Avocats – England

Shereen Lloyd

Principal Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Sherif Malak

Sherif is the Head of Privacy & Data at Shoosmiths, where he leads over 20 dedicated privacy advisers. His legal career began as a member of the legal team that gave Harry Potter a digital home, and since then he has supported businesses to bring their digital and data driven projects to life. He has over a decade of experience assisting clients to manage privacy, compliance and other data risks in all areas relating to the use and exploitation of data, including through the use of emerging online technologies and business models. Sherif delivers privacy compliance programmes and manages or supports data protection functions for a range of organisations. His practice has a strong focus on the technology, automotive, retail/FMCG and market research sectors, with a particular emphasis on the use of new technologies, including adtech, AI and blockchain. His recent collaboration with key contacts in the adtech industry was recently referenced in the UK ICO’s paper on adtech and shortlisted for Best Innovative Privacy Project at the inaugural PICCASO Privacy Awards. He is recommended in the Chambers UK legal directory and the UK Legal 500 specifically in the field of data protection and privacy. Sherif’s strengths lie in providing clear and commercially-astute advice, informed by exceptional experience in an area where there is often a shortage of pragmatism. He sits on the Research Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and is a founder of the.JPA.club, a programme that brings together aspiring privacy professionals.

Shoosmiths LLP

Sherika Kuruparan

Gulbenkian Andonian Solicitors

Sherina Petit

Partner, Head of International Arbitration and Head of India Sherina specialises in international commercial arbitration, investor-state arbitration, litigation and alternative dispute resolutions (ADR). In addition to acting as counsel in arbitrations, she also sits as an arbitrator. Sherina is ranked in the Legal Business Arbitration Power List and as a Global Leader in the Who’s Who Legal. Sherina has a wide range of experience in all key aspects of international arbitration, including a focus on India-related disputes. Her global client base spans a broad range of industries, including energy, construction, oil and gas, trade, transport pharmaceuticals, commodities, finance and technology. Sherina has experience of all major arbitral institutions, including the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). Sherina has practised across multiple jurisdictions, including as an advocate in India (Mumbai) before qualifying in England and Wales. Sherina has achieved a number of successes for her clients in both commercial and investment arbitration proceedings in terms of settlement and arbitration awards. Her experience includes acting for: An Indian multinational oil and gas company and its international subsidiary in two oil and gas-related arbitrations against an African state (UNCITRAL, Sudanese law, London seat). A French maritime and transportation company in respect of its challenge in the English courts to an award issued under the India-France BIT in an arbitration seated in London and conducted under the UNCITRAL rules (UNCITRAL, English law, London seat). A US curtain manufacturer against a large Pakistani textile manufacturing company (UNCITRAL, English law, London seat). A national oil and gas company in relation to a decommissioning dispute against a contractor in respect of a drilling campaign offshore West Africa. The dispute involves variation claims exceeding US$80m (LCIA, Angolan law, London seat). An Indian airline in relation to a multi-billion dollar dispute between various shareholders concerning alleged breaches of a shareholders agreement (LCIA, Indian law, New Delhi seat). One of the wealthiest South Asian families in an African jurisdiction involving a dispute over a number of assets the family owns worldwide (LCIA, English law, London seat). A Middle Eastern satellite operator in a dispute with a Canadian telecommunications provider concerning a transponder rights agreement (ICC, English law, London seat). An Indian water manufacturer against a Qatari contractor relating to contracts in relation to two water treatment plants (ICC, Qatari law, London seat). Two multinational banks against an insurance company relating to political risk insurance events in South America (LCIA, English law, London seat). A global company on potential remedies under bilateral investment treaties involving Tanzania in a matter involving several hundred million dollars, including advice on the implications of the Standard Chartered v Tanzania BIT claim. A European infrastructure company in a bilateral investment treaty claim against a former Soviet state for breaches of agreements and fair and equitable treatment provisions relating to changes in local law and investment policy. Sherina has also had numerous successes in high-value litigations before the English High Court. Some high-value, complex disputes in which she has been involved include acting for: A US construction company as defendant in a litigation concerning the construction of one of the world’s largest beverage facilities One of India’s largest conglomerates in a multi-billion dollar litigation against numerous global and Indian banks An Indian owner and operator of a commodities and currencies derivative exchange in a litigation relating to the enforcement actions arising out of a successful award in a London-seated ICC arbitration.

