Chambers and Partners 2025: Doyle Clayton continues to rank highly
The Chambers and Partners 2025 UK legal guide has been published and we are delighted that, in addition to maintaining our top rankings across multiple categories, four of our fee earners have been rewarded for their great work with a climb in the individual rankings. Please find full details below.
Employment – Multiple fee earners climb the rankings
Our Employment teams across London and Reading have retained their bands from the 2024 rankings. Reading has once again ranked as Band 1 for Employment: Thames Valley, and the London office has been ranked in Bands 2 and 4 for Senior Executives and Employers, respectively.
Tina Wisener and Peter De Maria have maintained their Band 1 rankings, with the latter also climbing to Band 2 for High Court Litigation, a promotion from his ‘Spotlight’ ranking from last year.
Kate Kapp, who was promoted to Head of Thames Valley Office in 2024, is now ranked as ‘Up and coming’, a band up from her 2024 ‘Associate to watch’ ranking.
Dan Begbie-Clench has continued to be recognised for his work for Employers, once again receiving a Band 5 ranking, and has been promoted to Band 4 for his work with Senior Executives.
The wider team were recognised further, with Robert Maddox maintaining his 'Star Associate' ranking, and Adam Murdoch, Mike Hibberd, Paul Hayward and Rose Smith all maintaining their ‘Associate to Watch’ ranking. Additionally, Helen Brooks, Emma Hamnett and Karen Holden have all received ‘Potential’ status.
Immigration – Strong rankings maintained
The Immigration team has maintained their 2024 rankings across the board, ranking Band 4 and Band 2 in Business Immigration and Personal Immigration, respectively.
Individuals in the team continue to be recognised, with team head, Anita de Atouguia, and Partner, Malini Skandachanmugarasan, both maintaining their Band 2 rankings, and Anna Blackden once again being named as an ‘Associate to watch’.
Education – A new individual ranking
The Education team has continued to be recognised for its work with individuals, with their Band 3 ranking being maintained. Team head, Simon Henthorn, has again been ranked Band 3 for his work with individuals, and for his work with schools, whilst Amara Ahmad has been ranked as an 'Associate to watch’ for the first time.
Senior Partner, Peter De Maria, commented,
“It is pleasing to see the hard work and commitment of so many of our talented lawyers recognised in the latest edition. We are all grateful to our clients and peers for proving such thoughtful and positive feedback about the service that Doyle Clayton provides”.
You can view our full rankings here.
Peter De Maria
Peter is the firm’s Senior Partner. He specialises in all areas of employment law acting for both employers and employees. He has particular expertise in advising on the enforcement of restrictive covenants, team moves and bonus claims in the High Court.
- Senior Partner & Head of City Office
- T: +44 (0)20 7778 7221
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Anita de Atouguia
Anita has specialised in immigration law for over 20 years and is one of the UK's leading immigration experts. She joined Doyle Clayton in 2012 to set up its Immigration service having worked in the immigration practices of some of the UK’s best known full service law firms including CMS and Lewis Silkin.
- Partner & Head of Immigration
- T: +44 (0)20 7778 7233
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Simon Henthorn
Simon is an expert in education and employment law. He has over 15 years’ experience advising schools, colleges, associations and individuals on all aspects of education law, including employment and safeguarding matters.
- Partner & Head of Education
- T: +44 (0)20 3696 7172
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Posted by Tina Wisener
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