"It's great to have ambition and to have that goal of becoming a Partner but I think for me, what was most helpful, was just concentrating on the work that I had to do in hand, doing it well, and forming strong relationships with clients."
"My particular expertise, and passion really, is housing in Wales. I do a lot of assisting landlords in Wales with the changes introduced by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016."
"My career started when I joined Devonshires from Sheffield University. I went straight into doing a lot of litigation work in my training contract, I immediately felt that was the thing I really wanted to do."
"My area expertise is corporate law, so l advise on M&A transactions. l also advise businesses on how they can set their business up and also how they can secure investments into it."
"Persistence is key. Just keep going, it's a long road. Don't think just because you can't get a training contract straight away that you're not going to make it as a lawyer. I think that would be my abiding message."
"People take all sorts of different routes to partnership and if yours is slightly non linear or you do things in a different way, that's not necessarily going to negatively impact your career path. The focus is on building up your practice and improving your skills."
"I joined Devonshires as a Paralegal in our Construction, Engineering, & Procurement team and then trained with Devonshires and qualified in the spring of 2021."
"My main area of expertise is construction and l think I'm relatively unique in the team, as I split my time between non-contentious and contentious work."