Stewarts Law LLP

Sherma Polidore

Senior Associate

Miles & Partners LLP

Sheroy Zaq

Sheroy Zaq is a Senior Associate in the Citizenship & Immigration department with over ten years of experience in the spheres of immigration, asylum and public law. Sheroy holds particular expertise in representing clients in relation to first instance asylum claims, in addition to meticulously navigating the appellate process if so required. He is also well-versed in obtaining injunctive relief against removal from the United Kingdom and successfully challenging the lawfulness of immigration detention. Sheroy’s breadth of experience ranges from representing destitute asylum seekers to High Net Worth / Ultra High Net Worth individuals in complex and highly sensitive claims for political asylum. Sheroy places great emphasis on client care in every one of his cases, putting the aims and objectives of those that he represents firmly at the forefront of his practice. Sheroy is an experienced litigator and has acted as the lead solicitor in strategic judicial review matters challenging the overarching policies of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Most notably, he acted as a senior solicitor for the lead claimants in the Rwanda litigation, resulting in victory for his clients at the UK Supreme Court in late 2023. He is also well-versed in obtaining injunctive relief against removal from the United Kingdom and successfully challenging the lawfulness of immigration detention. His wider public law experience includes acting for a Core Participant in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Shila Keshvari

Shila is the Managing Partner of the firm. Shila has particular experience in representing clients charged with the most serious of criminal offences including serious and complex cases, fraud, murder, terrorism, drugs and POCA cases. Shila is renowned for her eye for detail and client care which has led to her having a large national client base and receiving many referrals to represent clients from many different walks of life

Edward Fail Bradshaw & Waterson

Shilpa Mathuradas

Partner & Head of Property Litigation

Osbornes

Shilpen Savani

Partner

gunnercooke LLP

Shireen Peermohamed

Shireen is a partner and head of our intellectual property and publishing practices. Shireen advises on all types of intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on pragmatic and cost effective disputes and strategic advice. She also provides advice on the protection of IP, IP audits, the exploitation and disposal of IP and the management and enforcement programmes Her 30 years’ experience means that she is a trusted adviser to many leading businesses and has deep and strong experience in a number of sectors and issues. Shireen works with clients in a wide range of sectors, including FMCG, retail, fashion, film, TV and theatre, publishing, music, video games and travel. She has a particular interest in the publishing industry (advising a number of leading publishers, authors, literary estates and content platforms) and in cutting edge issues such as the intersection between AI and IP. Shireen has been listed as both a recommended IP lawyer and a recommended publishing lawyer by Chambers and The Legal 500 for many years. She has been ranked by IP Stars as a ‘Top 250 Women in IP 2025’, ‘Trade mark star 2025’, and ‘Transactions Star 2025’. Shireen was a council member of the Advertising Standards Authority, adjudicating on advertising complaints, for six years. She currently sits on the Portman Group Independent Complaints Panel and the Games Rating Authority Appeals Panel.

Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Shirin Marker

Solicitor, Public Law and Human Rights team. Shirin represents clients in a wide range of public and international law matters, with a particular interest in challenges relating to migrant rights, national security and data protection. Shirin is experienced in bringing judicial review and civil claims against the state on a range of domestic and international law matters. She represents victims of trafficking, false imprisonment, arbitrary detention, torture and extraordinary rendition. She also specialises in bringing appeals before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), on behalf of individuals deprived of their British citizenship. She has participated in roundtable meetings in relation to Syrian returnees and in 2023, provided written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry on the State Handling of Hostage Situations. Shirin also regularly challenges decisions by the police and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) concerning disclosure of information, police record deletion requests, appeals before the Information Tribunal and civil claims for data protection breaches. She is a Trustee of PBI International (UK).

