GSC Solicitors LLP

Amee Popat

Partner specialising in commercial property transactions for a wide range of clients with a particular focus on corporate occupiers acquiring or leasing premises including headquarters buildings.

Barry Samuels

Barry deals with a wide variety of disputes (many with an international element) and some of his recent cases at GSC include: – a shareholders’ dispute involving a deadlock company in which one of the two shareholders sought permission to bring a derivative action; – successfully resisting with indemnity costs an attempt by a Russian businessman to obtain an anti-suit injunction in England to restrain proceedings in the New York Court. The case also involves a Jersey law element; – a franchise dispute regarding the marketing in America and Canada goods carrying the Gordon Ramsay branding; – a dispute regarding the sale a property owned by an elderly and frail gentleman at a significant undervalue involving breach of the estate agents’ duty and challenges to the bona fides of the purchaser; – seeking injunctive relief regarding the interference with property rights at an industrial site in Park Royal.

Carole Joseph

Consultant specialising in all aspects of both commercial and residential property conveyancing transactions including investment sales and purchases, portfolio transactions, development work, corporate support further extensive experience in leases for both commercial and the leisure industry.

Clive Halperin

Partner specialising in commercial and corporate law, including corporate finance, acquisitions, disposals, MBOs, joint ventures, media, intellectual property and technology law.  He also advises on franchises and all forms of commercial, technology and e-commerce agreements with a particular expertise in the media and sport sectors. His area also covers structuring, ownership, licensing and management of Intellectual Property rights and trade marks to enable owners to exploit their commercial value as well as the IP elements of licences, assignments, sale and purchase agreements. Clive also acts for large franchisees of multinational brands and for master franchisees including negotiating bespoke master franchise agreements.

David Nathan

Partner specialising in corporate and employment law. Experience in advising on all aspects of company and emloyment law including mergers and acquisitions, shareholders' and partnerships agreements, terms and conditions of business, emloyment contracts/staff handbooks, and employment tribunal claims. Clients are drawn from a wide variety of business sectors such as retail, health, restaurants, hotels, banking and information technology.

Harvey Posener

Partner; acting in substantial commercial sales and purchases and leases; high-value residential conveyancing for offshore clients.

Justin Goldspink

Justin is a barrister specialising in media and intellectual property, particularly copyright and trade marks. His work is primarily in the field of music and branding and he has significant experience of copyright licensing, enforcement and valuation.

Mark Richardson

Senior Associate Solicitor

Matthew Phillips

Partner specialising in both commercial property and residential conveyancing; experienced in acting on behalf of buyers/tenants acquiring sites and units for the generation of franchised businesses, hotels and self-storage facilities; has acted for major banks on secured lending, including multi-million-pound investment properties; landlord and tenant work on commercial lettings; also experienced in conveyancing of high-value residential properties.

Michael Shapiro

Partner and head of commercial litigation specialising in landlord and tenant, property, insolvency, contract disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes and debt recovery. Michael  has undertaken cases in the County Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, LVT (now FTT), Lands Tribunal (now STT) and most recently in the Supreme Court where is succeeded in obtaining judgment in the client favour in the much publicised case of Daejan v Benson & Others. Michael was appointed a partner on 29 November 2013 and an Equity Partner in February 2017. For his many achievements and excellency in commercial litigation work, Michael is included in the Leaders’ List of the City Wealth, which is a prestigious directory of leading professionals. His Leaders’ List profile can be found here.

Peter Belcher

Partner specialising in commercial property transactions, particularly hotels, leisure, nursing homes and franchising; also has expertise in financing, including sale and leaseback financing; development work and site compilations, including options; further extensive experience in secured lending.

Philip Kratz

Consultant. Philip specialises in all aspects of planning and development related law, including planning-conditional acquisitions, planning applications, planning appeals, listed building appeals, enforcement notice problems, negotiating section 106 planning obligations and all related aspects of development law, including highways agreements, rights of way and compulsory purchase.

Ross Waldram

Ross Waldram is a Senior Associate solicitor with a broad practice but focussing on Copyright litigation and licensing. He also deals with all aspects of the firms trade mark works from registration to enforcement.

Saleem Sheikh

Senior partner specialising in international and offshore tax structures, arbitration and dispute resolution.  Saleem trained with the firm, became a partner in 1985 and was appointed Senior Partner in 2001. Saleem is recognised in the CityWealth Leaders List as being a prominent figure advising on wealth management. His CityWealth profile can be found here. Saleem is also the winner of ‘Entrepreneurial Individual of the Year’ in the Magic Circle Awards 2017, one of the many recognitions of his achievements.

Sana Sheikh

Senior Associate Solicitor