The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2026 rankings: Devonshires recognised as top-tier across multiple practice areas

We are delighted to once again be included in the Legal 500 rankings with 47 of our lawyers being named and five 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:

• Six lawyers were ranked in Hall of Fame - Julian Barker, Chris Drabble, Sharon Kirkham, Elad Yasdi, Andrew Cowan, and Donna McCarthy.
• Six lawyers were ranked as Leading Partners - 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 our Residential property team (led by Stavrina Tofallis), as well as our Property litigation team (led by Mark Foxcroft and Lee Russell), both be newly ranked in this year's rankings. Devonshires has also been recognised as a Firm to Watch for Health and safety, which is a great accolade for the team (led by Kathryn Kligerman).

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.