Profiles
Partners
Solicitors
- Ashleigh Staveley
- Tom Sharples
- Yean Hong Tan (Eugene Tan)
- Catherine Whitehouse
- Rakhee Davda-Vithlani
- Hayley Marler
- Thiara Malik
- Mike Ellis
- Jacqueline Gloster (née Gilbert)
- Jing Shi
- Scott Battram
- Linda (Lam) Li
- Dipinder Surey
Conveyancers
Legal Assistants
- Helen Elstow
- Karen Oliver
- Noor Ahmad
- Zuraida Zainol-Rashid
- Diane Scullion
- Avril Jones
- Julie Allison
- Karen Strudwick
- Rosy Mapps
- Ellesse Godley
- Farzan Abraham
- Roshni Nirban
- Abbas Salleh
- Hazwani Rosli
- Aina Khir
- Khalid Din
- Susan Tai Sue Fong
- Loren Gilbert
- Leanne Smith
- Sarah McEleney
- Simon Sharples
Accounts Department
Administrators
Partners
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Clive Sharples
Senior Partner
Clive Sharples qualified as a solicitor in 1974 and worked with firms in The City of London for 25 years before co-founding Riseam Sharples in 1997. Clive has now been practicing in the West End of London for over 20 years.
Clive’s original area of expertise was facilitating the purchase of sites for redevelopment and in doing so he acted for most of the major developers in the South of England. In 1987 Clive started to become involved with acting for offshore investor purchasers acquiring off plan residential property in Central London. He ceased acting for developers in 1993 to concentrate more specifically in acting for offshore investors and continued to do so culminating in the setting-up of Riseam Sharples in 1997 as a firm concentrating in this area of business.
2014 will be Clive’s 28th year acting for investors based in the Far East.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8906
- Email: cas@rs-law.co.uk
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Julia Caveller
Partner
Julia read Law at UCL, studied for her Legal Practice Course part-time at the College of Law in London and thereafter worked as a trainee solicitor at Riseam Sharples. Julia joined the firm in 2001, qualified in 2004 and was made a Partner in 2007. In May 2015, Julia returned to our London office having spent three and a half years working for us from Sydney, Australia where she qualified as a solicitor in New South Wales.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8919
- Email: juliac@rs-law.co.uk
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Manisha Bhati
Partner
Manisha trained with Riseam Sharples having first joined them in Autumn 2002 as a Legal Assistant. She was seconded to Philippsohn Crawfords Berwald to complete her contentious seat and qualified with Riseam Sharples in Autumn 2004.
She is now a Partner at Riseam Sharples as from 1st December 2010.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8912
- Email: manisha@rs-law.co.uk
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Siow Lim
Partner
Siow trained with Lawson Turner & Gilbert and qualified in 2006. She joined Riseam Sharples in the autumn of that same year. She is now a Partner at Riseam Sharples as from 1st December 2010. Siow Lim speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8907
- Email: siow@rs-law.co.uk
Solicitors
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Ashleigh Staveley
Senior Associate
After completing her law degree, Ashleigh worked in the law for 3 years before joining Riseam Sharples as a trainee in 2009. She was seconded to Howard Kennedy in 2010 and returned to Riseam Sharples as a qualified solicitor in January 2011.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8908
- Email: ashleigh@rs-law.co.uk
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Tom Sharples
Senior Associate
Tom trained with Riseam Sharples having first joined them in autumn 2003 as a Legal Assistant. He was seconded to Caporn Campbell in 2005 (prior to the firm’s merger with Russell-Cooke in 2006) to complete his contentious seat and qualified with Riseam Sharples in 2006.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8910
- Email: tom@rs-law.co.uk
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Yean Hong Tan (Eugene Tan)
Senior Associate
Qualified as an Advocate and Solicitor in Malaysia in 1997. Completed his MBA in 2003 and qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2004. Yean Hong joined Riseam Sharples in 2011.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8902
- Email: eugene@rs-law.co.uk
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Catherine Whitehouse
Senior Associate
Catherine trained with Riseam Sharples, joining the firm in 2007, and qualifying in 2009. She is well-known to a wide range of developers and investors and has a wealth of industry knowledge. Catherine specialises in large-scale commercial and residential development work – with an impressive reputation for efficiency, effectiveness and strong client relationships.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8900
- Email: catherine@rs-law.co.uk
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Rakhee Davda-Vithlani
Senior Associate & Compliance Officer
Rakhee trained and qualified as a Solicitor in 2010 in a London firm. She has obtained advisory and drafting experience in Commercial and Civil Litigation, Wills and Probate/Estate Administration, Residential Conveyancing and Family Law.
