About Devant
Strategic commercial guidance
Tactical contract support
20 years of experience helping businesses like yours get in front of the rest
We’re a team of experienced commercial contract specialists who help you create and deliver profitable deals. We understand that being in business is risky – our job is to ensure you only take the risks you choose, to get the results you want. Since we were established in 2003, we’ve developed extensive experience across the technology sector, and in engineering, health, and professional services. Of course, we make sure our team stays up to date with changing legislation and case law. But the thing that makes Devant clients stick with us, and recommend us to their friends, is our powerful combination of legal expertise and business acumen.
In August 2015, Devant was thrilled to receive its certification for ISO 9001 from BSI, reflecting our commitment to quality, consistency and excellence in customer service.
The Team
Tiffany Kemp
Founder
and CEO
Tiffany’s commitment to building great business relationships through contracting stems from her experience in engineering, project management and sales.
Since 2003, Devant’s clients have appreciated her ability to get to the heart of commercial issues, negotiating workable deals with grace and authority. A popular business speaker, she uses stories and analogies to bring the world of commercial contracts to life.
Suzanne Dodd
Operations
director
Suzanne manages and develops the business’s internal processes during this time of growth. Suzanne has great experience in the legal sector, giving her a good understanding of our clients’ needs. She has the skills to provide effective administrative support to our team so they can deliver efficient and quality customer service.
Also as a point of contact for new and existing clients, Suzanne is looking forward to greeting you with enthusiasm and cheer!
Roberta Savino
Principal
Consultant
Roberta is a bilingual lawyer with significant experience in EU and UK law. Since 2014 she has helped foreign entrepreneurs expand their businesses in the UK by assisting in the internationalisation process and CoSec work.
Before joining Devant as Principal Commercial Consultant, M&A and CoSec, she worked at two prestigious law firms in Chancery Lane, the heart of legal London.
Azra Farooq
Senior
Consultant
Azra is a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience in drafting and reviewing a wide range of commercial contracts, and advising on data protection matters.
With previous roles as an in-house solicitor at large financial institutions, Azra has a deep understanding of the unique challenges businesses face, and is confident in tailoring legal solutions to the specific needs of clients.
Janine Scott
Principal
Consultant - Quality
Janine joined Devant in 2007 following a successful consultancy and project management career in the City and a break to raise her family.
Janine’s breadth of experience enables her to support our many different clients, ensuring they have robust, effective contracts in place to help them achieve their business requirements and objectives. From simple NDAs through to complex company transactions, her knowledge and attention to detail makes her an important and valued member of the Devant team.
Emma Atkins
SENIOR
Consultant
Emma joined Devant having gained broad experience across multiple in-house legal teams within the entertainment sector including the video gaming, e-sports and live music event industries.
Having worked on numerous commercial matters including sponsorship, intellectual property, and privacy/GDPR, Emma has had exposure to a wide variety of commercial contracts and brings with her confidence and commitment to supporting Devant’s clients.
Thomas Addy
financial
controller
Thomas is Devant’s long standing financial controller. He takes care of the financial and accounts side of things here. Always courteous and friendly,
Thomas will be able to help you with any invoice queries that might arise. Thomas also supports the board with financial modelling, forecasting and reporting.
Jess Aldridge
information & knowledge
manager
Whilst completing her postgraduate work following her degree, Jess gained invaluable skills in the dissemination and organisation of information and knowledge. She’s now joined our team to improve the organisation of Devant’s prodigious knowledge and information database to benefit our clients, existing and new.
Catherine Drew
Principal
Consultant
Catherine’s expertise is in company acquisitions & disposals, management buyouts, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and commercial tie-ups generally, with a particular focus on owner-managed businesses. Catherine started her career as an M&A lawyer in the City before leaving the City when her children were small to work for two big regional law firms. She joined Devant’s team in 2019.
Our values
Our values are core to how we think, how we act and what we do. It’s essential to us that all members of our team demonstrate these values in each engagement with our customers, suppliers and partners.
We only do work where we can add real value
We will not spend our time and your money if they are not going to fulfil your needs. We will create bespoke, workable solutions that directly address your requirements.
We are down to earth
We will speak (and write) in plain business English, making our communications to you, our contracts and all other documents we produce, clear and understandable.
We will share our experience
With over 100 years of commercial contracting experience in the Devant team , we will ensure you benefit from our knowledge and know-how in all our dealings with you. Developing your knowledge and expertise is core to each engagement we have with you.
We will challenge you 🙂
If you are proposing to do something we feel is not in your best interests, or will not meet your needs, we will question you. We will encourage you to think of alternatives and will provide candid support to you during your decision-making process.
