Our Team | Pattersons Commercial Law

Rik Pancholi

Managing Director and Solicitor

As an owner and Director of Pattersons Commercial Law, Rik loves being a Solicitor and a business owner. This makes him well placed to advise his clients on the legal and commercial challenges faced by them and their businesses.

Charlotte Clarke

Director and Solicitor

Charlotte specialises in all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency with a particular specialism in complex, high value antecedent transaction claims, both for and against Insolvency Practitioners.

Asit Jansari

Director and Solicitor

Asit specialises in all areas of Civil & Commercial Litigation including Contractual Disputes, Consumer issues, Boundary Disputes, Professional Negligence actions, Contentious Probate actions, Housing Possession actions, Appeals, Insolvency – Personal/Corporate & Injunctions.

Harinder Sahota

Head of Practice Management

Harinder has many years of experience as a Practice Manager and oversees the operation and management of our law firm. She is an active member of BNI Global, having held the role of VP and is on the membership committee. Harinder is a Trustee for Charity Link, a charity who work though Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire to help change the lives of vulnerable individuals and families.

Kirsty Adams

Managing Associate

Kirsty is a qualified Commercial Property Solicitor with substantial experience in dealing with property transactions whether residential, commercial property or landlord and tenant. Kirsty is able to advise on a a range of property matters including buying and selling, granting a lease, assigning a lease and business transfers.

Ruby Rai

Senior Associate

Ruby Rai qualified in 2008 after completing her LPC at the Inns of Court School of Law, London. Ruby is an international Employment Lawyer, with over 14 years PQE experience gained both within the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. Ruby has advised multinational organisations, government entities and many companies including household names.

Sundeep Billan

Consultant Solicitor

As a business owner and a solicitor with more than 15 years of relevant experience in handling commercial property matters, Sundeep is well placed to advise clients on all types of commercial property matters with a heavy focus on helping them achieve their commercial objectives.

Philip Shelcott

Consultant Solicitor

Philip is a versatile and experienced litigation and property solicitor with over 20 years of wide-ranging experience in a variety of commercial property and development land matters, together with litigation and disputes. Philip is a member of Property Litigation Association and CRELA.

Balraj Singh

Paralegal

Graduating from the University of Leicester in Law with Criminology in 2019 and completing the LPC with an MSc in Law, Business and Management the following year, Balraj is kickstarting his legal journey with Pattersons Commercial Law. With a keen interest in corporate and commercial matters, the knowledge gained from his studies will be put to great use in his role as a paralegal when assisting Rik and the team.

Rahul Bhandari

Paralegal

Rahul is a university graduate who works as a Paralegal at the firm. Rahul assists the team on various matters within the firm including property transactions, whether residential or commercial property. Rahul has two years’ experience working within conveyancing particularly in post completion and now assists all property transactions from start to finish with particular focus on residential sale transactions.

Jayne Smith

PA to the Directors

Jayne is the Personal Assistant to the Directors.