About
Broadfield UK is a law firm serving mid-market clients across multiple practice areas, with a team of over 420 professionals and offices in London, Reading and Southampton. In 2024 it became the founding member firm of Broadfield and advises private and publicly listed companies, as well as shareholders, boards and individual directors.
Practice areas
Office
Lawyers at this firm
Anna Stanworth
Senior Associate · Family
Brian Gegg
Partner · Employment
Caroline Yarrow
Partner · Employment
Chris Greep
Senior Associate · Employment
Chris Holmes
Senior Associate · Real Estate
Claire Collings
Legal Director · Litigation
David Mundy
Partner · Planning
David Williams
Legal Director · Insolvency & Restructuring
Helen Ratcliffe
Consultant · Private Wealth
Hema Anand
Partner · Real Estate
Hugo Smith
Partner Head of Department/Deputy HoD · Private Client
Ian Wasserman
Partner · Employment
Jacqueline Dickinson
Senior Associate · Litigation
John Hutchinson
Managing Partner · Corporate / M&A
Jonathan Fewster
Partner · Real Estate
Jonathan Sachs
Partner · Professional Negligence
Judith Millar
Partner · Trusts & Estates
Judith Smyth
Senior Associate · Litigation
Katie Smith
Legal Director · Litigation
Leah Houghton
Associate · Corporate / M&A
Marcus McCluggage
Partner · Real Estate
Mark Challis
Partner (Head of Dept) · Planning
Mark Metcalfe
Mark specialises in private company mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. He is primarily based in the Reading office, but travels widely supporting his colleagues and clients. He acts for private equity investors, corporates, management teams and entrepreneurs. Mark was named Young Dealmaker of the Year at the Thames Valley Deal Awards 2018. · Corporate / M&A
Michelle Mollaghan
Legal Director · Litigation
Natasha Davis
Legal Director · Litigation
Nicholas Le Riche
Partner · Employment
Oliver Kelly
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Olivia Mulvany
Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A
Phil Smith
Partner (Head of Dept) · Litigation
Philip Lamb
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Philip Weaver
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Richard Langley
Senior Partner · Litigation
Rick Munro
Consultant · Litigation
Ryan Lynch
Legal Director · Litigation
Sarah Godfrey
Of Counsel · Real Estate
Sarah Souter
Sarah specialises in private company mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments. She acts for companies, private equity investors and management teams. Sarah also advises on corporate advisory matters. Sarah was named Young Dealmaker of the Year at the Thames Valley Deal Awards 2019. · Corporate / M&A
Sean Kelly
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Sean Wright
Sean heads up the National Private Equity practice and leads the South Corporate team covering its Solent, Thames Valley and Milton Keynes offices. A top-class corporate partner, he is identified by Chambers and Partners as ""a leader in his fields"" and in Legal 500, he is ""considered to be the best corporate lawyer on the South coast."" Since joining Shoosmiths in 2004, Sean has built the private equity team into the first-class national practice it is today. Acting for equity providers, management teams and financial sponsors. the team have a unique national footprint, with a top-class equity offering across the UK from Edinburgh to Solent. Major deals where Sean has recently acted include: • acting for LDC on the sale of CIPHR to ECI Partners and its investment in FSP; • acting for Management on the buyout of Ascenti Health by bd-capital partners; • acting for the Sellers on the acquisition of and management on the buyout of Phoenix Datacom by an LDC backed Newco; • acting for the shareholders of Solent Group on its £117m sale to quoted Swedish corporate Humble Group AB (publ); • acting for the shareholders of Spectrum Corporate Finance on its sale to FRP for c £12.4m; • acting for Dukes Education Group on various acquisitions including Northwood Schools, Hampton Court House and The Kindergartens Group of nurseries; • acting for Castik Capital backed TBAuctions on its acquisition of British Medical Auctions; and • acting for management on the sale of eCogra to Hanover Investments. Sean Wright has been ranked in The Chambers 100 – a prestigious list of the best 100 business lawyers in the UK. Sean has been ranked on the list for his ‘commercial awareness and negotiation skills’, and ability to ‘maintain goodwill but win the key points’. Sean ‘provides hands-on personal service and has loads of experience and the ability to negotiate in a friendly way.’ The Chambers 100. Sean qualified in London in 1990, gaining practical experience with a year’s secondment to Shell International Plc. He joined Shoosmiths in 2004 as an Equity Partner. · Private Equity
Sheilagh Magee
Partner · Private Client
Simon Painter
Partner · Litigation
Sinéad Lester
Partner · Litigation
Stacey Jones
Partner · Insolvency & Restructuring
Stephanie Perry
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Tim Hayes
Partner · Employment
Tristan Ward
Partner · Real Estate
Vandana Chitroda
Partner · Family / Matrimonial
William Roberts-Phelps
Senior Associate · Family
