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DJB rise up the London tables in the Legal 500 2018



“DJB is an extremely client-focused, solutions driven firm” Legal 500 2018

DJB’s excellent year has been recognised in the Legal 500 2018 rankings. This includes a rise in the London Commercial Property (Corporate Occupiers) rankings from Tier 6 to Tier 3, placing it within the top 35 City firms in this category. The firm was ranked in property investment table in London for the first time and improved its Property Litigation ranking in London. They also maintained their ranking for Local Government in the City.

DJB maintained its Top Tier ranking for Commercial Property in the South West and further maintained its rankings in other disciplines in both the South West and Manchester.

Senior Partner Madeleine Davitt was awarded Hall of Fame status for her work in the real estate industry. She received particular recognition as ‘a superb tactician with boundless energy’. In total 16 DJB lawyers have been recommended including:

Robin de Wreede; Philippa Hipwell; Tom Castle; Sean Bulman; Emma Gormley; Maeve Bonner; John Smith; Sophie Philippon-Thomas; Stuart Bould; Tim Sylvester-Jones; Rachel Lindop; Janani Puvi; Zaheer Bashir; Anita Gargye.

DJB’s CEO Peter Allinson said, “We are pleased that the Legal 500 has recognised our senior team of lawyers as true specialists in real estate following their thorough independent research of the market. Our decision to resource our team with highly experienced and specialist lawyers only continues to generate excellent feedback from both the legal directories and our clients.”

ABOUT DAVITT JONES BOULD

As the largest, most experienced law firm specialising in real estate in the UK, we have been trusted advisors to the real estate market for 25 years. We have over 75 lawyers, all of whom joined us from senior in-house or private practice roles, and bring an average of 25 years’ post qualification experience each. With their expertise and commercial experience, we advise a prestigious client base in the public and private sector on the full spectrum of real estate legal issues, including commercial property, planning, property litigation, construction, environment, real estate finance and other related areas. Operating in our specialist area uniquely positions us to help other professional firms, and through our Real Estate Support solution we support teams in the silver circle, UK Top 30, US Top 50, the Big Four and beyond.

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