Devonshires recognised in The Chambers UK Legal Guide 2026

We are delighted to once again be recognised in the Chambers UK Legal Guide having received rankings across six different practice areas with 20 lawyers being ranked individually. 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 our rankings below:

• Andrew Cowan is ranked as a Senior Statesperson
• Two lawyers are ranked as Band 1 - Julian Barker and Sharon Kirkham
• Six lawyers are ranked as Band 2 - Chris Drabble, Gary Grigor, Donna McCarthy, Elad Yasdi, Gemma Bell, and Katie Maguire
• Five lawyers are ranked as Band 3 - Alice Overton, Baljit Basra, Jonathan Corris, Saghar Roya, and Natalie Swales
• Three lawyers are ranked as Band 4 - Jonathan Jarvis, Triya Maicha, and Mark London
• Hannah Langford is ranked as Band 6
• Two lawyers were ranked as Up and Coming - Mark Foxcroft and Zoe McLean-Wells

We have maintained our Band 1 rankings for Social Housing (London) and Social Housing: Finance (UK wide). While rankings for our Social Housing (North East & Yorkshire) and our Social Housing (West Midlands) practice areas have increased to Band 2. We're also pleased to see our Employment: Employer: Third Sector (London) practice area be newly ranked as Band 2.

Please click here to read the full Chambers UK Legal Guide 2026 write-up for each of our ranked practice areas.