SQE Student Committee

Shaping Your Journey

The BARBRI SQE Prep Student Committee is made up of dedicated current students and alumni who help shape the student experience. Through regular feedback, open conversations, and meaningful representation, they ensure your voice is heard and valued throughout your SQE journey.

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Your Student Representatives

Alex Reedrow

Alex Reedrow is an Associate at White & Black. He qualified in 2026 and practices in commercial litigation. As a recent BARBRI alumnus, Alex looks forward to representing and supporting the wider student body.
Alexandria Shahade

Alex is a dual-qualified US Attorney and UK Solicitor. She works at Kingsley Napley as an Immigration Specialist. Having relied on BARBRI to prepare for and pass both the US Bar Exam and the UK SQE, she trusts the program wholeheartedly and is excited to support future students on their journey to success.
Baher Saleh

Baher is a corporate and commercial lawyer who trained with an SRA-regulated London firm, working on private company acquisitions and corporate transactions. He sat SQE1 in Egypt and travelled to the UK for SQE2, passing both, and is now completing his final period of qualifying work experience to become a qualified solicitor of England and Wales.
Charlie Moore

Charlie Moore is a Solicitor Apprentice at DWF, progressing toward qualification through the apprenticeship route. With prior experience as a paralegal in both private practice and in-house roles, Charlie is passionate about diversity, inclusion, and social mobility, actively advocating for alternative pathways into law.
Hannapes Taychayev

Han is an Associate at Rabobank and an Assistant Editor at the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. He holds an LLB from AUCA and an LLM from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Han is passionate about bringing the SQE and English law qualification within reach of students from non-traditional backgrounds.
Harshit Bansal

Harshit is an Indian qualified lawyer who started his legal career with trial litigation in New Delhi and later moved in-house. He has experience in dispute resolution, arbitration, energy, environmental law and banking operations. He is currently working as a Senior Collector and Negotiator at Nationwide Building Society in the UK.
Jenny Mir

Jenny is an in-house General Counsel working across investment management, financial services and digital assets. She champions unconventional legal careers and the opportunities opening up for lawyers in AI, space and emerging technologies.
Lucy Baines

Lucy Baines is a Trainee Solicitor at Brabners LLP, currently undertaking her training contract after gaining experience as a paralegal. Passionate about all things learning and making the legal profession more accessible, Lucy enjoys supporting aspiring solicitors and sharing her experiences of the SQE qualification journey
Matthew King

Matthew spends the majority of his time running his business as a property manager in Central London. He leverages his undergraduate and in-house legal experience to provide consultative property and commercial advice to his landlord clients. He has passed SQE1 having undertaken our prep course. He aims to pass SQE2 next year to qualify as a solicitor and eventually run his practice as part of his business. Empathy is a core value of Matthew’s professional approach.
Nikita Sharakhovskiy

Nikita is a multilingual international lawyer qualified within the civil-law system, with a broad cross-disciplinary practice spanning Intellectual Property, Technology, Privacy & Cybersecurity, and Corporate Law. With experience across EMEA and the UK, he advises start-ups, technology companies and international clients on a wide range of legal and strategic matters. He is pursuing a second legal qualification in England & Wales, expanding his professional practice into the common-law system. He holds IAPP CIPP/E and CIPP/US certifications and is (ISC)² Certified in Cybersecurity.