People

Simeon Spencer
Senior Partner – Co-Founder
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LLM
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

Stephen Abletshauser
Partner - Corporate, Private Client & Estate Planning
Solicitor, MA (Oxon)
Admitted England and Wales (2006), BVI (2008)
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
tel: +1 (284) 494 2453

Asna Ahsan
Partner - Corporate, Commercial & Constitutional Law, Litigation
Advocate High Court (2018)
LLB Hons. University of London (2015)
tel: +92 (0)345 848 3972

Andrew Ailwood
Partner - Media, Corporate and Commercial, TMT
mob: +44 (0)7775 232827
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Justice (Retd) Nazar Akbar
Justice (Retd) Nazar Akbar
Partner
Mob: +92 (0) 321 2083731
Tel: +92 (021) 353 08644

Rukhsana Alam
Consultant - Commercial & Employment Law
Head of Law Reach - the Spencer West Referral Network
Solicitor, BA (Hons) (LSE), GDL, LPC
mob: +44(0)7970 519229
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Christiana Antoniou
Partner - Corporate, Real Estate, Business Immigration
mob: +357 99 811 266
tel: +357 22516 838

Theo Antoniou
Partner - Corporate and Financial Services Regulatory
mob: +357 99 486 602 and +44 (0)7758 171585
tel: +357 22516 838

Azeem Arshad
Partner - Commercial Real Estate
Solicitor – admitted in 2016
tel: +44 (0) 7855 508 792

Asad Aslam
Associate - Commercial & Corporate, Family, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution and Technology
tel: +92 (0)300 870 3376

Jamie Bartlett
Partner - Commercial and Residential Property
Solicitor of England & Wales 2017
mob: +44 (0)7810 603633
Tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Sonya Bassett
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LPC
mob: +44(0)7599 621982
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Sarah Batterton
Consultant Solicitor -Planning
Solicitor, LLB (Hons) (admitted 1998)
mob: +44(0)7752 191501
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Sonya Bedford MBE
Partner – Energy
Solicitor, MSc (Renewable Energy), MBE
mob: +44 (0) 7776 191 227
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Nick Benson
Partner - Business Law
Solicitor of England & Wales (1990)
mob: +44 (0)7864 165 733
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

Tim Berg
Partner - Dispute Resolution and Insolvency
Solicitor of England & Wales, admitted 1997.
mob: +44 (0)7912 278402
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Kishan Bhatt
Partner - Mediation, Dispute Resolution, and Corporate Advisory
Solicitor-Advocate
Accredite Mediator (Civil and Commercial) at the ADR Group and ADR-ODR International
mob: +44(0)207 046 9787
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Gurvir Birang
Senior Consultant - Commercial & Insolvency Litigation
Solicitor, Senior Consultant LLB (Hons) LLM
mob: +44 (0) 7956 590567
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Andrew Bird
Partner - Corporate
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7867 904497
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Fiona Blakey
Partner - Employment
Solicitor of England and Wales admitted 2002.
mob: +44 (0) 7939 608 699
tel: +44 (0) 20 7925 8080

Golnar Bokaei
Partner - Real Estate, Family Law & Dispute Resolution
Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted in 2007)
Mob: +44(0)7904 320617
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Richard Brailsford
Partner - Commercial Real Estate and Business Transfer
mob: +44(0)778 797 7764
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

Suzanne Brooker
Partner - Restructuring & Insolvency
Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted in 1992)
LLB (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7702 894 063
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Dr Artur Bunk
Partner - Restructuring & Insolvency, Financial Restructuring, Commerical Disputes
mob: +49(0)1632 045282
Tel: +49(0)69 348 771662

Tobey Butcher
Partner - Dispute Resolution & Dispute Finance
Solicitor of England & Wales
mob: +44(0)7738 023422
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Paolo Caldato
Partner - Commercial Dispute Resolution
Solicitor, B.Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry, GDL
mob: +44 (0)7970 688945
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Helena Camacho
Partner - Residential & Commercial Property
Solicitor of England and Wales 2001
Portuguese Lawyer/Advogada - Portugal 1999
mob: +44 (0) 7808 156336
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Jane Canham
Partner - Residential Property Litigation & Enfranchisement
Solicitor of England and Wales (2004)
mob: +44 7722 729132
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)
mob: +44(0)7899 915 436
mob: +92 (0) 347 498 7893
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Helen (Lihui) Chen
Partner - Corporate & Commercial, Immigration & Global Mobility
mob: +44(0)7789 076806
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Emma Claremont
Partner – Construction, Engineering and Projects, Dispute Resolution
Solicitor, LLB
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

Nitzan Cohen
Partner - Corporate Tax
Solicitor of England and Wales (2000)
mob: +44(0)7919 363783
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Jowanna Conboye
Partner – Intellectual Property; Technology; Commercial
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LLM
mob: +44(0)7508 438224
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Valerie Cooper
Partner - Family Law
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7711 185194
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Jess Cornish
Partner - Commercial Property
Solicitors LLB
mob: +44 (0)7867 5271196
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
mob: +44 (0)7930 340144
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Heidi Daniels-Roque
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Barrister and Attorney, Notary Public/Commissioner of Oaths
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
mob: + 44 (0)7595 339 187
ddi: +44(0)1223 842 211
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