Since her qualification, Rakhee has undertaken a mixed workload of fee earning, legal risk and compliance. She has joined Riseam Sharples as the firm’s Compliance Officer.
Rakhee is a conversational speaker of Gujarati and has a basic understanding of spoken Hindi.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8913
- Email: rakhee@rs-law.co.uk
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Hayley Marler
Senior Associate
Hayley trained with Riseam Sharples having first joined them in April 2010 as a Paralegal. She was seconded to PCB Litigation in February 2012 to complete her contentious seat and qualified with Riseam Sharples in June 2012.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8902
- Email: hayley@rs-law.co.uk
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Thiara Malik
Consultant Solicitor
Thiara trained with Healys Solicitors and qualified in 2003. She joined Riseam Sharples in the autumn of that same year. Thiara is fluent in Urdu and Punjabi.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8916
- Email: thiara@rs-law.co.uk
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Mike Ellis
Consultant Solicitor
Mike started his legal career at Tunbridge Wells firm Cripps Harries Hall LLP as an office boy from where he progressed via night school and five year articles to qualify as a solicitor becoming a partner in 1982.
He has focused on the house building industry and real estate investment sectors and was a pioneer in the South East Asia and South African property exhibition markets.
Following retirement from Cripps Harries Hall LLP in 2013 he joined Riseam Sharples as a Consultant and now lives in Asia where he can conveniently service Riseam Sharples clients purchasing at property exhibitions in the region.- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7836 9555
- Email: mike@rs-law.co.uk
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Jacqueline Gloster (née Gilbert)
Solicitor
Jacqueline joined Riseam Sharples in June 2005 as a Legal Assistant to Julia Caveller and Thiara Malik. Whilst working for Riseam Sharples, Jacqueline completed her Law Degree and LPC and was admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts in February 2014.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8910
- Email: jacqueline@rs-law.co.uk
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Jing Shi
Solicitor
Jing is a solicitor with experience in a broad range of areas, including commercial/residential property transactions, immigration, litigation, family and probate. She has served clients across various sectors and backgrounds, including high-net-worth individuals, companies and foreign organisations and is known for her enthusiastic approach and friendly service.
Jing joined Riseam Sharples in June 2015. She speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8919
- Email: jing@rs-law.co.uk
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Scott Battram
Solicitor
Scott read law at the University of Kent and completed the LPC at the College of Law graduating in 2010. Scott has since complemented this with almost 2 years of working on various litigation matters across the European Union and 18 months at Howard Kennedy working with Property Developers on large scale residential developments in the Investment Property Team.
Scott joined Riseam Sharples as a Trainee Solicitor in September 2014. He was seconded back to Howard Kennedy to complete his training and, qualified as a solicitor in May 2016.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8903
- Email: scott@rs-law.co.uk
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Linda (Lam) Li
Solicitor
Linda trained with Quastel Midgen LLP in 2012 and qualified as a solicitor in 2015. She joined Riseam Sharples in November 2016 bringing in a wealth of experience in residential/commercial property transactions, immigration and litigation, serving a wide range of clients from high net worth individuals to companies globally. Linda graduated with a business degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, law degree from University of Manchester and has also completed a Master of Law (LLM) in Queen Mary University of London with distinction.
Linda speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8901
- Email: linda@rs-law.co.uk
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Dipinder Surey
Trainee Solicitor
Dipinder is a Trainee Solicitor at Riseam Sharples.
As part of her training, Dipinder has gained property experience on wide-ranging residential property matters involving re-sales, assignment sales and purchases, and property re-financing. Dipinder has also attended development sales exhibitions overseas by high-profile developers.
Previously Dipinder worked as a Paralegal at Howard Kennedy where she gained exposure to complex, large-scale residential work, acting for high-profile developer and investment clients.
Dipinder read law at City, University of London and completed the LPC at the University of Law.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8908
- Email: dipinder@rs-law.co.uk
Conveyancers
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Hani Zuhuri
Senior Associate
Hani completed her Law Degree in 2009 and started work experience at Riseam Sharples in January 2010 and later joined the firm in May of the same year as a Trainee Licensed Conveyancer. Hani qualified as a Licensed Conveyancer in April 2013 and speaks Malay.
From September 2016, Hani has relocated and is now based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and will mostly cover property launches in the Far East.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8911
- Email: hani@rs-law.co.uk
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Aris Giannakidis
Licensed Conveyancer
Aris has completed his studies in Political Science and Public Administration in the University of Athens. He has worked as an Intern for Clifford Chance LLP Europe in Paris. He joined Riseam Sharples as an office administrator in February 2014. He is currently undertaking the Council of Licensed Conveyancers qualification and as of March 2015 Aris is a Trainee Licensed Conveyancer.
