Sameera is an Associate in the Public Law team with experience working on a range of cases including judicial review proceedings, high profile public inquests and public inquiries, independent investigations, data protection matters and ESG matters.
Sameera joined Kingsley Napley in 2019 as a paralegal in the Public law team where she assisted with complex public inquiries and inquests such as the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, and the inquests into the deaths on the 29 November 2019 in connection with the terror attack at Fishmongers’ Hall. She then completed her training contract at the firm.
Sameera read law at SOAS, the University of London, which included studying international comparative law and completed her LPC at BPP University in London. Sameera also holds a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Manitoba (Canada) with a focus on post-colonial literature and critical race theory.
Sameera is an active participant in Kingsley Napley’s Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage (REACH) group and pro bono initiatives, including providing advice to clients on criminal law matters through the Queen Mary University Legal Advice Clinic. Sameera is listed in the Pro Bono Recognition List 2025.
Sameera was born and raised in the prairies of Canada (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and moved to London, UK in the summer of 2015.
