Senior leadership
Our board & executive team lead with purpose
Defining strategy, shaping culture and empowering every team to deliver for our clients and communities
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The team setting our pace
Our senior leaders shape firm-wide priorities and help drive change where it matters most: in how we serve clients, support each other, and deliver long-term impact.
Working as one team across legal and operational functions, our board and executive group bring together deep experience, commercial focus and a shared ambition to help our people and clients thrive.
Our board and operations executive bring fresh thinking and focused direction, working together to realise our strategy and ambition. From commercial growth to cultural evolution, they guide the firm through change with clarity and purpose.
At Shoosmiths, leadership is about accountability, clarity and action.
Chair
Kirsten Hewson
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Chief Executive
David Jackson
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Chief Operating Officer
Rachel Reid
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PARTNER & head of advisory services
Stuart Little
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PARTNER & head of corporate
Stephen Porter
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PARTNER & head of REAL ESTATE
Joseph Mazzucca
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PARTNER & INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR
Alastair Peet
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Director of projects & innovation
Tom Slate
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Director of people
Eleanor Tanner
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Director of Risk & Ethics
Lee Edwards
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Director of IS
Dawn Faulkner
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Director of Business Development & marketing
Shama Perera
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Director of PROJECTS & INNOVATION
Tom Slate
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Director of PEOPLE
Eleanor Tanner
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Director of client technology & service improvement
Tony Randle
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Strategic Adviser to the Board
Simon Levine
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LEADERSHIP THAT EMPOWERS
Being a great law firm starts with being a great place to work. Somewhere people feel empowered, included & supported to do their best work.
ELEANOR TANNER
DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE
Where leadership meets impact
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