Aris is fluent in French and in Greek.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8905
- Email: aris@rs-law.co.uk
Legal Assistants
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Helen Elstow
Legal Assistant
Helen joined Riseam Sharples in 2001 after a break to raise her family. Initially working alongside Colin Riseam, one of the co-founders of Riseam Sharples, following his retirement she now assists Julia Caveller and Thiara Malik. Previously Helen worked in a conveyancing team at Farrer & Co in London.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8904
- Email: helen@rs-law.co.uk
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Karen Oliver
Legal Assistant
Karen joined Riseam Sharples in October 2010 as assistant to Tom Sharples. She previously worked for Linklaters LLP in their Corporate Department for 5 years.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8908
- Email: karen@rs-law.co.uk
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Noor Ahmad
Paralegal
Noor joined Riseam Sharples in September 2004 as a Legal Assistant in Post-Completions Department. At present he is working as a paralegal to Clive Sharples. Noor speaks Urdu and Punjabi fluently.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8915
- Email: noor@rs-law.co.uk
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Zuraida Zainol-Rashid
Post Completions Assistant
Zuraida was formerly a Legal Assistant with Lawson Turner & Gilbert Solicitors since 2000 and then Tudor Rose Solicitors since 2004, both dealing with residential and commercial conveyancing matters. She joined Riseam Sharples in 2007 and is now overseeing all Post-Completion matters within the firm. Zuraida is fluent in Malay.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8906
- Email: zuraida@rs-law.co.uk
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Diane Scullion
Legal Assistant & Credit Control
Diane joined Riseam Sharples in January 2004 as a legal secretary to Clive Sharples. She started her career in 1998 on joining a law firm in Northern Ireland which dealt with conveyancing, matrimonial and family, probate and litigation matters before moving to London in 2004.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8918
- Email: diane@rs-law.co.uk
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Avril Jones
Legal Assistant
Avril joined Riseam Sharples in July 2011 as a Secretary to Clive Sharples. Avril previously worked as a Conveyancing Assistant for 10 years at Mason Collins Licensed Conveyancers.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8901
- Email: avril@rs-law.co.uk
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Julie Allison
Paralegal
Julie joined Riseam Sharples in August 2011. She has gained over 25 years' experience in residential conveyancing, including working for London firm Pinsent Masons.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8903
- Email: julie@rs-law.co.uk
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Karen Strudwick
Legal Assistant
Karen joined Riseam Sharples in May 2011 from Ormerods Solicitors in Wimbledon as an assistant to Julia Caveller and Thiara Malik. Karen has over 25 years residential conveyancing experience.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8913
- Email: karens@rs-law.co.uk
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Rosy Mapps
Paralegal
Rosy joined Riseam Sharples in September 2011 as a Paralegal. She has extensive experience with new build properties having worked for Winckworth Sherwood in the Plot Sales Team for 6 years and has had dealings with BDW Trading Limited also known as Barratts, and Bellway Homes Limited.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8983
- Email: rosy@rs-law.co.uk
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Ellesse Godley
Legal Assistant
Ellesse initially worked at Ringley Legal as a legal assistant and has joined us in January 2014 in our Post Completions Department helping to oversee all completion matters within the firm.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8917
- Email: ellesse@rs-law.co.uk
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Farzan Abraham
Paralegal
Farzan joined Riseam Sharples in September 2015 as a Completions Clerk. He previously worked in a conveyancing assistant role at St James and has experience of new build developments and will be assisting Eugene Tan and Julie Allison.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8904
- Email: farzan@rs-law.co.uk
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Roshni Nirban
Legal Assistant
Roshni joined Riseam Sharples in May 2016 and has completed a degree in International Business at the University of Greenwich. She also has a Legal Secretarial Diploma and is currently working as a Legal Assistant for Hani Zuhuri.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8980
- Email: roshni@rs-law.com
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Abbas Salleh
Post Completions Assistant
Abbas completed his Ph.D in London and has been working for the Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia for over 35 years. He retired from the Pesticides Board as a Deputy Director. Abbas joined Riseam Sharples in July 2016 and is based within the Post Completion Department.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel:
- Email: abbas@rs-law.co.uk
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Hazwani Rosli
Post Completions Assistant
Hazwani worked as an assistant manager at a Malaysian student accommodation in London for 2 years. She joined Riseam Sharples in November 2016 as a member of Post Completions Department. She is fluent in English and Malay.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8911
- Email: hazwani@rs-law.co.uk
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Aina Khir
Post Completions Assistant
Aina worked as an Office Assistant for a Property Management Company in London from 2012. She joined Riseam Sharples in 2016.
