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
Rukhsana Alam
Consultant - Commercial & Employment
Solicitor, BA (Hons) (LSE), GDL, LPC
rukhsana.alam@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7970 519229
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
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
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)7931 238301
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
Richard Brailsford
Partner - Commercial Real Estate and Business Transfer
richard.brailsford@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)77879 797764
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
Suzanne Brooker
Partner - Restructuring & Insolvency
Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted in 1992)
LLB (Hons)
suzanne.brooker@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7702 894 063
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
mob: +92 (0) 347 498 7893
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
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
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
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
Yasmin Dehghani
Solicitor - Real Estate
Solicitor - England & Wales
yasmin.dehghani@spencer-west.com
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
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
Jonathan Ebsworth
Partner - Corporate & Commercial, Finance, Intellectual Property
Solicitor England & Wales LLB (Hons)
jonathan.ebsworth@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0) 7710 900494
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Richard Eccles
Partner - Competition Law
Solicitor of England and Wales
richard.eccles@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7711 014341
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
Robert Foote
Partner - 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
toby.fountaine@spencer-west.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Edward Garston
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
edward.garston@spencer-west.com
DD: +44 (0) 1702 662331
Mob: +44 (0)7973 225231
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
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
Kristy Gouldsmith
Partner - Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity
Solicitor of England and Wales
LLB
LLM
kristy.gouldsmith@spencer-west.com
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
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
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
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
Simon Kenny
Partner - Immigration
Solicitor of England & Wales
mob: +44(0)7821 027794
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
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
Brendan Pang
Partner - Dispute Resolution
Solicitor of England & Wales, LLB (Hons)
mob: +44(0)7775 803035
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
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
Paul Puxon
Partner – Intellectual Property, Technology, Corporate
Solicitor
mob: +44 (0)7944 675 522
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Mahfuz Rahman
Partner - Real Estate
mahfuz.rahman@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7449 750728
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
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
