Lawyers in England

Delme Griffiths

Delme is a Partner within our Regulatory Group, specialising in professional regulation. Delme’s practice also covers a range of commercial litigation and public law matters. Delme has acted for and against a large number of regulatory bodies. He has a particular expertise in the regulation of solicitors and the education, social care and healthcare sectors. He regularly presents cases before fitness to practise/professional misconduct panels and sits as legal advisor. Delme also has extensive experience in public law and judicial review. He has acted in numerous judicial review proceedings and regularly advises public sector bodies. He has provided training to public sector clients, including in relation to judicial review practice and procedure. Delme also advises on a wide range of commercial and corporate disputes including contractual disputes, insolvency matters and company/shareholder disputes, together with defamation and reputation management. He additionally has experience in acting for clients in the not-for-profit/charitable sector.

Blake Morgan LLP

Demelza Patricio

Partner in Family Law

TWM Solicitors LLP

Demet Rikabi

Solicitor Focusing primarily on corporate immigration, Demet advises and assists multinational companies, financial institutions, and their employees in all aspects of immigration law ranging from compliance questions to individual visa applications. Specialising in Skilled Worker, Settlement, Family route and Naturalisation applications, Demet is able to assists employees through their entire immigration journey from their entry to the UK to when they apply for Naturalisation.

Magrath Sheldrick LLP

Demetrius Danas

I have a wealth of experience in acting on behalf of people who sustain serious injuries abroad, and foreign nationals who are injured in England. I have pursued cases on behalf of clients in over 40 jurisdictions worldwide and have particular expertise in dealing with complex jurisdictional and foreign law issues. I also specialise in accidents taking place on board ships and aircraft. I have represented clients all the way up to the Court of Appeal, the UK Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union and have achieved record breaking results on behalf those most seriously injured. I am an expert in Brexit-related issues as they apply to seriously injured clients, navigating their cases through to a successful conclusion in a post-Brexit world.

Irwin Mitchell

Denis Uvarov

Denis is a corporate lawyer with over 30 years of experience. He specialises in cross-border private M&A transactions, strategic joint ventures, and business reorganisations. His work often involves complex, multi-jurisdictional deals requiring regulatory, finance, and sector-specific expertise. Throughout his career, Denis has advised corporates, international banks, investment managers, and private investors across the UK, France, Germany, Russia, and the US. His sector experience spans energy, mining, telecoms, financial services, consumer goods, and, more recently, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and technology, covering areas such as fintech, medtech, e-commerce, and online streaming. Having been based in London, Moscow, and Paris, Denis has led numerous high-profile, multi-practice transactions.

Keystone Law

Denise Carritt

Denise is a Consultant in Commercial Property.

Lee Bolton Monier-Williams

Denise Condon

Denise Condon has acted for developers for the past 24 years. She is a partner and Head of the Residential Development Sales team. Denise specialises in acting on large residential developments for some of the UK's leading property developers in the sale of off-plan property. She advises on all aspects of the plot sale transaction and has extensive experience in both the UK market and overseas sales at exhibitions in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. She deals with developments from the initial instruction stage through to completion and post-completion formalities. Her clients range from large-scale developers to investment companies.

Howard Kennedy LLP

Denise Eastlake

Partner

Indemnity Law

Denise Holt

Denise joined Weightmans in 2009 and qualified as a Legal Executive later that year. She went on to qualify as a solicitor in 2016. Denise works in the casualty department, dealing predominantly with claims against local authorities and schools/academies. She has a local authority background having previously been employed for many years by Liverpool City Council. Her most notable case thus far is Halton Borough Council v Daniel Eric Condron (2015) in which she brought successful contempt of court proceedings which resulted in a prison sentence for Mr Condron for a false personal injury claim.

Weightmans LLP

Denise Stradling

Denise Stradling is a partner in the Residential Property team at Blandy & Blandy.

Blandy & Blandy LLP

Denise Traube

Associate

Ashtons Legal

Denise Wilkinson

Partner dealing with agricultural and rural businesses and advising land-owning charities. Dealing with rural owners on acquisitions and disposals, all aspects of tenancy work and restructuring in relation to tax planning and trusts. Advising rural property owners on renewable enerrgy projects and options/leases for energy generation by solar, wind, AD and water. Dealing with acquisition of property and documentation in relation to management and development of sites by land-owning charities including joint ventures.

