Meet our new Partners

Lucy Vannet

"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."

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Victoria Smith

"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."

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Matthew Garbutt

"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."

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Zoe McLean-Wells

"I started at Devonshires in February 2021 during a COVID lockdown, which was interesting. So I've been at Devonshires for just over three years now."

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Prasan Modasia

"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."

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Jamie Leonard

"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."

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Sasha Pirbhai

"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."

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Adam Mathewson

"I joined Devonshires as a Paralegal in our Construction, Engineering, & Procurement team and then trained with Devonshires and qualified in the spring of 2021."

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Tom Humphrey

"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."

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Rachel Eldridge

"I'm based in the Colchester office and we've got a very good team in the Securitisation department who work with each other and help each other."

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Rebecca Brady

"Enjoy the process and make the most of it and take every opportunity that comes to you."

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