Mishcon de Reya LLP

Elliot Wilson

Elliot is a Partner in the Real Estate department. He has extensive experience advising developers, entrepreneurial landowners, investors, commercial landlords, corporate occupiers, and technology and life science companies on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions with particular areas of expertise including: renewable energy projects; strategic land development; commercial landlord and tenant; the acquisition of land for commercial and residential development; real estate aspects of international expansion into the UK.

Jackie Wells

Jackie is a Partner in our Family team and has over 30 years' experience helping individuals and families to resolve the complex financial issues that often accompany relationship breakdown. Having led the entrepreneurial wealth team at Taylor Vinters, Jackie has a particular interest in acting for owner managers across diverse sectors. Blending commercial acumen with a naturally empathic approach, she is noted as providing "an exceptionally good service to clients. She's very commercially savvy, intelligent and easy to deal with" (Chambers UK 2023). An experienced litigator, Jackie is described as "extremely committed, very astute, tough when necessary and great at helping clients to make the right decisions" (Legal 500). Trained in mediation and collaborative practice, Jackie is a firm advocate of the benefit to clients of offering alternatives to Court when it comes to divorce and family disputes. Jackie has been a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers ("IAFL") since 2012. She consistently achieves top rankings in the legal directories (Legal 500 Hall of Fame, #1 Chambers UK). She appeared in Citywealth's Top 20 Women in Private Wealth Management 2020 and is recommended in Spear's 500 2023.

James Slinger

Partner

Keven Fehmi

Keven is a Managing Associate in the Real Estate department. He specialises in commercial property work advising clients in London, Cambridge and nationally. Keven has broad experience in all aspects of lease negotiations on behalf of landlords and tenants; the acquisition and disposal of investment property; site assembly and real estate finance.

Silvia Devecchi

Silvia is a Managing Associate in the Family Team in the Private department. Silvia advises on all aspects of family law, including financial relief, divorce and dissolution proceedings, and children matters. Silvia has worked on numerous high-value cases, and is experienced in issues such as non-matrimonial property, the valuation of business assets and multi-jurisdictional assets. Silvia advises on cases with international elements, matters involving multiple trusts and various company structures, issues of serious non-disclosure, and cases involving nuptial agreements. Silvia frequently acts for parents in applications under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989, including those featuring non-compliance and enforcement, and has built a substantial practice in international cases, dealing with issues of Schedule 1, relocation, child abduction and jurisdiction. A native Italian speaker, Silvia has assisted Italian clients in numerous high value and complex matters, including cross-jurisdictional disputes.