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’...
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Shoosmiths is a UK top 30 national law firm with 113 partners and more than 1,500 personnel at offices in London, Birmingham, Basingstoke, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Nottingham, Reading and Solent. Our clients include household name Blue Chip companies, leading financial institutions, public and private sector organisations, and foreign-owned corporates. Recognition includes Best Brand in Practice at the MPF 2007 European Practice Management Awards. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and recently came top of a diversity survey. Our national charity partner for 2008 - 2010 is Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity.
We view ourselves as that little bit different – not in what we do (like many others we are a full service law firm with strength and depth) – but the way we do it - combining professional expertise with a personalised approach, to deliver valued legal services for all our clients. We really value our people - giving them the freedom, recognition and support to succeed - which means our clients enjoy working with us because we are open, accessible and easy to work with.
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Year this Office was Established: 1973
Lawyers Worldwide: 1600
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Simon Barnes
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Suzanne Burrell
Partner
Kiran Dhesi
Partner
Paul Eccles
Partner
Simon Foster
Partner
Nick Holland
Partner
Daniel Kennedy
Partner
Stuart Little
Partner
Rebecca Mauleverer
Partner
Liz McKillop Paley
Partner
Jonathan Naylor
Partner
Nathan Rees
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Claire Rowe
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Sanjeev Sharma
Partner
Fiona Teague
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Ali Triptree
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Tom Wilde
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Caroline Airey
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Ben Churchyard
Principal Associate
Aimee Cook
Principal Associate
Ella Doshi
Senior Associate
Hannah Farley
Principal Associate
Laura Ford
Senior Associate
Emma Foulds
Principal Associate
Teri Gauge-Klein
Senior Associate
Abigail Gisbourne
Senior Associate
Eleanor Grindley
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Alex Haider
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Beth Jenkins
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Kathryn Kinsey
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Adam Leszczynski
Principal Associate
Suzanne Love
Principal Associate
Daniela Munro
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Lawrence Renny
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Anna Richardson
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Emily Stocker
Principal Associate
Nathan Turley
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Sophie Tyler
Principal Associate
Amardeep Vangar
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Hollie Allen
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Jake Bowdler
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Shani Edwards
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Charlotte Gorman
Associate
Becca Hobden
Associate
Niamh Jones
Associate
Nikita Kanda
Associate
Jonathan Phillips
Associate
Victoria Plesca
Associate
Daniela Porco
Associate
Antonia Richardson
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Nick Sheerin
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Saffron Stay
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Mary-Beth Thornhill
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Thomas Morrison
Legal Director
Linda Williams
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...
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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...
