Birketts LLP

Abigail Trencher

Adrian Possener

Amanda Smallcombe

PARTNER, HEAD OF COURT OF PROTECTION TEAM

Partner and Head of Housing Management, over 25 years’ experience specialising all aspects of housing management litigation. Social landlords and charitable institutions, such as injunctions, antisocial behaviour issues, disrepair and training. Cases of note: Kelsey Housing Association Ltd v King [1995] 28 HLR 270, CA; St Pancras & Humanist Housing Association Ltd v Leonard [2008] EWCA Civ 1442.

Bernadette Baker

Caroline Stenner

Catherine Bacon

Professional Support Lawyer

Catherine Johnson

Charlotte Wormstone

Charlotte Sloan

Senior associate

Deborah Sharples

Salaried Partner ; specialist social housing management lawyer ; Acts for a number of Local Authorities and Housing Associations. Gavinder has over 20 years’ experience in housing management litigation, particularly injunctions, possession claims, closure orders and high profile complex ASB matters. Gavinder is named as a ‘Leading Individual’ by Legal 500 [2024]

Senior Associate

Partner with particular experience advising on mergers and acquisitions and private equity backed transactions. General corporate advisory and public company matters.

Partner, Head of Private Client

Senior Solicitor

Jeanette Wheeler

Partner - Head of Corporate Tax

Katherine Herbert

Legal Director, Head of Data Protection

Partner, Head of Charities

Partner and Head of Private Client Advisory

Lucy is a Senior Associate in the Corporate and Commercial team.

Marie Constantine

Senior Associate Birketts LLP - London Office.

Consultant, Relationship Development

Mark Walkington

Mark is a Partner and has more than 30 years’ experience of representing business clients particularly in Commercial Property and in Real Estate Finance work. He has acted in the acquisition and disposal of commercial property, commercial leases, and in different finance transactions including owner/occupier, investment and development finance, and in bridging loans. He has also drafted the security documentation for a new challenger bank. His clients include leading UK banks as well as borrowers.

Partner (Barrister), Head of Regulatory and Corporate Defence

Matthew Newnham

Partner in the Property Disputes team. Specialising in commercial litigation, employment and company/commercial matters. Highly experienced in advising commercial clients on a wide range of issues including partnership disputes, contractual disputes, unfair prejudice claims and commercial property matters. She is an experienced negotiator and applies her skills and experience in obtaining optimum results whilst mitigating against the risks of litigation. She also acts for clients in the healthcare sector including GPs, dentists, pharmacists and nursing homes.

Associate Solicitor; Housebuilders Team - Sevenoaks Specialises in acquisitions, infrastructure and planning, affordable housing, residential development, freehold reversions and plot sales.

Associate - Social Housing Team - London Office Acts for Social and Private landlords on a variety of areas including, disrepair, injunctions, ASB, policy review and general breach of tenancy related matters. She also deals with leasehold matters. Neda also has experience in Commercial Property work.

Nick Stotesbury

Legal Director in the Contentious Trust and Probate practice specialising in complex probate and trusts, including contentious probate.

Senior Associate - London; Birketts LLP

Oliver Crichton

Senior Associate (F.Inst.L.Ex)

Rachel Mc Killop-Wilkin

Raihan Khoyratee

Associate in the Social Housing Team; Birketts LLP - London Office Raihan has over 14 years’ experience in a wide range of housing related issues, including disrepair/EPA, succession, ASB and general breach of tenancy related matters.

Debt Recovery Manager

As a partner in the corporate team, Salim specialises in corporate transactions with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions (company/business acquisitions/disposals and management buyouts), private equity and capital markets, as well as advice to directors and shareholders of companies. Salim is fluent in Spanish and advises Spanish businesses looking to invest/operate in the UK.

Partner, Solicitor-Advocate, FRSA

Sarah has built a strong reputation with over 20 years’ experience in construction, engineering, infrastructure and energy projects both in the UK and internationally. She has acted for multinationals, PLCs, SMEs and high net worth individuals in advising on a wide range of bespoke and standard form contracts including JCT, NEC, ICE, RIBA, ACE and FIDIC. Sarah represents all members of the construction supply chain to ensure that commercial, strategic and financial objectives are met. Sarah’s work encompasses the full spectrum of contractual negotiation, risk management and live project advice through to dispute avoidance and dispute resolution. She is particularly adept at assisting contractors involved in claims concerning defects, payment termination and final account issues. She has expertise in ADR (negotiation, mediation, expert determination), adjudication, TCC litigation and domestic and international arbitration. Her international arbitration expertise covers disputes in Europe, West Africa and the UAE conducted under ICC, LCIA, LMAA and DIFC-LCIA as well as ad hoc rules. Sarah has extensive City firm experience, having worked during her career for Hogan Lovells, Ashurst and most recently, Charles Russell Speechlys. In addition to her client work, Sarah is Co-Chair of Constructing Excellence (Surrey), a member of Arbitral Women and a mentor on their current mentoring programme. Sarah is also a regular presenter of seminars and webinars, writer of articles and a qualified business coach.

Legal Director of the Private Client Advisory Team - Sevenoaks, specialising in complex probate, trusts, wills, IHT planning/mitigations and Court of Protection work. Sarah also acts as a professional attorney for clients who want the reassurance of having a professional to assist them.

Solicitor advising registered providers and social landlords on a broad range of housing related issues but with a particular emphasis on dealing with gas safety and access injunctions matters.

Steven Wilbourn

Legal Director - Sevenoaks

Partner in Birketts LLP London Social Housing Team.

Please see full biography at osborneclarke.com/lawyers/tom-berisford/

Solicitor assisting the team on a wide range of commercial property matters.

Solicitor Based in London Office, Private Client, Private Client International Assists with a wide range of Private Client matters, including Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, trusts, estate planning and administration, with a focus on matters with a cross-border or multi-jurisdictional element, both onshore and offshore.

Trainee Solicitor ; supports the team on a wide range of housing related issues, including disrepair, anti-social behaviour and breach of tenancy matters.

Annabelle Rout