She is fluent in English & Malay.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8914
- Email: aina@rs-law.co.uk
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Khalid Din
Post Completions Assistant
Khalid was working with the Malaysian High Commission situated in London and had done so for over 27 years. He was attached to the Protocol Department, the Administration Department and the Immigration Department.
Khalid joined Riseam Sharples in October 2014 as a member of the Post Completions Department.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8918
- Email: khalid@rs-law.co.uk
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Susan Tai Sue Fong
Legal Assistant
Susan Tai Sue Fong joined Riseam Sharples in August 2014 as an assistant and currently works for Manisha Bhati. She qualified in Malaysia as a Lawyer in 2001 and has completed her Masters of Law (LLM) with a focus on International Banking Law.
Susan Speaks fluent Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil and Bahasa Malaysia.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8917
- Email: susan@rs-law.co.uk
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Loren Gilbert
Legal Assistant
Loren Gilbert first joined Riseam Sharples in 2006 as receptionist and then became a receptionist/office co-ordinator. She then became a Legal Secretary to Tom Sharples and Clive Sharples. Loren briefly left Riseam Sharples to continue work in the legal industry.
Loren returned to Riseam Sharples in March 2016 as a Legal Assistant and she currently assists Scott Battram.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8909
- Email: loren@rs-law.co.uk
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Leanne Smith
Legal Assistant
Leanne started working as a Secretary at Bankside Property Limited after completing an ILEX Diploma course in 2001. After spending 6 years at Bankside Property she left to start a family.
Leanne joined us at the end of March 2014 and is a secretary to Tom Sharples.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7257 8916
- Email: leanne@rs-law.co.uk
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Sarah McEleney
Legal Assistant
Sarah joined Riseam Sharples in April 2017 to assist Catherine Whitehouse and Hayley Marler. She completed a Certificate in Legal Studies with Cilex Law School in 2013 and has 5 years experience in the legal profession. Sarah is now undertaking her Legal Executive qualification with Cilex Law School.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8905
- Email: sarah@rs-law.co.uk
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Simon Sharples
Legal Assistant
Simon joined Riseam Sharples in March 2013 having completed an Archaeology Degree at the University of Manchester . He is currently studying for a CLT Level 3 Residential Conveyancing BTEC and plans to enrol for his GDL in the new year
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8906
- Email: simon@rs-law.co.uk
Accounts Department
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Graham Broadbent
Financial Controller
Graham trained as a Legal Cashier with Farrer & Co from 1985 and finally left them in 1998 to join Riseam Sharples and Fok as Accounts Manager. In 1999 he then joined Laserform (now IRIS) where he had various Managerial roles before setting up his own Accounting and Consultancy Company. Riseam Sharples welcomed Graham back as their Senior Accountant in 2007.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8909
- Email: graham@rs-law.co.uk
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Kayley Moore
Legal Cashier
Kayley is a part qualified accountant having studied foundation and intermediate levels of AAT. Kayley trained as a legal cashier with Cook Taylor Woodhouse Solicitors in 2008, before joining Riseam Sharples in January 2010.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8911
- Email: kayley@rs-law.co.uk
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Matthew Adams
Legal Cashier
Matthew joined Riseam Sharples as an Office Junior in August 2011. Matthew previously worked at Prestige Letting Management from September 2010 to January 2011.
In February 2014 moved to the accounts team and is currently studying AAT part-time at London Bridge to become a qualified accountant.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8914
- Email: matthew@rs-law.co.uk
Administrators
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Muhammad Ali
Senior Office Administrator
Ali joined Riseam Sharples as an Office Administrator in 2006, left and again joined in 2008. Ali started his career as Steno/PA from Higher Education Commission, Islamabad Pakistan in 1985. He served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, Pakistan as Office Administrator from 1986-1999 and then worked as admin assistant in the Pakistan High Commission, London from 2000-2005. Ali is fluent in Urdu and Punjabi.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7632 8907
- Email: ali@rs-law.co.uk
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Chris Georghiou
Assistant Office Administrator
Chris joined Riseam Sharples as an Office Administrator in August 2017. Chris graduated with a High National Diploma in Business Studies. Chris is a fluent speaker in Greek.
- Office: 2 Tower Street, London, WC2H 9NP
- Tel: 020 7836 9555
- Email: chris@rs-law.co.uk