People
Three Hundred combined years of legal expertise
We are a full-service law firm providing high-quality, personalised advice to discerning, private individuals and families, in many cases, through the generations. For businesses, we primarily act for family-run businesses, individual businesses and property owners.
Andrea Cox
Senior Solicitor
Andrea works in the Wills, Probate and Trusts department, based in our Midhurst office. Andrea is a solicitor specialising in Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and the administration of estates. Andrea has a vast amount…
Ben Greaves
Partner
, Head of Department
Ben is a Partner and Head of the Litigation Department at our Petersfield office. Ben successfully completed his training contract with MacDonald Oates in September 2018. Ben studied Law at Bournemouth University where he successfully…
Ben Holden
Partner
, Head of Department
Ben is a Partner and Head of Wills, Probate & Trusts Department. Ben advises on wills, probate, trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection, Inheritance Tax and elderly client matters. Ben graduated from Royal…
Charles Wakefield
Associate
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Charlotte Hervey
Trainee Solicitor
Charlotte is a Trainee Solicitor in the firms Residential Property department. She graduated from the University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Criminology in 2022, then pursued a Master of Laws in…
Charmaine Dudman
Consultant Solicitor
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Claire Brown
Chartered Legal Executive
Claire is a Chartered Legal Executive in the firm’s Residential Property Department. Claire specialises in residential conveyancing, dealing with all aspects of Freehold and Leasehold property sales and purchases, remortgages and transfer of equity. Claire…
Dan Drummond
Solicitor
Dan is a Solicitor in the firm’s Wills, Probate and Trust Department. Dan assists clients with all aspects of private client work, including the drafting of Wills, the administration of estates, and the preparation of…
Diane Zaltzman
Solicitor
Diane is a Solicitor in the Wills, Probate and Trust department. Diane assists with all aspects of private client work, including drafting Wills, administration of estates and Lasting Powers of Attorney. Graduated from University of…
Elise Roberts
Solicitor
Elise is a Solicitor in the firm’s Litigation Department. Elise has experience dealing with a range of contested trust and probate matters including will disputes, inheritance act disputes, trustee and executor disputes, professional negligence and…
Emily Bower
Associate
Emily is an Associate in the Family Department working at our Petersfield and Midhurst office. Emily studied at Southampton University, completing the LPC and LLM in Law & Business Management at the University of Law,…
Emily Bull
Partner
, Head of Department
Emily is Partner and Head of the Family Law Department, based at our Petersfield office. Emily has a particular focus on finances for mid-high net worth clients with a range of assets, including businesses and…
Irina Karabcevska
Solicitor
Irina is a Solicitor in the firm’s Commercial Property team, based in the Petersfield office. Irina practises a wide range of commercial property matters including new leaseholds for both landlord and tenant and associated transactions,…
James Sawers
Consultant Solicitor
James is a Consultant Solicitor working with the Wills, Probate and Trusts Department. James advises on Inheritance Tax planning, Lasting Powers of Attorney and applications to the Court of Protection. James grew up in the…
Jill Williams
Associate
Jill is an Associate in the firm’s Residential Property Department. She is based at the firm’s Petersfield office. Jill specialises in residential conveyancing and deals with all residential property matters including sales and purchases, remortgages,…
Karl Smith
Partner
Karl is a Partner in the Residential Property Department. He is also COLP (Compliance officer for legal practice) and the Head of Client Service and is responsible for monitoring service levels across the firm and
Kate Shires
Senior Solicitor
Kate is an Senior Solicitor in the Wills, Probate and Trusts Department at our Petersfield office. Kate specialises in wills, probate and trusts. Before joining MacDonald Oates Kate was a Partner at Potter Owtram &…
Katerina Davidova
Solicitor
Katerina Davidova is a Solicitor in the firm’s Commercial Property Department. Katerina also has an extensive experience in residential conveyancing. Katerina Worked and trained with Beeton Edwards LLP from 2022. After the closure of the…
Linda Wilson
Partner
, Head of Department
Linda is Partner and Head of the firm’s Employment Law Department. She is based in the Petersfield office. Linda is also an Accredited Workplace Mediator and is able to act as an accredited mediator to…
Matthew Archer
Partner
Matt is a Partner in the firm’s Commercial Law team and Commercial Property specialist, based in the Petersfield office. Matt practises in a mix of commercial property and company commercial areas. Matt studied at the…
Melissa Hackett
Partner
Melissa is a Partner in the firm’s Residential Property team based in the Petersfield office. Residential property including freehold and leasehold, sales and purchases, lease variations, lease extensions, remortgages and transfers of equity. Melissa trained…
Nila Osman
Solicitor
Nila is a Solicitor in the firm’s Litigation Department. Nila Graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in 2019 and went on to study at the University of Law (Guildford)…
Patrick Jenkins
Partner
, CEO
, COFA
Patrick is a Partner, CEO and COFA working in the Litigation Department in our Petersfield office. Patrick handles all aspects of civil and commercial litigation. He has particular expertise in dealing with property litigation matters,…
Robert Sawers
Senior Solicitor
Robert is a Senior Solicitor working with our Wills, Probate & Trusts Department from our Petersfield office. Robert is a specialist in wills, probate and trust law. He also has considerable experience of dealing with…
Roger Brown-Hovelt
Consultant Solicitor
Roger is a Consultant Solicitor in the Wills, Probate and Trusts Department. Roger is a specialist in wills, probate and estate administration, Lasting Powers of Attorney, and he also has extensive experience of all types…
Samantha Marr
Practice Manger
Samantha is our Practice Manager and works from both our Petersfield and Midhurst offices. Her role is supporting and advising the Board Members on all aspects of practice management, ensuring smooth day to day operations…
Sarah Rowden
Partner
, Head of Department
Sarah is a Partner and Head of our Residential Property department Residential conveyancing, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity and lease extensions. Sarah studied at the University of Bristol where…
