From our offices in the City of London, we house all our people in one ‘hub of expertise’ enabling us to create teams, collaborate with others and deliver high quality, practical advice using up to date technology:
Our Clients
We are proud to represent some of the leading organisations in the fields in which we have relevant expertise. The list to a large extent speaks for itself. Click here for more details.
Our Knowledge
In order to provide excellent legal advice and market leading solutions, we continually update our knowledge and expertise. This includes a comprehensive training and education programme for all of our staff, from Senior Partner through to Support Staff. Likewise we understand our clients’ thirst for knowledge and excellence, and to cater for this we provide a program of regular seminars, briefings and eBulletins across a range of subjects. Click here for details of upcoming events.
Our People
The basis of our success and quality of service is the people that work at Devonshires. With outstanding people at all levels of contact, we are dedicated to providing you with efficient, ethical and effective solutions. Many of our lawyers have a dual background, experienced in providing private commercial advice and public authority expertise that makes them and Devonshires stand out from the crowd.
Click here for details of the Devonshires Team.
Our Values
Devonshires is an organisation with values that are represented by the clients that we act for and the people that make up our team. We are committed to delivering excellent advice and service to our clients, and to being transparent and consistent in all of our dealings with you. In our most recent client survey, these values have been brought into focus:
"They establish a relationship so each party understands the other’s key drivers."
"Not stuffy and quite go-ahead in their approach. They make it easy to form working relationships."
"Their people feel like they’re working for us rather than for Devonshires."
Our Statistics
We are a 27 Partner firm, structured as a general partnership with 190 employees. We currently have 75 qualified lawyers, 36 other professional staff and the balance made up of our support staff without whom we could not function. In the 12 month period to 30 March 2009 we generated £20,248,462 in turnover which represents a 1% increase for the same period to 30 March 2008.
Sustainability
Devonshires is committed to working with our clients, suppliers and employees to promote and support sustainability across our business. We were awarded a Clean City Award from the Corporation of London in 2008 in recognition of our recycling programme and for reducing our carbon footprint.