HCR Law

Deniz Oguzkanli

Deniz Oguzkanli, a partner, heads up the firm’s Istanbul office. Described in the Legal 500 2012 as ‘sure-footed’, 2013 edition as ‘extremely competent’ and 2014 as experienced in ‘high-value, complex cross-border disputes’ Deniz initially cut his teeth on matters of serious crime, extradition and business crime. His work for business clients in the fields of regulatory law has seen significant victories in recent years. Most notably he was involved in Operation Blue Sky as well as a matter involving fraud on an international scale, spanning several jurisdictions. Deniz acts for international businesses, banks and other law firms. He is involved in drafting commercial agreements, partnership and joint venture agreements, employment issues and company formations both in the UK and abroad. At the forefront of his advice is his experience in regulatory and financial compliance. In recent years he has introduced and overseen matters involving multi-jurisdictional infringement of copyright and trade mark, as well as substantial commercial contractual disputes. Deniz has long been involved internationally with legal work originating in Turkey and has extensive connections with leading businesses there. He is now leading the development of the firm’s Istanbul office which has been set up to service Turkish businesses with their domestic and international work in this fast moving emerging market. Deniz’ other work includes a seat on the Management Committee of Hackney Law Centre and service as a Labour Councillor in the London Borough of Hackney. He is a member of Amnesty International and a Lawyer for Liberty.

Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP

Dennis Phillips

Dennis specialises in multi-jurisdictional estates at the intersection of English and Spanish law. Dennis is a qualified UK solicitor who advises families and businesspeople on property ownership, succession matters and cross-border estate administration. He read Law and Spanish Law at the University of Kent with a year spent at the Universidad de Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. He qualified in 2002 and is one of a handful of English-trained solicitors with recognised expertise in cross-border private client law. Dennis advises on administration of estates in Spain, Will writing for Spanish estates and lifetime transfers of Spanish property. He frequently oversees Spanish assets left to UK charities, where multi-layered legal, tax and procedural considerations demand specialist experience. Working collaboratively with trusted professionals in both the UK and Spain, he ensures matters progress smoothly and efficiently, minimising delay and unnecessary tax exposure. He also advises on capacity-related matters, helping clients plan ahead with appropriate Powers of Attorney or navigate complex cross-border recognition when capacity is lost. He is equally experienced in other special situations involving Spanish property. Beyond Spain and the UK, Dennis has advised on matters across Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East, with notable experience in Croatia where he has handled extensive property transfer work, including transactions for his own family. His cross-border expertise also spans jurisdictions such as Turkey, Switzerland, Dubai and Morocco. This practical understanding of how foreign and UK legal systems interact enables him to anticipate and resolve complexities that frequently challenge experienced practitioners in each jurisdiction. His experience includes: Cross-Border Divorce and Spanish Property Advised a European couple divorcing under foreign law on transferring a share of jointly owned Spanish property. Structured the transfer to save the client a substantial amount in Spanish transfer tax. Prepared supporting Spanish Powers of Attorney for execution in London Strategic Anglo-Spanish Inheritance Tax Planning Implemented a targeted adjustment to the inherited shares of Spanish property governed by England and Wales law, delivering a five-figure inheritance tax saving for a UK-resident widow and daughter Complex Executor Guidance for International Beneficiaries Advised a professional executor on the preparation of sworn declarations enabling Ukrainian sisters to inherit their late uncle’s Spanish property, where the original named beneficiary under an English Will had predeceased Coordination of Multi-Jurisdictional Estate Administration Coordinated English and German legal advice to satisfy Spanish inheritance requirements, ensuring that German beneficiaries received specific legacies from a substantial estate under a will proved in England & Wales

Morr & Co LLP

Derek Bambury

Browne Jacobson LLP

Derek Bambury

Derek specialises in all aspects of professional and institutional default, management liability, insurance coverage and contentious insolvency.

Browne Jacobson LLP

Derek Callanan

Derek is a partner within the corporate department with over 20 year’s experience. Derek has extensive experience advising clients in all aspects of Corporate and Company Law matters, advising individuals and corporate clients, both locally, nationally and internationally on realising the maximum potential value/return from their business by buying, merging, re-structuring or selling their business/company through share or asset purchases and/or sales with multi-jurisdictional experience. Derek also advises on creating corporate joint ventures and or partnerships with specific expertise and interest in dealing with construction companies both private/plc and property developers/land owners; Derek has a specialist knowledge of the automotive sector and specifically advising a large Global Motor Manufacturing Group. He is also passionate about the Equine Law sector and the horse racing industry. Derek has also worked with clients across the globe advising American, Canadian, Spanish, Japanese, Irish and French based corporates on their corporate group interests within the United Kingdom.