Cyril Dennemont
Partner - International Employment and Business Law
Solicitor of the Higher Courts of England and Wales (2003)
University of London LLB (Hons)Law
mob: +44 (0)7740 360676, or +44(0)7917 714337
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Poh-Leng Devare
Partner – Commercial, Intellectual Property, Data Protection
Solicitor of England and Wales (2010), LLB, LLM, Legal Practice Course
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Jasmin Dhillon
Partner - Employment & Immigration
Solicitor, England & Wales (admiteed 2012)
tel: +44 (0)7929 672387
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)
mob: +44(0)7394 342 447
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Jonathan Ebsworth
Partner - Corporate & Commercial, Finance, Intellectual Property
Solicitor England & Wales LLB (Hons)
mob: +44 (0) 7710 900494
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Richard Eccles
Partner - Competition Law
Solicitor of England and Wales
mob: +44(0)7711 014341
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Michael Edwards
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor of England and Wales (1977)
mob: +44(0)7788 583 440
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Maurice Esterkin
Partner - Commercial Real Estate and Construction
Solicitor England and Wales (2015)
mob: +44 (0)7834 453792
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

Stuart Evans
Partner - Commercial Dispute Resolution
- BA (Hons) Law; LLM (Cam)
mob: +44 (0) 7931 919153
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Sue Farrow (formerly Sue El Hachmi)
Partner - Corporate, Employment & Employment Tax
Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted February 2000)
mob: +44 7858 355219
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Robert Foote
Partner - Corporate/Commercial Disputes, Restructuring and Insolvency
mob: +44(0)7340 013521 and +65 8168 7263
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Toby Fountaine
Partner - Commercial, Intellectual Property & Private Client
Solicitor of England and Wales (Admitted in 2008)
BSc (Hons), MSc, Graduate Diploma in Law, LLDip
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Andrew Fraser
Partner - Franchising, IP and Commercial Contracts
Solicitors - admitted 2010.
mob: +44 (0)7793 024367
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Edward Garston
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
DD: +44 (0) 1702 662331
Mob: +44 (0)7973 225231
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Natalie Gefen
Partner - Real Estate, Probate & Wills
Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted in 2004)
tel: +44 (0)20 3432 7183
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)
mob: +44 (0)7909 797885
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Howard Goldsobel
Partner – Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor, MBA with distinction
mob: +44 (0)7767 820673
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Lottie Goldstone
Partner - Private Client
- Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted in 2012)
- Accredited Mediator
- Higher Rights of Audience
mob: +44(0)7841 098460
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Kristy Gouldsmith
Partner - Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity
Solicitor of England and Wales
LLB
LLM
mob: +44(0) 7545 501 200
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

Naylah Hamour
Partner - Employment & Dispute Resolution
Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted as a solicitor in 2001)
mob: +44(0)7974 762927
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Stephen Harris
Partner - Real Estate/Commercial Property
Solicitor, BA (RA), PG Dip Legal Practice LPC & CPE
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

Irina Heaver
Partner - Emerging Technology: AI, Web3 & Digital Assets
Solicitor United Arab Emirates - 2009
[email protected]
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Richard Hierons
Partner- Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor of England and Wales (1983)
LLB (London,1978), Law Society Finals (1979), Masters European Studies (Strasbourg, 1980)
mob: +44 (0)7774 899503
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

Maxwell Hudson
Consultant - Public company activity, corporate responsibility and financial services regulation
Solicitor of England and Wales – admitted 1980
mob: +44(0) 7838 246144
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Robert Hurling
Partner - Court of Protection, Private Client
Solicitor, LLB
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
[email protected]
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)
[email protected]
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)
tel: +345 917 0120
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

Amrit Johal
Partner - Commercial Dispute Resolution, Family Law & Sports Law
Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted in 2007)
LLB Law - University of London
mob: +44 (0)7852 942362
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

David Kaye
Partner - Retail & Franchising, Business Law
Law Society of Scotland admitted 1981
MA LLB and Notary Public
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Simon Kenny
Partner - Immigration
Solicitor of England & Wales
mob: +44(0)7821 027794
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Zaeem Khan
Partner - Residential and Commercial Real Estate
Solicitor of England & Wales (2015)
mob: + 44 (0) 7497 999974
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Management and Administrative Team

Kate Robottom
Practice Director
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
mob: +44(0)7838 912614
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
mob: +44 (0)7513 834 353
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Sarah Ireland
Paralegal - Corporate and Commercial Law
mob: +44 (0)7766 652816
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

Shezreh Mirza
Paralegal - Commercial, Real Estate and Dispute Resolution
tel: +92 (0)300 828 2899
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080