Dev Desai > Watson Farley & Williams LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Watson Farley & Williams LLP Offices
15 APPOLD STREET
LONDON
EC2A 2HB
England
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Dev Desai
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
An expert real estate litigator, Dev advises on landlord and tenant disputes, representing developers in the removal of legal obstacles to their projects and assisting financial institutions to enforce security against land.
He also has extensive experience advising on real estate-related insolvency, specialist telecommunications matters and professional negligence actions.
Dev’s clients benefit from his background as an e-commerce entrepreneur and his experience working in a regulated industry while a manager at Network Rail.
Dev is recommended by leading legal directories. In 2021, The Legal 500 UK noted that he is “highly responsive”, has “excellent legal and industry-relevant knowledge, overlaid with a very practical and commercial perspective and approach to cases” and demonstrates “hands-on partner-level leadership”. He has been commended by Chambers UK for his “very down to earth style” and the “personal touch that makes his clients feel valued”.
Memberships
- Law Society of England and Wales
- Property Litigation Association
Education
- 2002 – 2003 · College of Law (London), LPC
- 2001 – 2002 · Nottingham Trent University, Management Diploma
- 1999 · MCSE (Systems Engineer, Microsoft-Certified)
- 1996 – 1999 · University of London: Queen Mary College, LLB Honours
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property litigation
Active across the full-range of contentious real estate services, Watson Farley & Williams LLP is particularly experienced in regard to development and infrastructure disputes. Other focus areas include cladding and fire safety, residential disputes and property insolvency. The ‘excellent’ Dev Desai leads the group and specialises in landlord and tenant disputes, while also representing developers and financial institutions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Employment > Immigration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Transport > Rail
- Real estate > Environment
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development