Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Devonshires is a long-established City of London law firm with over 150 years of practice. The firm is recognised for its expertise in housing, development, commercial litigation, projects, corporate services, real estate, banking, and private client matters, alongside growing practices supporting care providers and regulators. It delivers high-quality, accessible, and cost-effective services to a diverse client base, including developers, local authorities, housing associations, and financial services organisations, both domestically and internationally.

The practice is built on strong and enduring client relationships, with a focus on practical advice and achieving outstanding results. Devonshires invests in its people through comprehensive training and fosters direct connections between its solicitors and clients. A strong commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility underpins the firm’s ethos, with partners and staff actively supporting charitable initiatives and fundraising efforts.

The firm advises on a wide range of legal matters, including projects, property and real estate, securitisation, construction, housing management, commercial litigation, employment, banking, corporate work, and governance. It holds a leading position in social housing, contributing to development projects nationwide and involvement in legislative drafting. The firm also advises companies operating at the interface with the private sector, including construction, facilities management, and public/private joint ventures. Its services extend to financial advice for commercial property, corporate finance, and private equity projects.

Devonshires provides guidance to local authorities and public bodies on constitutional, commercial, and operational matters, and offers specialist regulatory expertise, including solicitor interventions and run-offs for the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The firm also advises the Homes and Communities Agency on social housing. A cross-departmental team assists clients in the care sector with issues such as the development of care homes, safeguarding, CQC inspections, warning notices, and inquests. In addition, the firm maintains private client services covering conveyancing, employment, and professional negligence. Devonshires continues to pursue measured growth through internal promotion and strategic lateral hires, reinforcing its broad service offering.

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