Tim Copplestone
Partner
Bristol
Tim is an employment lawyer within the firm’s sport sector and has himself represented Great Britain in kayaking. He is identified as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500, 2024.
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Stephen Harper
Partner
Bristol
Stephen assists House Builders and Registered Providers of Social Housing to build new communities by carrying out the due diligence and the legal work necessary to acquire land for new development.
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Simon Thomas
Partner
Bristol
Simon helps businesses and their owners with their Corporate legal issues, advising on business structuring, funding and M&A transactions.
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Simon Smith
Partner
Bristol
Simon advises on corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, corporate reorganisations and general corporate governance.
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Simon Freeman
Partner
Bristol
Simon Freeman is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Property Litigation team specialising in recoveries, rent reviews and valuation.
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Simon Day
Partner
Bristol
Simon Day is a partner in the Bristol Commercial Property team specialising in commercial landlord/tenant, funding and property insolvency.
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Sharon Latham
Partner
Bristol and Cardiff
Sharon Latham is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Employment team specialising in HR/legal/strategic support for businesses.
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Sarah Mogford
Partner
Bristol
Sarah is a Partner within the Commercial Property team, who advises both landlords and tenants across a range of sectors on all matters of commercial property law.
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Sarah Coe
Partner
Bristol and London
Sarah is a Partner in the Corporate Commercial team, specialising in commercial, intellectual property, and technology law. Her work covers the full range of contractual and e-commerce issues relevant to businesses seeking to enter new markets or exploit new technology.
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Samantha Neagle
Partner
Bristol
Samantha specialises in the administration of deceased estates with a particular focus on the complex estates of high net worth individuals often involving intellectual property, business and foreign assets.
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Samantha Grimwood
Partner
Bristol
Samantha deals with residential sales and purchases, auctions, residential landlord and tenant matters, re-mortgages, charges and transfers of equity.
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Ruth Hartnell-Thorne
Partner
Bristol
Ruth Hartnell-Thorne is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol Insolvency team specialising in personal bankruptcy and corporate insolvency.
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Rob Ridd
Partner
Bristol
Rob Ridd is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol corporate and commercial team specialising in company acquisitions and disposals.
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Richard Moore
Partner
Bristol, Cardiff and London
Richard is a partner in the Commercial and Private Client Litigation team specialising in the resolution of commercial disputes.
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Philippa Yeo
Partner
Bristol
Philippa is committed to helping couples navigate all aspects of the legal process on the breakdown of their relationship in a pragmatic, collaborative and family-focused way including supporting couples to reach arrangements for their children and achieve healthy future co-parenting relationships.
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Philip Thompson
Partner
Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff
Phil has extensive experience in immediate and strategic land development and joint venture arrangements between housebuilders.
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Philip Roberts
Partner and Head of Debt Recovery
Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and Taunton
Phil is a Chartered Legal Executive and Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Debt Recovery team specialising in defended debt recovery litigation and insolvency actions.
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Oliver Smedley
Partner
Bristol
Oliver is a Partner and leads our Social Housing Development Team, specialising in development work for Registered Providers.
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Martin Askew
Partner
Bristol and London
Martin Askew is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Restructuring & Insolvency team specialising in insolvency and off shore trust entities.
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Maria Greener
Partner
Bristol
Maria specialises in non-contentious construction and engineering law, with a focus on real estate development and real estate finance across a wide variety of sectors including retail, housing, offices, hotels, healthcare and education.
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Lindsay Felstead
Partner
Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Southampton and Taunton
Lindsay is Head of our Housing Management team and jointly leads our Social Housing sector team. Lindsay was called to the Bar in 2000 and subsequently admitted as a Solicitor in 2005.
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Laurence Lacey
Partner
Bristol
Laurence Lacey is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Commercial Property team specialising in development, regeneration and renewable energy.
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Laura Robinson (née Hazell)
Partner
Bristol
Laura is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol Financial Services Litigation team specialising in equity release and shared appreciation mortgages, pensions and tax mitigation.
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Laura Robbetts
Partner
Bristol
Laura is a Partner in our first tier Property Litigation team specialising in commercial property portfolio management and real property disputes for a variety of national property investors and retailers.
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Kerry Fifield
Partner and Clinical Negligence Team Manager
Bristol
Kerry’s primary focus is the needs of the client and their family when pursuing a claim, taking into account that each client is an individual with specific requirements who needs to be supported in addition to the legal investigation.
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Ken MacLennan
Partner
Bristol, Cardiff and Taunton
Ken MacLennan is a partner in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol Insolvency & Restructuring team and has a wide range of experience in corporate restructuring.
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Kary Withers
Partner
Bristol
Kary deals with a wide variety of real estate disputes with a particular specialism in the removal of telecoms masts to enable development.
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Karl Brown
Partner
Bristol
Karl Brown is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol commercial property team specialising in the acquisition and disposal of development land.
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Jacqui Lazare
Partner
Bristol, Southampton and London
Jacqui advises private clients on UK-based tax and estate planning, estate administration and philanthropy and also advises charities on a range of issues.
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Helen Wittram
Partner
Bristol
Helen is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ commercial property team specialising in all aspects of acquisition, development and disposal of property
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Graham McIntyre
Partner
Bristol
Graham “is well respected in the market” with over 25 years’ experience dealing with commercial landlord and tenant and real property disputes.
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Gareth Schofield
Partner
Bristol, Cardiff, London and Southampton
Gareth Schofield is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Family team specialising in divorce settlements and cohabitation disputes.
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David Stedman
Partner
Bristol
David Stedman is a Partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Commercial & Private Client Litigation team specialising in the ‘classic car’ sector.
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Darren Kidd
Partner
Bristol and London
Darren is an experienced litigator specialising in high value and complex disputes. He has particular experience of structuring and progressing group litigation and litigation funding.
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Clare Webb
Partner
Bristol
Clare has built her practice with a commitment to helping her clients resolve their issues in a constructive and conciliatory way. In doing so, she will always have regard to the longterm hopes and aspirations for the family as a whole, whilst of course protecting her client’s interest.
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Claire Johnson
Partner
Bristol
With almost 30 years legal and tax experience, Claire is a Partner in the Private Capital team specialising in tax, trust and estate planning for individuals, business owners and trustees including in the context of high and ultra-high value estates, complex family scenarios and tricky trust issues.
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Chris Charlton
Partner
Bristol and Cardiff
Chris Charlton is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Cardiff & Bristol Planning team specialising in all aspects of Planning and Compulsory Purchase.
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Bonita Walters
Partner
Bristol
Bonita specialises in contested Wills, inheritance and trust disputes and also in disputes involving mental capacity, properties and professional negligence.
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Anthony Fairweather
Partner
Bristol
Anthony specialises in UK and international Court of Protection finance work and elderly care law and is also a professional deputy.
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Anne Minihane
Partner
Bristol
Anne Minihane is a partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol private capital team and a panel deputy for the Court of Protection.
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Amanda French
Partner
Bristol
Amanda specialises in portfolio management and store development programmes for multi-national retail businesses. She is also experienced in managing investment portfolios.
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Alistair Wallworth
Partner
Bristol
Alistair is a partner in the Commercial Property team specialising in advising housebuilders, developers and promoters in connection with residential development and strategic land transactions.
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Alex Jakubowski
Partner
Bristol
Alex Jakubowski is a Partner in Clarke Willmott solicitors’ Bristol Commercial Litigation team specialising in commercial disputes.
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