Our Team
Simeon Spencer
Senior Partner – Co-Founder
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LLM
simeon.spencer@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7725 041987
ddi: +44 (0)20 7925 8082
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Antoine West
Managing Partner - Co-founder
Solicitor, BA (Oxon), FCIArb, Solicitor Advocate, CEDR Accredited Mediator
mob: +44(0)7884 065124
ddi: +44 (0)20 7925 8083
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Alison Armstrong
Partner – Private Client
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
alison.armstrong@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Juliana Barbedo Carvalho
Partner – Telecoms Media & Technology
PhD Candidate (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), LL.M (New York University School of Law)
juliana.barbedo@spencer-west.com
mob: +34 648 111 841
tel: +34 93 887 41 44
Sonya Bassett
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LPC
sonya.bassett@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7599 621982
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Sonya Bedford MBE
Partner – Energy
Solicitor, MSc (Renewable Energy), MBE
sonya.bedford@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0) 7776 191 227
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Jeremy Berg
Partner - Dispute Resolution
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Hons (University of Manchester)
mob: +44(0)7843 484 201
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Jazmine Bernard
Lawyer and Business Development – UAE
LLB (Hons) University of Swansea, DIFC – Part 1 registration
tel: +971 4 352 8887
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Gurvir Birang
Senior Consultant - Commercial & Insolvency Litigation
Solicitor, Senior Consultant LLB (Hons), LLM
gurvir.birang@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7956 590 567
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Andrew Bird
Partner - Corporate
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7867 904497
ddi: +44 (0)20 3972 4213
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Nicholas Blomfield
Partner - Funds, banking, cryptocurrency & blockchain
LLB Law Exeter University, Cert China University of Political Science and Law
nicholas.blomfield@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7921 856 295
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Justine Brazil
Partner – Construction, Engineering & Projects
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), GradICSA
justine.brazil@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7917 703409
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
James Brenan
Partner - Property
Solicitor, LLB (UCL), LLM (LSE)
mob: +44 (0)7930 316105
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Paolo Caldato
Partner - Commercial Dispute Resolution
Solicitor, B.Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry, GDL
paolo.caldato@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7970 688945
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Jan Cant
Partner – Corporate Law, M&A, Contracting, IT & Telecoms, PPP, GDPR, International Institutions
Lawyer, LLB (Hons), LLM
mob: +32 496307303
Ishtiaq Nawaz- Chechi
Partner – Real Estate/Property, Lending, Commercial
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), PhD (Law)
ishtiaq.chechi@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7899 915 436
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Emma Claremont
Partner – Construction, Engineering and Projects, Dispute Resolution
Solicitor, LLB
emma.claremont@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7497 892 991
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Henry Clarke
Partner – Construction, Commercial and Corporate
Solicitor, LLM (Dist), MBA (Dist), FICArb, MA (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7980 290341
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Simon Cohen
Partner - Real Estate
Solicitor, MA (Oxon)
mob: +44 (0)7768 825462
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Jowanna Conboye
Partner – Intellectual Property; Technology; Commercial
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LLM
jowanna.conboye@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7508 438224
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Valerie Cooper
Partner - Family Law
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
valerie.cooper@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7711 185194
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Nigel Croxford
Consultant - Construction, Engineering & Projects
Chartered Construction Manager, Arbitrator, Dispute Resolution Expert, and Health & Safety Practitioner. MSc (Const. Law & Arb.), FCIOB, FCIArb, TechIOSH
nigel.croxford@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7930 340144
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Joanne Cummings
Partner - Real Estate
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
joanne.cummings@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Heidi Daniels-Roque
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Barrister and Attorney, Notary Public/Commissioner of Oaths
heidi.daniels-roque@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Richard Wyn Davies
Partner – Family, Dispute Resolution, Private Client
Solicitor-Advocate (All Higher Courts); Collaborative Lawyer; Commercial and Civil Mediator
richard.davies@spencer-west.com
mob: + 44 (0)7595 339 187
ddi: +44(0)1223 842 211
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Martyn Davis
Consultant (Education Law) - Education, Employment and Financial Instruments
PhD, Educational Leadership (University of Sussex), MBA, Law and Marketing (London Business School), MA (Law and History)1st class Hons (Oxford University)
