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
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
Ahmed A Kashwani
Lawyer – UAE
Solicitor, Emirate University, Al Ain LLB
tel: +971 4 352 8887
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
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
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
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 - Finance, asset management, banking, corporate, securities, privacy & data protection.
LLB Law Exeter University, Cert China University of Political Science and Law
nicholas.blomfield@spencer-west.com
mob: +971 (0)545 498 205
tel: + 971 4352 8887
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
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LLM
mob: +32 496307303
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
Talitha Degwa
Associate Partner – Immigration & Global Mobility
Solicitor, BA (Hons), Graduate Diploma in Law
talitha.degwa@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7399 859767
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
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
Sarah Evans
Partner – Construction, Engineering & Projects
Solicitor, BA (Hons) Law, Qualified Business Coach
mob: +44(0)7958 627977
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
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
Frances-Yvonne Igweh
Partner – Construction, Engineering & Projects
Lawyer/Barrister- At-Law, LLB. BL MPhil (Cantab) FICA. Int. Dip.,
Fellow of the International Compliance Association, Africa Desk
frances-yvonne.igweh@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 7763 755 712
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
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
Robert Leigh
Partner - Construction, Engineering & Projects, Corporate and Commercial, including corporate governance
The Law Society of England and Wales, Chartered Governance Institute
mob: +44 (0)7585 918 743
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
Jonathan Levinson
Partner – Sectors: Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Solicitor
jonathan.levinson@spencer-west.com
mob: +277 9308 2359
tel: +44 (0)203 973 0804
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Germana Lo Iacono
Partner – Banking and financial services litigation; clinical negligence litigation
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
germana.Ioiacono@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7766 354271
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Haiqiao Lou
Associate Partner – Real Estate
Solicitor, BA in Law (Zhe Jiang University)
mob: +44(0)7784 319587
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Stefania Lucchetti
Partner - Local and Cross Border M&A, Technology Agreements, Commercial Agreements, IP Transactional Work, Data Protection and Cybersecurity
Avvocato (Italy), Solicitor (England and Wales), Solicitor (Hong Kong SAR), Juris Doctorate (Università Cattolica del S.C.)
stefania.lucchetti@spencer-west.com
mob: +39 3346 183 000
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
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: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
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
Dr John McMullen
Partner – Employment
Solicitor, MA (Hons), PhD, Law (University of Cambridge)
drjohn.mcmullen@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 7769 299 610
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
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
Jonathan More
Partner – Construction, Engineering & Projects
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
jonathan.more@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7436 724456
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
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
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
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
Delia Orabona
Partner – EU Regulatory & Trade, Technology, Media and Telecoms, ICT, Gambling and Sport, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Textile and Fashion
Solicitor, Masters in EU Competition Law, Bar Association of Naples(Italy), ELSA Alumni, King´s College Alumni
delia.orabona@spencer-west.com
mob: +39 347 1502043
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
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; Private Equity; Real Estate
Lawyer, BBA, LLB, LLM
eusebio.pujol@spencer-west.com
mob: +34 6702 21043
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
David Rose
Partner – Family, Litigation
Solicitor, Higher Court (Civil) Qualification
mob: +44(0) 7850 124870
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Stanley Rowe
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor, Avocat (Paris Bar), LLM, LLB (Hons), MBA
mob: +44 (0)7760556425
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
James Sandbach
Partner – Commercial Real Estate and Development
Solicitor, LPC Commendation, LLB (Hons)2:1
james.sandbach@spencer-west.com
mob: )+44(0)7305 202 100
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Michaël Schrevens
Partner - Commercial, Contracting, IP and ICT law, Construction and real estate, Franchising, Corporate law, Litigation and dispute resolution
Lawyer, Law degree Cum Laude at University of Louvain (KUL)
michael.schrevens@spencer-west.com
mob: +32 475956479
office: +32 16 623853
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Matthew Scott-Tucker
Partner – Commercial Property
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LPC
matthew.scott-tucker@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7799 332722
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Fudia Smartt
Partner – Employment
Solicitor, LLB (Hons) LSE
fudia.smartt@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 7852 327 244
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Philip Solomons
Partner - Corporate/Commercial
Solicitor
philip.solomons@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7710 620096
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Andrew Sparrow
Senior Counsel – Corporate and Commercial, IT, IP, Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection and Commercial Aerospace
andrew.sparrow@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7870 164686
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Elizabeth Vago
Partner – Construction, Engineering & Projects
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
elizabeth.vago@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7970 451685
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Simon Ward
Partner – Corporate & Commercial | Technology
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LLM
mob: +44 (0)7985 146111
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Robert Whitehead
Partner - Insurance, Commercial Dispute Resolution
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
robert.whitehead@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7775 701368
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Janis Wilderspin
Partner – Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Property, Intellectual Property, Business and Finance
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), Barrister (non-practising)
janis.wilderspin@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7716 359432
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Joshua Yam
Associate Partner – Real Estate
Solicitor, LLB Law
mob: +44(0)7468 531352
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Euri Yoon
Partner - Tax
Solicitor, Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA)
mob: +44 (0)7738 759 595
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
Rod Macdonald
Consultant - Construction, Engineering & Projects
FICE, MInstRE, OBE (services to British Engineering)
rod.macdonald@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7802 161771
Management and Administrative Team
Ian McDowell
Community Engagement 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
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
Bryony Irvine
Trainee Solicitor
LLB (Hons)
bryony.irvine@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 7596 223 993
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
Sophie Angus
Trainee Solicitor - Commercial Litigation
Paralegal LPC, GDL, BA
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080