Solicitor Calum Hanrahan now heads the team at Shakespeare Martineau LLP, in the aftermath of Tijen Ahmet‘s departure to Bevan Brittan LLP. Hanrahan advises businesses and individuals across a variety of sectors, with expertise in diverse areas such as agriculture, engineering, further and higher education, retail, food and hospitality, manufacturing and transport.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Down-to-earth practical advice given consistently. Calum Hanrahan is always there to provide advice in a way that is easy to understand and in a timely manner.'

  • 'Calum's advice is clear, concise, and free from jargon. He looks ahead and informs us of future changes to law, or cost increases.'

  • ‘The bottom line is that I trust Calum's advice. He has managed a number of cases for us, and has never steered us wrong. He goes the extra mile in his prep for each step of the process.’

  • ‘Client friendly, precise and professional.’

  • ‘For every engagement I feel like the people at Shakespeare Martineau have been like part of our team.'

  • ‘Calum Hanrahan jumped into our needs swiftly and took all of the stress out of a process that actually had to move very swiftly. ’

Key clients

  • European real estate client
  • Transport client
  • A higher education university
  • Games manufacturing client

Work highlights

  • Supported an Italy-based real estate client with preparing its UK operations to transfer specialist staff from its overseas operations to the UK.
  • Supported a transport client with the transfer of staff to the UK to support with the growth of a multimillion-pound project.
  • Providing high-level support to a university client with the sponsorship of higher education teaching professionals, and with right to work queries for international students, as well as with general compliance with its worker sponsor licence.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Calum Hanrahan