Devon Airey

Practice Overview

Devon’s practice encompasses the full range of commercial litigation, arbitration and advisory work. She has interlocutory, trial, and appellate experience and is frequently instructed unled or as part of a counsel team.

Devon’s current and recent instructions include acting for defendant companies in a €47m claim for conspiracy to defraud arising out of investments made in an alternative investment fund; acting for liquidators in a £265m claim in connection with a major asset-based lending fraud perpetrated by the former directors of the Arena TV group; and acting for claimant SPVs in a complex property fraud, including claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, dishonest assistance and knowing receipt.

Devon’s practice also encompasses high-profile disputes at the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court level, including Gibson v TSE Malta LP t/a Betfair (currently on appeal to the Court of Appeal) concerning, among other issues of public importance, the duties of care to be afforded by gambling operators (led by Jonathan Davies-Jones KC and Sarah Tulip). Devon has also represented a client in the potential intervention in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in respect of decisions concerning motor finance commissions (led by Farhaz Khan KC and James Potts).

In addition to her busy court and arbitration practices, Devon writes on commercial law topics. Recent and forthcoming chapters include: Politics, Policy and Private Law (Hart Publishing, December 2023); Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law (Hart Publishing, June 2024); and Mandatory and Default Rules in Contract and Commercial Law (Hart Publishing, 2025). Devon has also co-edited the chapter on ‘Financial Regulation in Commercial Disputes’ in the forthcoming edition of Walker, Hodge and Purves’s Financial Services Law alongside Farhaz Khan KC, and co-authored ‘A Practical Guide to Financial Ombudsman Service Claims’ alongside Adam Temple. Devon has also co-authored articles for Westlaw’s Practical Law alongside Catherine Gibaud KC and Ravi Jackson.

Devon is a Bye-Fellow in Law at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, where she supervises Equity and Trusts.

Prior to joining 3VB, Devon worked at Goldman Sachs where she supported the EMEA CEO and Chairman in matters concerning regulatory affairs, business strategy and client relations.

Devon studied Law at the University of Cambridge, graduating with First Class Honours and ranking 3rd out of 212 students. She is a scholar of Lincoln’s Inn and achieved a Distinction in her bar studies.