Debenhams Ottaway LLP (St Albans)

Professional Values and Law Firm Culture

We are looking to form longstanding relationships with Eurojuris members to provide a joined up service to clients. We wish to partner with firms in the network who wish to look after our clients on international matters and for us to look after theirs on UK matters so that together we can complement each other and provide the clients with a complete service.

About the law firm

Debenhams Ottaway is an established law firm and has been providing legal advice to clients for nearly 200 years. Our long successful history as a leading adviser to families and individuals is now complemented by our fast-growing commercial team. Our lawyers are professional, trusted, approachable, friendly and provide advice dependent on the clients’ needs. Debenhams Ottaway has a strong and loyal client base, with 98% of clients surveyed saying they would use Debenhams Ottaway again and recommend it to family and friends. We are recognised in the UK and HNW legal directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as well as Spears 500.

Debenhams Ottaway work with a range of clients, providing legal advice to families, individuals, medium – sized businesses, owner-managed business and entrepreneurs helping them to grow and develop. Our clients come to the firm for property transactions, business & corporate law, employment law, family and divorce law, lifetime planning, litigation and dispute regulation, and advice on wills, trusts and inheritance. We regularly work with clients in the charity, healthcare, private wealth, education and recruitment sectors and have dedicated teams working with these industries. Clients are based in Hertfordshire, London and across the rest of the UK, with assets worldwide, and include AXA PPP Healthcare Limited, Brook Street (UK) Limited; Chron’s and Colitis UK; Fujitsu General (UK Co Limited; Life Opportunities Trust; McNicholas Construction Services; St Albans Diocesan Board of Finance; St Albans School and Luxottica.