mob: +44 (0)7738 759 595
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Helen Davis
Partner - Residential Property & Real Estate
Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives
mob: +44 (0)7716 326 097
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Rafael del Castillo Ionov
Partner – Blockchain, Technology, Corporate & Commercial
(MCIArb), PhD on structuring private equity and venture capital operations (Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid), Executive MBA at Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, Bachelor of Laws (Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid)
rafael.delcastillo@spencer-west.com
tel: +34 938 874 144
Poh-Leng Devare
Partner – Commercial, Intellectual Property, Data Protection
Solicitor of England and Wales (2010), LLB, LLM, Legal Practice Course
poh-leng.devare@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Dhana Doobay
Partner - Telecoms Media & Technology
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, LLB (Hons), Law Society Final Examination
mob: +44 (0)7717 527 827
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Pam Dosanjh Phillips
Partner - Employment
Solicitor, LPC, LLB(Hons)
pam.dphillips@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7394 342 447
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Carl G. Dotremont
Partner - Corporate and Commercial
Lawyer, MBA, LLM
carl.dotremont@spencer-west.com
mob: +32 477 40 64 21
ddi: +32 477 40 64 21
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Kirsteen Durrant
Partner - Property and Civil Dispute Resolution
Solicitor
kirsteen.durrant@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7789 406086
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Michael Edwards
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor of England and Wales (1977)
michael.edwards@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7788 583 440
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Sarah Evans
Partner – Construction, Engineering & Projects
Solicitor, BA (Hons) Law, Qualified Business Coach
mob: +44(0)7958 627977
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Bina Gayadien
Partner – Tax
LLM Tax law
bina.gayadien@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7967 202 681
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Sivan Gelb
Partner - Real Estate
Solicitor, MA Political Science
mob: +44 (0)7779 335263
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Andrew Gilbert
Partner - Dispute Resolution/Corporate and Commercial
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
andrew.gilbert@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7909 797885
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Richard Gilbert
Partner – Family, Contested Trust & Probate
Solicitor
richard.gilbert@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
David Goldberg
Partner – Dispute Resolution & Mediation
Solicitor
david.goldberg@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7990 573454
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Howard Goldsobel
Partner – Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor, MBA with distinction
howard.goldsobel@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7767 820673
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Shan Greer
Partner – Construction, Engineering & Projects
Solicitor, MSc (Const Law), LLB (Hons) Lond. FCIArb
mob: +44 (0)739 201 5740
alt mob: +(0)1-758-285-1705
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Emma Gross
Partner – Employment, Data Protection
Solicitor, LLB, British Retail Consortium, Employment Lawyers Association
mob: +44 (0)7984 515974
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Stephen Harris
Partner - Real Estate/Commercial Property
Solicitor, BA (RA), PG Dip Legal Practice LPC & CPE
stephen.harris@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7732 054039
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Brian Hearne
Partner – Real estate
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
mob: +44(0)7957 269 918
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Cameron Hill
Partner – Director, Spencer West Bermuda
Barrister (England, Wales & Bermuda), BSc
tel: +1 (441) 621 4455
mob: +1(0) 441 536 5576
Sally Holyland
Consultant – Private Client
Solicitor, BA (Hons), STEP, ACTAPS
sally.holyland@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Robert Hurling
Partner - Court of Protection, Private Client
Solicitor, LLB
robert.hurling@spencer-west.com
mob:+44 (0)7810 807799
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Frances-Yvonne Igweh
Partner – Construction, Engineering & Projects
Lawyer/Barrister- At-Law, LLB. BL MPhil (Cantab) FICA. Int. Dip.,
Fellow of the International Compliance Association, Head of Africa Practice
frances-yvonne.igweh@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 7763 755 712
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Bryony Irvine
Solicitor – Employment / Private Client
Solicitor of England and Wales (2021), LLB (Hons)
bryony.irvine@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 7596 223 993
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Desiree Jacob
Partner - Director, Spencer West, Cayman Office
MBA, ACC, Professional Practitioner’s Certificate in Law, BSc, LLB (Hons), Certified Public Accountant (now inactive), Cayman Islands Legal Practitioner (2011 Admission)
desiree.jacob@spencer-west.com
tel: +345 917 0120
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Monty Jivraj
Senior Consultant - Tax Disputes and Investigations
mob: +44(0)7369 204 400
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Louise Johal
Partner - Dispute Resolution, Insolvency
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
mob: +44(0)7821 156 376
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Ahmed A Kashwani