HCR Law

Derek Ellery

Consultant Solicitor

Jurit LLP

Derek Millard-Smith

Partner and Head of Consumer and Parking Law at JMW Solicitors LLP. Derek is the leading Lawyer to the UK Parking Management Sector, he was appointed by the British Parking Association (BPA) as the approved Solicitor to their membership in 2016 and continues in this role through which he established and leads BPA Lawline, an advice line device to members of the BPA. His expertise extends beyond parking to complex motoring related regulatory issues affecting a wide variety of affected land owner and users, from private estates, through retail and entertainment venue, hospitals and other NHS facilities to national toll roads, tunnels and bridges. Derek is known for his ability to find effective and practical solutions reducing motorists’ misuse and anti social behaviours on private land, roads and key transport infrastructure locations. In these roles Derek regularly advises and assists steering groups and their members, MPs and ministers and their civil servant advisors ensuring where possible immaculate rhetoric is balanced with facts and evidence to ensure as far as possible new and evolving legislation in the parking and related sectors is fit for purpose. Derek is committed to driving change in the parking industry and promoting the values of the British Parking Association BPA and Chartered Trading Standards Institute CTSI. On behalf of the BPA and its members , Derek is working closely with the ICO, DVLA, Trading Standards, Consumer Groups, MPs and Government to encourage consistency, transparency and a proportionate approach to consumer related parking matters and promote the fair treatment of all consumers and landowners alike. Derek’s specialist consumer areas include, Parking and transport infrastructure, Trading Standards, Retail Due diligence and compliance, Manufacturing and supply chain, Product safety, Product recall, Parking enforcement legislation, Consumer Credit permissions, Consumer Credit authorisations, Debt and Claims management, Advertising Standards amongst others. In his capacity as a trading standards solicitor, Derek provides compliance advice as well as managing clients investigated by regulatory bodies including Trading Standards, Consumer Credit, FCA, OFT, FOS, MOJ, ICO, MHRA and the Police. In other roles, Derek also assists with the management and sponsorship of motorsports teams and drivers, in all levels of motorsport from grass roots to F1 including Haas and Renault (currently Alpine) F1 teams, W series drivers and teams in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). In addition to ongoing assistance with the drafting of the standards and framework accompanying the Parking Code of Practice Act 2919, notable cases Derek has been involved in include: ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis Supreme Court in 2015 with its companion case Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi [2015] UKSC 67- these key precedent contract law cases concern the validity of penalty clauses and the application of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive. DPO roles and ICO investigation assistance to a variety of consumer facing sectors. Drink driving sleepwalker Rebecca Mason acquittal; Penalty points swapping of high profile football players; Significant OFT/FCA Consumer Credit Authorisation appeals MTR notices and determination, plus MOJ, FOS and Trading Standards interventions; successful pharmaceutical industry price fixing cartel defence; R v Paul Burrell; Dr Harold Shipman Inquest. Publications of note include guest editing the Consumer and Trading Standards Law and Practice (Pink Book). Derek also had significant involvement in the content of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019. Derek has been a driving law pundit on BBC Radio 5 live and has also regularly appeared on National and local TV and Radio discussing Consumer and driving related matters. Twitter: @DrivingLawyer.

JMW Solicitors LLP

Derek Robins

Partner

Gordons Partnership 2020 Limited

Des Jenson

Mr Des Jenson is an experienced Grade A senior solicitor and a Crown Court Advocate. He specializes in International Fraud, Complex & Serious Crime and Appeals, particularly against miscarriages of justice. He has particular expertise in defending prosecutions brought by the Serious Fraud Office & the National Crime Agency and for Environmental Pollution Cases. Mr Jenson is known for his meticulous preparation and detailed approach to cases, particularly for complex matters. His position as a senior lawyer and Crown Court Advocate gives him a unique ability to Marshall a defence team and provide clear advice for any case. His calm methodical approach is appreciated by clients.

Rustem Guardian Solicitors

Desh Patel

Legal Director

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Devinder Singh

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

Devon Monaghan

Devon is a Solicitor in Druces’ Corporate and Commercial team. She joined the firm as a trainee in September 2022 and qualified in September 2024. Devon studied Law at the University of Exeter. After graduating, Devon worked as a Project Manager for 2 years and then studied her Master of Laws at the University of Law achieving a distinction. Devon has assisted in producing many of this firm’s recent articles, including that on the FCA’s new UK listing regime. In her spare time, Devon enjoys running and hiking with her two dogs.

Druces LLP