Hayley Saunders
Partner
Elaine Seamark
Partner
Lee Sennett
Partner
William Seymour
Partner
Sanjeev Sharma
Partner
Dan Sharman
Partner
Nicholas Shepherd
Partner
Mark Shepherd
Partner
Daniel Shilvock
Partner
Lisa Sigalet
Partner
Jonathan Smart
Partner
Leigh Smith
Partner
James Speed
Partner
Janette Speed
Partner
James Spencer
Partner
Joe Stephenson
Partner
Barry Stimpson
Partner
Paul Stokey
Partner
Luke Stubbs
Partner
Liz Sweeney
Partner
Richard Symonds
Partner
Gwynneth Tan
Partner
Suzanne Taylor
Partner
Fiona Teague
Partner
Sarah Teal
Partner
David Thompson
Partner
Ali Triptree
Partner
Ben Turner
Partner
Lisa Tye
Partner
Nick Vernon
Partner
Susie Wakefield
Partner
Elizabeth Ward
Partner
Robin Webb
Partner
Andrew Whalley
Partner
Tom Wilde
Partner
Lisa Williams
Partner
James Wood-Robertson
PartnerPrincipal Associates
Jonny Adamson
Senior Associate
Caroline Airey
Principal Associate
Amy Anderson
Principal Associate
Stuart Angus
Principal Associate
Siobhan Atkin
Principal Associate
Laura Austin
Principal Associate
Richard Baker
Principal Associate
Hayley Band
Senior Associate
Adam Barrett
Principal Associate
Alex Bevan
Senior Associate
Richard Blatchly
Principal Associate
Matthew Brown
Principal Associate
Claire Byrne
Professional Support Lawyer
Leonie Byrne
Senior Associate
Leah Cairney
Principal Associate
Charlotte Cannell
Principal Associate
Caroline Chester
Principal Associate
Ben Churchyard
Principal Associate
Laura Clark
Senior Associate
Christian Cockcroft
Principal Associate
Luke Coleborn
Principal Associate
Kate Connolly
Principal Associate
Lauren Conroy
Principal Associate
Aimee Cook
Principal Associate
Kieran Cummins
Senior Associate
Carly Cutler
Senior Associate
Sophie Davies
Principal Associate
Stacy Dawes
Senior Associate
Kirsty Day
Principal Associate
Eloise Di Pasqua
Principal Associate
Ella Doshi
Senior Associate
Matt Douglas
Principal Associate
Michael Earnshaw Beattie
Senior Associate
Abi Falshaw
Principal Associate
Niall Fanning
Senior Associate
Lisa Faragher
Principal Associate
Hannah Farley
Principal Associate
Laura Ford
Senior Associate
Felicity Forward
Principal Associate
Emma Foulds
Principal Associate
Adam Fox
Principal Associate
Tom Freeman
Principal Associate
Adam Frost
Principal Associate
Hannah Gaskell
Principal Associate
Holly Gerard
Senior Associate
Abigail Gisbourne
Senior Associate
Becky Gray
Senior Associate
Melissa Gray
Senior Associate
Eleanor Grindley
Senior Associate
James Haikney
Principal Associate
Gregg Harris
Principal Associate
Claire Hayes
Principal Associate
Nazeelah Heetun
Senior Associate
Charley Hemming
Principal Associate
Kat Hornsby
Principal Associate
Hannah Howard
Senior Associate
Kirsty Hughes
Senior Associate
Sadia Hussain
Senior Associate
Sam Jadhav
Principal Associate
Beth Jenkins
Principal Associate
James Kidd
Senior Associate
Kathryn Kinsey
Senior Associate
Ian Lawton
Principal Associate
Adam Leszczynski
Principal Associate
Nick Little
Principal Associate
Emma Livesey
Principal Associate
Hannah Locke
Senior Associate
Mike Lockton
Principal Associate
Suzanne Love
Principal Associate
Matthew MacLachlan
Principal Associate
Sarah Maddock
Senior Associate
Marie Mann
Senior Associate
Rachael McCallum
Senior Associate
Kendra McCullough
Senior Associate
Megan McDonald
Principal Associate
Faith McLaughlin
Senior Associate
Lauren Midgley
Principal Associate
Sarah Minshull
Senior Associate
William Moore
Senior Associate
Jonathan Morris
Senior Associate
Sarah Moss
Senior Associate
Rachel Munro
Senior Associate
Daniela Munro
Senior Associate
Paul Nightingale
Principal Associate
Tony Nutting
Principal Associate
Iyanu Onalaja
Senior Associate
Anjali Patel
Senior Associate
Mandip Patra
Senior Associate
Emma Pearce
Principal Associate
Ryan Percival
Senior Social Media Executive
George Peyton
Senior Associate
Gemma Porter
Principal Associate
Steve Powell
Senior Associate
Matthew Price
Senior Associate
Amy Price
Senior Associate
Jade Price
Senior Associate
Daniel Pugh
Senior Associate
Steph Pye
Senior Associate
Shehnaz Rahman
Senior Associate
Lawrence Renny
Principal Associate
Anna Richardson
Principal Associate
Alice Richmond
Senior Associate
