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Sophie Philippon-Thomas joins DJB as Associate Director


Sophie Philippon-Thomas, formerly a partner at both Weightmans and Freeths, has joined DJB as an Associate Director. Sophie has specialised in commercial property for 23 years, has advised high-profile private sector clients within the retail sector such as American Apparel, Furla, and Wolsey and as well as spending 8 years working in-house in the public sector, heading a commercial property team.

Sophie has extensive experience of dealing with landlord and tenant matters, management of property portfolios, acquisition and disposals, regeneration including CPO work. Sophie is also a notary public of 5 years’ standing and has advised clients including Leicester City footballers and NEXT Plc. Sophie’s skills bring a welcome addition to the extensive ranges of services available from DJB.

“We are glad to have Sophie at the firm. With her breadth of expertise and her experience of advising the highest level of clients, she will be an asset to any project.”

Madeleine Davitt – DJB Managing Director

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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