Bindmans LLP

Shirley Hall

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Shiv Haria-Shah

Partner

Fieldfisher

Shivi Nathan

Partner

Fieldfisher

Shona Crallan

Shona is a full-time mediator. She sits on CEDR’s Commercial and Workplace panels as well as their NHS Resolution Clinical Mediation Scheme panel. In addition, Shona has a strong private practice, mediates workplace matters for The University of Edinburgh, as well as special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) appeals for Prime Resolution and commercial disputes for Wandsworth Mediation Service. Shona also sits as a foreign mediator for Brazil’s American Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Centre (AMCHAM-Brazil) and is on the panel of CCAMI, a Brazilian organisation providing support to refugees through mediation training and services.

CEDR

Shoshana Bacall

Shoshana is a highly experienced Senior Associate specialising in the full range of contentious and non - contentious employment law matters and legal issues relating to partnerships, LLPs and their members. Shoshana advises across a number of sectors, including the financial, legal and other professional services sectors. Shoshana has led high value, sensitive and highly charged matters to a successful conclusion through both the Employment Tribunals and alternative dispute resolution. Shoshana is regularly instructed to advise on disputes arising out of breaches of partnership or members’ agreements, including the actual or threatened expulsion of partners/members from LLPs and traditional partnerships, changes to partners’ remuneration or other rights, decision-making processes and breaches of restrictive covenants. She advises employees and workers in relation to conduct investigations, performance management, reorganisations, restrictive covenants and dismissals. Bringing and defending discrimination and whistleblowing allegations is a core area of her practice. Shoshana often advises on misconduct investigations, including harassment, involving senior individuals in regulated sectors, working with regulatory and PR specialists where necessary. Shoshana also has experience being appointed as independent external investigator for sensitive confidential investigations. Shoshana has significant experience negotiating and improving settlement terms and exit deeds in relation to sensitive disputes for senior executives and partners. She has also developed expertise in workplace disputes involving private members’ clubs and religious institutions. Shoshana combines professionalism and commercial awareness with compassion. She focuses on understanding her clients’ goals so that she can provide tailored strategies to achieve their objectives. Shoshana is recognised in the Legal 500 for her expertise in Partnership law. She has been ranked as a Rising Star by the Legal 500 since (2020).

Fox & Partners

Shradha Virji

Shradha is an Associate solicitor in the Immigration Team. She specialises in all aspects of immigration and has significant experience in advising corporate and institutional clients on a full spectrum of UK business immigration matters. Shradha has a substantial track record as in immigration specialist, having successful secured immigration status for a number executives of large multinational organisations in the UK and worldwide. The breath of her experience covers all tiers of the Points Based System, with a particular focus on the Tier 2 (General) and (Intra Company Transfer) categories.

Freeths LLP

Shruti Goel

Shruti is a Senior Associate in the Privacy and Data team with 10 years’ data protection experience in private practice and in-house. She advises on all aspects of international data protection compliance for clients in a multitude of sectors with a focus on artificial intelligence, ad tech, health data and international transfers. During a two year secondment as Senior Privacy Counsel at a FTSE 5 company she advised the product and development teams on a wide range of goods and services.

Shoosmiths LLP

Shula De Jersey

She is an expert in all areas of white-collar crime including high profile fraud, money laundering and corruption. She specialises in representing individuals in complex and serious fraud proceedings, health and safety and corporate manslaughter cases and has handled a number of Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigations. These include Operation Holbein, Langbar, Mabey and Johnson, the Beijing Olympics ticket fraud, Kaupthing, Swift, FOREX and Euribor. She also has experience representing clients in all areas of criminal law including serious crime and she regularly represents clients at police station interviews. Shula has had numerous articles published in The Lawyer, Legal Week, In-House Lawyer and Telegraph Online and has lectured on corporate manslaughter legislation. She is a consultant editor for Lloyds Law Reports: Financial Crime.