Lewis Ritchie
Senior Associate
Harry Rose
Principal Associate
Rachel Rossdale
Senior Associate
Lucy Sanderson
Senior Associate
Seonaid Sandham
Senior Associate
Sylwena Sempa
Principal Associate
Kara Shadbolt
Senior PR & Communications Manager
Manpreet Shoker
Senior Associate
Victoria Simpson
Senior Associate
Gemma Siviter
Senior Associate
Natasha Sladen
Principal Associate
Liam Smith
Senior Associate
Jonathan Smith
Principal Associate
Louise Snipe
Senior Associate
Katrina Spolander
Principal Associate
Ryan Steed
Principal Associate
Emily Stocker
Principal Associate
Rory Stone
Senior Associate
Shantelle Taylor
Senior Associate
Hywel Thomas
Senior Associate
Jessika Thumpston
Principal Associate
Sophie Tracey
Principal Associate
Ben Traynor
Principal Associate
Samantha Truckle
Senior Associate
Marcus-Adam Tuck
Principal Associate
Emma Tuck
Solicitor
Jo Tunnicliff
Senior Associate
Nathan Turley
Senior Associate
Molly Vandervell
Senior Associate
Amardeep Vangar
Principal Associate
Alexandra Ventham
Principal Associate
Mandeep Vryaparj
Principal Associate
Victoria Walley
Senior Associate
Claire Ward
Senior Associate
Harry Warren
Senior Associate
Helen Westwood
Principal Associate
Nick Wilcock
Senior Associate
Michael Winter
Principal Associate
Laura Wright
Senior Associate
Jennifer Wright
Principal Associate
Rubina Zaidi
Senior AssociateAssociates
Irem Alici
Trademark Attorney
Hannah Buckler
Associate
Ashlie Cheshire
Associate
Jess Dancer
Associate
Bijou Dunn
Associate
Shani Edwards
Associate
Emily Egan
Associate
Bruce Fitzpatrick
Associate
Khillan Gohil
Associate
Alice Gray
Associate
Fleur Gribble
Associate
Shaan Haque
Associate
Olivia Henry
Associate
Niamh Jones
Associate
Nikita Kanda
Associate
Yasmin King
Associate
Alexandra Kinsey
Associate
Callum Larkin
Associate
Jess Lockett
Associate
Sunny Mangatt
Associate
Sophie McNally
Associate
Niamh Millais
Associate
Jennifer Morries
Associate
Ed Morris
Associate
Sarah Palmer
Associate
Jessica Pearson
Associate
Jonathan Phillips
Associate
Daniela Porco
Associate
Niki Priest
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Aadil Qureshi
Associate
Saima Rasool
Associate
Antonia Richardson
Associate
Anna Riley
Associate
Danielle Robins
Associate
Rob Sandercrombe
Associate
Kuljeet Sarai
Associate
Bill Sawday
Associate
Claudine Sheers
Trademark Attorney
Anna Sherwood
Associate
Saffron Stay
Associate
Rachel Taylor
Associate
Nick Taylor
Associate
Gillian Todd
Associate
Amy Walton
Associate
Isabel Whitehurst
Associate
Abigail Wood
Associate
Lu Wright
AssociateLegal Directors and Key Support Personnel
James Benedick
Legal Director
Sarah Bridgman
Directories Manager
Helen Bridgman
Legal Director
Christine Burrows
Legal Director
Sarah Buxton
Legal Director
Hayley Çapani
Legal Director
Jennifer Clarke
Legal Director
Dean Cooper
Legal Director
Rebecca Copcutt
Legal Director
Lyndsay Crowder-Barton
Legal Director
Charlotte Duce
Legal Director
Sarah Evans
Legal Director
Kimberley Goh
Legal Director
David Goy
Legal Director
Rachel Harvey
Legal Director
Rosie Hendon
Legal Director
Sian Hoare
Legal Director
Ellen Hughes-Jones
Legal Director
Dawn Ingle
IS Director
Julia Ishak
Legal Director
Charles Jackson
Legal Director
Nicky Jenkins
Legal Director
Stephen Johnstone
Legal Director
Stephanie Kosaka
Legal Director
Claire Le Mouellic
Legal Director
Stephanie Macpherson
Legal Director
Natalie Maye
Legal Director
Kate McGoverne
Legal Director
Barbara McGreal
Legal Director
Emma Morrison
Head of New Business Development
Robert Nieri
Legal Director
Matt Nixon
Legal DirectorLisa Page
Legal Director
Noelle Petty
Legal Director
Gillian Ralph
Legal Director
Steven Richardson
Legal Director
Vanessa Rickard
Legal Director
William Sanderson
Legal Director
Shane Scott
IT Director
Charlotte Staples
Legal Director
Tom Swain
Legal Director
Charlotte Thomas
Legal Director
Natalia Tombs
Legal Director
Emma Tonge
Legal Director
Lucy Walsh
Legal Director
Shelley White
Legal Director
Richard Willcox
Legal Director
Charles Williams
Legal Director
Linda Williams
Legal Director
Katie Yorke
Legal Director
Ben Zielinski
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...
