The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2025 rankings: Devonshires recognised as top-tier across multiple practice areas

We are delighted to once again be included in the Legal 500 rankings with 37 of our lawyers being named and four of our practice areas being independently verified as top tier. This is a testament to the quality of work that we do as well as the exceptional care that our colleagues provide to clients.

A huge part of the research involves feedback and we would like to thank each of our clients and contacts who took the time to take part and for their testimonials.

Please see a summary of the rankings below:

• Five Lawyers were ranked in Hall of Fame - Julian Barker, Chris Drabble, Sharon Kirkham, Andrew Cowan, and Donna McCarthy.
• Seven Lawyers were ranked as Leading Individuals - Robert Edge, Gary Grigor, Jonathan Corris, Triya Maicha, Matthew Waters, Baljit Basra, and Gemma Bell. 
• Four Lawyers were ranked as Next Generation Partners - Sasha Pirbhai, Alice Overton, Natalie Swales, and Lee Russell.

We're delighted to see the ranking for our West Midlands Real Estate team (led by Gemma Bell, Baljit Basra, and Donna McCarthy) move up to tier 3, as well as our Planning team (led by Hannah Langford) and our Yorkshire and the Humber Employment team (led by Kirsty Thompson) both be newly ranked in this year's rankings.

Meanwhile, we have maintained our tier 1 Rankings for our Social Housing (Finance) and Debt Recovery along with our Social Housing Practices in London as well as Yorkshire and the Humber. 

Please click here to read the full Legal 500 guide for each of our ranked practice areas.