Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• ‘I have worked with Shakespeare Martineau for 15 years. I find all of the team to be conscientious, hard-working and dedicated to providing a good response to queries raised on any of the cases they're handling. They work collaboratively and try to ensure that the best possible outcome is achieved.’

• ‘Andrew Taylor is knowledgeable, commercial and approachable. He will give advice in a timely manner and will ensure his team always delivers good service.’

• ‘Ready to go the extra mile to ensure a high-quality service and putting the client first.’

• 'Andrew Taylor and his team are professional, proactive and diligent.'

• ‘Andrew Taylor strikes the right balance between ensuring the client's position is protected and achieving a realistic outcome.’

• ‘The team is highly experienced, commercial and a pleasure to work with. I am confident that whatever issues come up, they will know how to deal with it. I have also found them to be exceptionally responsive out of normal working hours, which is welcome on complex and time-constrained insolvency matters.’

• ‘Andrew Taylor is very effective at ensuring work is carried out on time, to a high standard, and that we are happy afterwards. He has sound commercial judgment and a wealth of experience in the insolvency arena, meaning that I am confident that he can handle virtually any query.’

• 'Shakespeare Martineau’s practice has always delivered excellent, clear advice at a reasonable price. They have good technical strength within the team and can always access subject-matter experts quickly if required. I have never gone to them with a query that they haven’t been able to advise on from within.'

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Rising stars

Sheena Tandy

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Sheena provides pragmatic and commercial advice within the field of both corporate and personal insolvency She has a wide range of experience in contentious and non-contentious insolvency law for both national and local clients. In particular, her experience includes advising on validity of appointments, security documentation, retention of title claims, sales of distressed businesses. She also has extensive experience in dealing with asset recovery actions, director’s conduct and misfeasance claims and all antecedent transactions. Sheena predominately acts for insolvency practitioners but also acts on behalf of financial institutions, creditors, companies, individual directors and other stakeholder

Leading individuals

Andrew Taylor

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Partner & Head of Restructuring