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 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 Established: 1854
Lawyers Worldwide: 1600
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Edell Asquez
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Gary Assim
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Rick Atha
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Simon Barnes
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Steve Barnett
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Richard Bellamy
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Aleks Bosch
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Thomas Brown
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Graham Burnett-Hall
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Suzanne Burrell
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Kirsty Chalkley
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Heather Chandler
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Claire Checketts
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Antony Craggs
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Richard Cressall
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Phil Crowe
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Frence Delord
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Kiran Desai
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Grant Edwards
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Angus Evers
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Judy Fawcett
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Simon Fennell
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James Foster
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Simon Foster
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Wayne Gibbard
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Thomas Hall
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Kellie Hatton
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Holly Hirst
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Nick Holland
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Andrew Jennings
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Daniel Kennedy
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Alex Kirkhope
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Sherif Malak
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Joseph Mazzucca
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Barry McKeown
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Liz McKillop Paley
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Michael McLaughlin
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Simon Meek
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Lauren Miller
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Richard Millington
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Jonathan Mills
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Jonathan Naylor
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Amit Nayyar
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Lyndsey O'Connor
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Alastair Peet
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Alastair Peet
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Nathan Rees
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Anna Robson
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Claire Rowe
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Sanjeev Sharma
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James Speed
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Paul Stokey
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Richard Symonds
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David Thompson
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Ali Triptree
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Susie Wakefield
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Robin Webb
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Tom Wilde
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Lisa Williams
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James Wood-Robertson
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Wei Wu
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Stuart Angus
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Siobhan Atkin
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Richard Baker
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Alex Bevan
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Christian Cockcroft
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Kate Connolly
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Aimee Cook
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Sophie Davies
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Stacy Dawes
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Ella Doshi
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Michael Earnshaw Beattie
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Grainne Fairbrother
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Hannah Farley
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Soma Fattah
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Laura Ford
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Felicity Forward
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Emma Foulds
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Tom Freeman
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Adam Frost
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Teri Gauge-Klein
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Chris George
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Holly Gerard
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Eleanor Grindley
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Alex Haider
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James Haikney
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Claire Hayes
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Hannah Howard
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Sarah Jenkins
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Beth Jenkins
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Meera Judge
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Kathryn Kinsey
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Adam Leszczynski
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Suzanne Love
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Sarah Maddock
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Megan McDonald
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Faith McLaughlin
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Lauren Midgley
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Jonathan Morris
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Daniela Munro
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Rachel Munro
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George Peyton
Senior Associate
Steve Powell
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Amy Price
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Lewis Ritchie
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Rachel Rossdale
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Kara Shadbolt
Senior PR & Communications Manager
Liam Smith
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Emily Stocker
Principal Associate
Hywel Thomas
Senior Associate
Samantha Truckle
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Amardeep Vangar
Principal Associate
Jennifer Wright
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Rubina Zaidi
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Irem Alici
Trademark Attorney
Emily Egan
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Fleur Gribble
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Sophie McNally
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Louise O'Connor
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Jessica Pearson
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Shama Perera
Director of Business Development & Marketing
Jonathan Phillips
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Victoria Plesca
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Daniela Porco
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Niki Priest
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Antonia Richardson
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Danielle Robins
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Rob Sandercrombe
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Claudine Sheers
Trademark Attorney
Anna Sherwood
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Saffron Stay
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Nick Taylor
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Rachel Taylor
Associate
Mary-Beth Thornhill
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Gillian Todd
AssociateLegal Directors and Key Support Personnel
James Benedick
Legal Director
Helen Bridgman
Legal Director
Sarah Bridgman
Directories Manager
Christine Burrows
Legal Director
Jennifer Clarke
Legal Director
Sarah Evans
Legal Director
Kimberley Goh
Legal Director
David Goy
Legal Director
Dawn Ingle
IS Director
Charles Jackson
Legal Director
Christopher King
Legal Director
Stephanie Kosaka
Legal Director
Claire Le Mouellic
Legal Director
Simon Levine
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Ciaran McCorry
Legal Director
Kate McGoverne
Legal Director
Emma Morrison
Head of New Business Development
Jess Ready
Legal Director
Steven Richardson
Legal Director
Charlotte Thomas
Legal Director
Richard Willcox
Legal Director
Linda Williams
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...