BCL Solicitors LLP

Sian Davies

Client Service Director

TLT

Sian Edmunds

Sian is a specialist advisor to food and drink, consumer product and agricultural businesses. She heads our Food and Drink team and acts for business across the supply chain; from agri-businesses and primary producers to manufacturers, processors, food service operatives and retailers. Sian provides regulatory advice on labelling and packaging, food safety and product safety issues. She acts for clients facing trading standards and environmental health enforcement proceedings and provides a full range of dispute resolution services to her clients; including claims arising from product liability issues, product recalls and withdrawals and contractual disputes. Sian advises on partnership disputes and on disputes and arbitrations concerning agricultural tenancies and land ownership, including succession applications, notices to quit, proprietary estoppel claims and contentious trust and probate issues.

Burges Salmon LLP

Sian Evans

Sian qualified as a solicitor in 1990 and joined Weightmans as a partner in 2007. Sian is sector lead for housing and she is also a partner in the property litigation team. She specialises in all aspects of property litigation, both commercial and residential, in the High Court, the County Court, the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and Upper Tribunal. Sian also acts for a wide range of housing associations, stock transfer organisations and fully mutual housing co-operatives. Sian has specialist knowledge of housing management issues including possession cases based on convictions, breach of tenancy terms and anti-social behaviour, anti-social behaviour injunctions (with and without notice), general estate management issues including exchange, abandoned properties, squatters and disrepair. Sian appears regularly as an advocate in the county court. Sian also has a wealth of experience in commercial property litigation. She is also skilled in all forms of alternative dispute resolution and has had noted success in mediations. Sian is recommended in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as a leader in her field. She is also a contributor to the Which Guide to Renting and Letting and was a member of the Law Society’s Housing Committee between 2008-2024 , having been the Chair between 2011-2014. She is an accomplished external speaker on housing and landlord and tenant issues

Weightmans LLP

Sian Gibbon

Partner in the Property Disputes team

Ashfords LLP

Sian Hoare

Sian is an employment and corporate immigration principal associate in the Solent Employment Team. She provides strategic and commercial advice to a wide range of clients and always ensures that she always invests the time into understanding her clients’ business needs and provides advice in a format which is ‘on point’ and easy to digest. Sian provides day-to-day employment advice to her clients on grievances, disciplinary issues, discrimination issues, collective redundancies, enforceability of restrictive covenants and TUPE transfers. Sian represents clients at Tribunal where she has an enviable success rate. She also provides support to the corporate team with M&A work and advises individuals/senior executives on their exit from a business and their settlement agreements. Sian regularly advises on all aspects of corporate immigration from right to work checks to obtaining and maintaining sponsor licences. Her recent work includes: successfully representing a manufacturer of contact lenses in defending a claim of constructive unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal. Sian adopted a particularly robust approach, made an application for strike out and conducted the advocacy at Tribunal where she was successful. Her approach has saved the client significant time and future legal fees; advising on a complex and sensitive investigation of a group of employees who had set up a WhatsApp group on their company phone and had made sexist and racist remarks. All but one employee resigned as a result before the disciplinary hearing. One employee was dismissed for gross misconduct. There were no resulting claims; supporting a client in the hospitality sector in the harmonisation and implementation of new contracts involving significant changes to employee remuneration including all aspects of the consultation process to over 400 employees; supporting a large retailer in reporting a change in ownership of the wider group and applying for a new licence. Sian has supported generally in the operation of its sponsorship licence including obtaining Tier 2 general visas, any change of circumstance and reporting of migrant activity; and supporting Shoosmiths’ corporate team with numerous due diligence reports, advising on indemnities and warranties in various Share purchase agreements. Sian regularly speaks at seminars, runs training sessions and interactive ‘bite size briefings' on various topics for clients. Sian trained with Shoosmiths and qualified in 2007. She was promoted to Senior Associate in 2017.

Shoosmiths LLP