Lawyer – UAE
Solicitor, Emirate University, Al Ain LLB
tel: +971 4 352 8887
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Hassan Kashwani
Lawyer – UAE
Solicitor, University of Sharjah, Sharjah - Bachelor of Law LLB
tel: +971 4 352 8887
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Jahanzeb Moazzam Khan
Founding Director Pakistan
LLB – University of London, MBA, BBA – Peshawar University
jahanzeb.khan@spencer-west.com
mob: +92 (0)300 500 0412
mob #2: +1(0)587 225 5657
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Jack Khurana
Partner – Commercial Dispute Resolution and Employment Law
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LLM
mob: +44 (0)7498 208856
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Natalie Knight-Wickens
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
natalie.knight-wickens@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7793 273 410
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Orchid Lee
Partner - Private client and trusts
Solicitor, Barrister at Law, BA (Hons), TEP
mob: +1(441) 532 7735
ddi: +44 (0)20 8058 0578
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Amanda Lennon
Partner - Employment
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
amanda.lennon@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7887 486837
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Diane Liston
Partner - Private Client and Family
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
mob: +44(0)7803 304253
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Germana Lo Iacono
Partner – Banking and financial services litigation; clinical negligence litigation
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
germana.loiacono@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7766 354271
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Haiqiao Lou
Partner – Real Estate
Solicitor, BA in Law (Zhe Jiang University)
mob: +44(0)7784 319587
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Zac Lucas
Partner – International Private Client
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC)
tel: +44 (0) 20 7925 8080
tel: +44 (0) 20 3289 7430
Rod Macdonald
Consultant - Construction, Engineering & Projects
FICE, MInstRE, OBE (services to British Engineering)
rod.macdonald@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7802 161771
Hanne Mällinen-Scott
Partner - Family Law
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
hanne.mallinen-scott@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7738 669619
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Anne Mannix
Partner - Employment
Solicitor, MA (Hons), LLM
mob: +44 (0)7790 771160
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Rosario Raposo Martínez
Partner – Employment
Bachelor of Laws, M.B.A, Master in International Trade and Commerce, Master of Laws in Employment Law
rosario.raposo@spencer-west.com
mob: +34 652 809 703
tel: +34 93 887 41 44
Sean McCarthy
Partner - Commercial and residential real estate, real estate finance
Solicitor of England and Wales, LLB Hons
sean.mccarthy@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7393 630 812
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Duncan McNair
Partner – City/commercial disputes; and Wills/Estates/Inheritance disputes resolution
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
duncan.mcnair@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7852 416696
ddi: +44 (0)20 3972 4211
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Mustafa Mehmood
Partner - Real Estate and Sports Law
Solicitor, LLB(Law)
mustafa.mehmood@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7544 907284
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Guzmán López Miguel
Partner - Real Estate
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LPC
mob: +34 670 635 262
tel: +34 938 874 144
Michael Miller
Partner – Agriculture, Farms & Estates
Solicitor, HND, MBA, GDL, Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association (2011)
michael.miller@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7754 127 766
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Sangeeta Moore
Partner - Private Client
Solicitor, Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Affiliate STEP member
sangeeta.moore@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7340 497 719
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
David Morton
Partner - Finance
Solicitor, LLB (Hons) – University of Glasgow, Notary Public, Diploma in Legal practice
mob: +44 (0)7968 558 752
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Justin Murray
Partner – City Disputes: Contentious Employment and Commercial Dispute Resolution
Solicitor, M.A. (Cantab), DipPLS (QUB)
justin.murray@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)73 888 19 333
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Syed Mustafa Mahdi
Partner - Commercial & International Dispute Resolution
Advocate (High Courts of Pakistan & AIFC-Kazakhstan), FCIArb (UK), FMIArb (MY), FAMINZ (NZ), LLM (UK), MBA (PK)
mustafa.mahdi@spencer-west.com
mob: +92 (0)300 200 8976
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Georgia Neblett
Associate Solicitor – Family Law
Solicitor, LPC, LLB (Hons)
georgia.neblett@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Jennifer Norman
Partner – Private Client
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
jennifer.norman@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7903 332515
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Henry Nydam
Partner – Dispute Resolution
Bachelor of Laws LLB Hons (University of Zimbabwe)
mob: +44(0)7775 847 052
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Blake O'Donnell
Partner - Real Estate
Solicitor, BCL (UCD), LLM (U of Minn.), MPHIL (Cantab)
