Devant is led by Tiffany Kemp, commercial contracts specialist, negotiation adviser and author of Deal Makers – How Intelligent Use of Contracts Can Help You Sell More and Deliver Better, and Essential Contract Drafting Skills.
For over two decades, Devant has delivered practical commercial contracting and negotiation support to hundreds of companies across multiple sectors. In 2025 Tiffany refocused the business to equip clients to achieve consistently better commercial outcomes by themselves. Building on her training and consulting work, Tiffany combines legal expertise with practical commercial strategy.
Her work focuses on helping organisations improve commercial outcomes through stronger contracting structures, more intelligent negotiation and better alignment between legal, commercial, procurement and delivery teams.
Tiffany is a certified SMARTnershipTM Negotiation Partner, accredited by Dr Keld Jensen of The SMARTnership Negotiation Organization.
She travels the UK and the world from her base in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where she lives with her husband, three horses and two cats.
Tiffany started her career as a radio frequency engineer, developing military radios for Racal. Moving into software development and project management, she learned what makes projects succeed, and how contracting and negotiation can help or hinder positive commercial outcomes.
A Master’s degree in Business Law helped her translate this understanding into practical, pragmatic and legally robust re-engineering of contractual relationships.
Tiffany is known for her talent for making complex contract issues easy to understand, and engaging audiences in what is often perceived as a dry and difficult subject. Her practical approach focusses on the real-world ‘art of the possible’, encouraging clients and audiences to take positive, manageable steps to improve their commercial and negotiation outcomes.
“Companies enter into contracts to achieve a particular objective. It’s my job to help them understand what that objective is, and to facilitate the process so that all parties consistently achieve the outcomes they’re looking for, in the fastest, most effective way.”
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 undertake to speak (and write) in plain business English, making all of our communications to you, our contracts and all other documents we produce, clear, concise and understandable.
We will share our experience
With more than 25 years of commercial contracting experience Tiffany will ensure you benefit from her 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 or suggesting to do something that 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.