Devant was created in 2003 to provide Contractual and Commercial Management services. We believe that contracts should be a tool for managing your business relationships, rather than just an 'insurance policy'. This means that they need to reflect how you do business - how you sell and deliver your products or services, your company's culture and your tactical and strategic objectives.
This approach has led to the development of a commercially-focussed but contractually competent team. We are proud of our commercial contracts expertise, and our innovative approach to drafting and negotiation, and are constantly seeking new ways to share this expertise more effectively within our client organisations.
Thanks to Devant, we have introduced changes to the way in which we manage our contracts based on a better understanding of our business.
Roger Huckerby, Operations Director, Thinking Safe Limited
Enabling businesses to make the most of their commercial relationships, managing risk and maximizing opportunity, can only take place through effective transfer of knowledge and skills to the key staff in the business. The development of Devant Training is a key step in this direction. We launched Devant Training in September 2006 as a platform for sharing knowledge and understanding of how contracts can add value to the commercial relationship. You can read more about this on our Training page.
Devant is not a law firm. This means that we can offer pragmatic advice and opinions, based on sound contractual principles and extensive business experience, to help our clients make great commercial decisions.
Devant - coherent, co-operative, competent commercial management.