blake.o'donnell@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0) 7703594404
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Muhammad Salman Jamil Owaisi
Partner - Dispute Resolution
Master of Laws in Corporate & Commercial Law at University of London, LLB (Hons) Shariah & Law
salman.owaisi@spencer-west.com
mob: +92 335 540 1091
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Gizem Ozkoseoglu
Consultant Solicitor- Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor of England and Wales, Attorney-at-law in the State of New York, Advocate of Istanbul Bar Association, LLB (Hons)- University of Exeter, LL.M in International and Comparative Dispute Resolution & Construction with Distinction Degree - University of London, LLB - University of Dokuz Eylul
gizem.ozkoseoglu@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7930 693 749
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Michael Parker
Partner – Commercial Litigation
Solicitor, MA (Cantab), First Class Honours and elected scholar honoris causa
michael.parker@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7495 715727
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Prakash Patel
Partner – Commercial Litigation
Solicitor, LLB
prakash.patel@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 7930 377210
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Tony Pearce
Senior Counsel / Consultant – Will, Trust and Estate Disputes
mob: +44 (0)7770 660037
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Gavin Persaud
Partner - Financial Services, Banking Regulatory, Technology
Solicitor, BSc Law with Chemistry (Hons)
gavin.persaud@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)790 007 0303
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Marc Picat
Partner – EU & Competition Law - Commercial
Lawyer, PhD in international business law, Master of Laws (University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas), UCLA
tel: +32(2)476 84 00 34
ddi:+32(2)793 10 31
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Dr Nudrat E. Piracha
Partner (UK) – Corporate & commercial and real estate; Advocate (Pakistan)
LLB - Punjab University, LLM - London School of Economics and Political Science, Mediating Dispitues Certification - Havard Law School, Court-Annexed Mediations - UC Hasting, Human Rights in the Market Place, Advocacy of Human Rights Certification - GW/Oxford Summer Program in International Human Rights Law, Emerging Leaders Certification - Harvard Kennedy School – Leadership and Negotiation, Master Class in Negotiation and Emerging Leaders - Harvard Law School – Leadership and Negotiation, S.J.D. - The George Washington University Law School, Certificate/Cornell- Executive Women in Leadership
nudrat.piracha@spencer-west.com
mob: +923 (0)28 116 868
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Jo Probert
Partner – Corporate
Solicitor
mob +44 (0)20 7925 8080
office: tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Edmund Probert
Partner – Commercial Law, IT Contracts & Intellectual Property
Solicitor
edmund.probert@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7770 328 005
office: +44 (0)1392 345 404
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Eusebio Pujol
Partner - Corporate and Commercial; M&A; Real Estate
Lawyer, BBA, LLB, LLM
eusebio.pujol@spencer-west.com
tel: +34 938 87 41 44
Paul Puxon
Partner – Intellectual Property, Technology, Corporate
Solicitor
mob: +44 (0)7944 675 522
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Keira Rawden
Partner – Commercial and Residential Real Estate
Solicitor, Post graduate Diploma in Legal Practice & Law, BA (Hons) Applied Social Science
mob: +44 (0)7514 553 621
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Management and Administrative Team
Kate Robottom
Practice Director
kate.robottom@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7712 886923
ddi: +44 (0)20 7925 8084
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Ian McDowell
ESG Director
Advanced Diploma in Organisational Development and Learning, Executive Coaching, Business Psychology, Behavioural Change – University of Cambridge
mob: +44 (0)7535 719183
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Saleha Akhtar
Paralegal
LLB Honours, Combined Masters and LPC
saleha.akhtar@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7838 912614
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Sophie Angus
Trainee Solicitor - Commercial Litigation
Paralegal LPC, GDL, BA
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Rebecca Cheung
Trainee Solicitor
University of Reading – Bachelor of Laws (LLB), BPP Law School – Legal Practice Course (LPC), UCL –Specialised Translation (with Interpreting) MSc
rebecca.cheung@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7513 834 353
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Hugo Cox
Trainee Solicitor - Commercial Law
LL.B (Hons.), MA (Oxon.)
mob: +44 (0)7853 639117
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Zain Kayani
Trainee Solicitor – Real Estate and Development, Private Finance, Commercial and Litigation
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Vishvani Morar
Legal PA – Commercial Litigation, Family Law
vishvani.morar@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Muhammad Usman Zaheer
Paralegal (UK) – Corporate & commercial and real estate; Advocate (Pakistan)
Bachelor of Laws, Certificate of Higher Education in Common Law, University of London, PCT DL Certification, PG Diploma in Public Accountancy, Diploma in Human Resources Management, Certified Financial Reporting Practitioner, Certificate in Governing Sustainable Finance, Certificate in Energy Economics, Environment and Policy, Certificate in Economics and International Business
mob: +92 (0)330 919 6727
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
