header-logo header-logo

05 March 2026
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
printer mail-detail

Devonshires—Nicholas Barrows

Firm appoints first chief marketing officer to drive growth strategy

Devonshires has appointed Nicholas Barrows as its first chief marketing officer, marking a new phase in the firm’s growth. Barrows returns after previously working at the firm from 2006 to 2008, rejoining following an 18-year tenure at Trowers & Hamlins, where he most recently served as director of marketing.

He will work with the senior leadership team and heads of department to strengthen the firm’s business development and marketing functions, assuming overall responsibility for those teams. His remit includes supporting the continued growth of the firm’s corporate and facilities management services while maintaining its strong position in the living sector.

Barrows said: ‘I am delighted to be returning to Devonshires’ and added he was ‘excited by the opportunity to consolidate and build on that growth’, looking forward to working with colleagues ‘to ensure that Devonshires continues to go from strength to strength.’

Chief executive officer Duncan Edwards said Barrows was ‘the standout candidate’ to lead the teams as the firm’s first chief marketing officer, adding that his ‘strong track record across all areas of marketing and business development’ and sector knowledge would make him ‘a hugely valuable addition to the team.'

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll