Devol Legal brings together specialists with experience across law, regulation, public-sector transformation and commercial governance. What unites the team is not only technical expertise, but a practical understanding of how public bodies make decisions, manage risk and deliver services under scrutiny.
Lee Vallender is the founder and director of Devol Legal. A qualified barrister with substantial experience advising public sector organisations, he specialises in regulatory compliance, licensing, enforcement, governance and service transformation. His work is particularly focused on areas where legal issues overlap with operational complexity and public accountability.
Before establishing Devol Legal, Lee spent nine years at Deloitte UK, supporting complex programmes for local authorities and other public bodies. That background continues to shape the firm’s approach: careful analysis, practical delivery and clear advice capable of implementation.
Lee’s strength lies in helping clients work through difficult issues with calm judgment, legal discipline and a strong sense of operational reality.
Eleanor Rigby-Shaw is a senior regulatory consultant with extensive frontline experience in local authority enforcement and consumer protection. Her background includes senior work in trading standards, licensing enforcement and the practical management of regulatory activity in busy metropolitan environments.
She advises particularly on markets, street trading, consumer protection enforcement and the interface between policy, practice and proportionate regulatory intervention. Eleanor is especially valuable where a client needs advice rooted not only in statute and policy, but in the realities of enforcement delivery.
James Calloway leads on transformation and strategic advisory work. His background includes senior experience in public-sector consulting, with a particular focus on service redesign, operating models and organisational improvement.
He supports clients who need to modernise services, redesign processes or develop more resilient operating arrangements in a time of constrained budgets and growing expectations. James brings a strong understanding of how to move from diagnosis to implementation, ensuring that change programmes are not only ambitious but also deliverable.
Naomi Kitson advises on licensing, policy and wider regulatory frameworks. With a background spanning legal and environmental health contexts, she brings a detailed understanding of the statutory and procedural demands that shape public-facing regulatory functions.
Her practice includes licensing policy development, hearing preparation, contested matters, byelaw-related issues and the careful drafting needed to support defensible local authority decisions. She is known for clear analysis, sound drafting and close attention to procedural robustness.
Daniel Osei advises on procurement and commercial governance. He brings substantial experience in public-sector procurement environments, including health and local government contexts, and supports clients on commissioning, contract frameworks and practical procurement risk.
His work focuses on helping organisations procure effectively whilst maintaining compliance, transparency and value. Daniel combines technical procurement knowledge with a pragmatic understanding of how public bodies manage suppliers, budgets and implementation risk.