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
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
Justine Brazil
Partner - Construction & Engineering, Commercial and Company Secretarial
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
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
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
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, Infrastructure and Energy 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
Mark Gleeson
Partner – Data Protection, Cyber Security and Information Law
Barrister, BSc (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7768 464213
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 and Infrastructure Projects and Disputes, Alternative Dispute Resolution
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
Nik Haria
Partner – Construction
Solicitor, LLB (Hons), LLM
mob:+44(0)7535 365 678
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 – Investment, Multi-Sector Projects, International Trade, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas
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
Megan Jones
Partner – Real Estate
Solicitor, BA (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7473 029037
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
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
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
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 - Commercial dispute 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
Jonathan More
Partner – Construction, Engineering, Energy and Infrastructure Disputes and ADR
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
Katerina Nomicos
Partner - Corporate/tax, e-commerce & international law
Solicitor
katerina.nomicos@spencer-west.com
mob: +44(0)7899 051471
mob: +30 697 9670595
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
Matthew Pearce
Partner – Real Estate
Solicitor, BA (Hons), MA
matthew.pearce@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7395 270376
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
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
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
Nicholas Soni
Partner - IT, Data Protection & Cybersecurity, Disputes
Solicitor, PgDip (Oxon), CIPM, CIPP/E, CISSP, Graduate Diploma in Law BSc (Hons)
nicholas.soni@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7496682028
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Andrew Sparrow
Senior Counsel – Corporate and Commercial
andrew.sparrow@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7870 164686
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Anca Toma-Thomson
Partner – Corporate and Commercial
Solicitor, LLB, LLM (First Class Hons)
anca.thomson@spencer-west.com
mob uk: +44 (0) 7397 891 804
mob fr: +33 (0) 613592902
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
Specialisms: corporate, finance, commercial, healthcare, IP and IT, telecoms and digital
Associé – Corporate et commercial
Solicitor, LLB, LLM (First Class Hons)
anca.thomson@spencer-west.com
tél: +44 (0) 20 7925 8080
Portable UK: +44 (0) 7397 891 804
Portable FR: +33 (0) 613592902
Spécialisations: corporate, finance, commercial, santé, IP et IT, télécoms et digital
Elizabeth Vago
Partner - Infrastructure Projects, Renewable Energy & General Commercial
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
Expert Engineer - Construction & Engineering Group
FICE, MInstRE, OBE (services to British Engineering)
rod.macdonald@spencer-west.com
mob: +44 (0)7802 161771
Nicole Woolf
Senior Counsel - Employment
LLB (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7725 041947
ddi: +44 (0)20 7925 8085
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080
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
