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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maleeha Khan
Associate Solicitor - Dispute Resolution
Solicitor of England and Wales (admitted as a solicitor in 2021)
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

James Klein
Partner - Venture Capital, Technology and International M&A
Solicitor, MA (Hons)
mob: +44 (0) 7385 756000
tel: +44(0)20 7925 8080

Natalie Knight-Wickens
Partner - Corporate & Commercial
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
mob: +44 (0)7793 273 410
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Sharokh Koussari
Partner - Employment & Dispute Resolution
Solicitor LLB (Hons)
Admitted England & Wales 1998.
mob: +44 (0)7413 527772
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Amanda Lennon
Partner - Employment
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
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)
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

Lawrence Lupin
Partner - Immigration
Solicitor of England & Wales (1992)
mob: +44 (0)7932 889600
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

Rod Macdonald
Consultant - Construction, Engineering & Projects
FICE, MInstRE, OBE (services to British Engineering)
mob: +44 (0)7802 161771

Hanne Mällinen-Scott
Partner - Family Law
Solicitor, LLB (Hons)
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

Sean McCarthy
Partner - Commercial and residential real estate, real estate finance
Solicitor of England and Wales, LLB Hons
mob: +44(0)7393 630 812
tel: +44 (0)20 7925 8080

John McMahon
Partner - Corporate, Commercial
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (admitted 1993)
Barrister and Attorney (Bermuda) (admitted 2002)
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland (admitted 2004)
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ireland (admitted 2007)
mob: +44(0)7786 330870
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

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