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AWARDS

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The Times Best Law Firms 2025

Commended for Commercial Property.

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Property Week Property Awards 2024

Finalists for Legal/Professional Team of the Year - Commercial Property 2024

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Property Week Property Awards 2023

Highly Commended for Legal/Professional Team of the Year - Commercial Property 2023

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The Lawyer Awards 2023

Commended for Boutique Firm of the year

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The Times Best Law Firms 2022

Commended for Commercial Property and Landlord and Tenant Law.

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Property Week Property Awards 2022

Finalist for Legal Team Award 2022

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Property Week Property Awards 2021

Finalist for Legal Team Award 2021

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Estates Gazette Awards 2021

Finalist for Legal Team Award 2021. 

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Legal Business Awards 2021

Finalist for Real Estate Team of the Year 2021. 

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Highly Commended for Boutique Law Firm of the Year 2021. 

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Legal Business Awards 2020

Shortlisted for Real Estate Team of the Year 2020.

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Lawyer Awards 2019

Finalist for National Firm of the Year 2019.

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British Legal Awards 2018

Winners of Boutique Firm of the Year 2018. 

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Estates Gazette Awards 2018

Finalist for Legal Team of the Year 2018.

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Estates Gazette Awards 2017

Finalist for Real Estate Legal Team of the Year 2017.

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The American Lawyers Global Legal Awards 2016

Honouree for Finance Deal of the Year: Islamic Finance 2016.

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Lawyer Awards 2013

Winners of National Boutique Firm of the Year 2013.

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Runners-up for Real Estate Team of the Year 2013. 

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DIRECTORIES

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Legal 500 

Consistently ranked as a top firm for Commercial Property & have been ranked in planning, property litigation and local government. 

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This includes being ranked alongside the Magic Circle firms in Tier 2 for Corporate Occupiers in London and high rankings in the region including for Development and Investment work. 

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Many of our lawyers are recommended and our Senior Partner Madeleine Davitt has been awarded Hall of Fame status. 

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Some of our testimonials include: 

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'Davitt Jones Bould act as our legal representatives on all commercial property matters and they consistently demonstrate a can-do solutions focused approach, ensuring all interactions (small & large) are handled with the utmost professionalism and attention to detail. They bring both strategic insight and practical knowledge to the table, allowing us to navigate property negotiations with confidence and assurance.'

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‘ The commercial property and planning teams are professional, meticulous, responsive, accommodating, always deliver to deadlines (even when those deadlines are tight), friendly and approachable. Many of the team have worked previously in a local government setting and understand the governance and regulatory regime of the public sector. The teams have the experience and knowledge to deal with the most complex of matters. They also work with us to achieve the best possible outcomes and genuinely wish to help us.'

 

 

‘We’ve instructed Davitt Jones Bould on hundreds of property acquisitions—ranging from single flats to complex multi-unit schemes—and they’ve proved efficient, responsive and proactive throughout. They communicate clearly and regularly, whether through monthly updates or swift replies to ad-hoc queries.'

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Chambers & Partners 

Ranked in London and Manchester for Real Estate.  Client's told Chambers that: 

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'All of the team have been extremely knowledgeable, friendly and diligent. They have been a pleasure to work with due to their professionalism, flexibility, knowledge and approachability.'

 

'They offer a values-led approach, excellent legal expertise and customer support. They provide very good advice in a straightforward manner and offer extremely timely and helpful engagement.'

 

'The firm remains easily accessible at all times. They offer a sense of humour and the ability to provide and explain complex alternative options for negotiation.'

ACCREDITATIONS

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Investors in People

Our staff are our greatest asset and we are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People.  We are independently assessed on an annual basis to ensure we maintain our standards.

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Lexcel 

Recognised as the gold star legal quality mark, DJB has full Lexcel accreditation assuring the very best practice in client care, file and data management and complaints handling. 

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ISO 9001, 14001 & 22301

The firm has Quality, Environmental and Business Continuity Management Systems which are accredited to the International Standards of 9001, 14001, 223001 respectively.  All of our systems are audited annually to ensure compliance.

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ISO 27001 

The firm has an Information Security Management System which has been audited by a UKAS accredited certification body (British Assessment Bureau).  This system is audited internally and externally to ensure best practice and compliance. 

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Cyber Essentials

The firm has passed and maintained the accreditation for Cyber Essentials

FRAMEWORKS 

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DJB has been selected to be on a large number of public sector frameworks, a few of which are available to all public sector organisations.  Find out more here.

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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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