About the firm
A small firm, on purpose
Julia & Rana has practised from East London since 2016, and from the City since [year]. We are five solicitors.
The practice
What we do, and what we do not
We act in eight areas: employment, discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, family, immigration, litigation, defamation, commercial lease and property disputes, and the legal questions arising from businesses deploying AI.
We do not do conveyancing, personal injury, road traffic, crime or wills and probate drafting. Those are perfectly good areas of practice. They are not ours, and a firm that claims all of them is telling you something about how it works.
The eight we do have something in common: they arrive together. The senior manager being managed out holds a visa that depends on the job. The founder going through a divorce has a company both sides now want valued. The executive facing a discrimination claim has a reputation that will be searched by every future employer.
Most firms handle one of those and refer the rest. We were built to handle the set.
Standards
How we work
A partner handles your matter
Not a paralegal with partner oversight. The person you meet is the person who runs the file.
We tell you when a case is not worth running
The advice that costs us a client is the advice worth paying for.
Costs are agreed in writing before we start
With a call when the work approaches the estimate, rather than an invoice afterwards.
We answer
Enquiries get a response the same working day. It is a low bar and a surprising number of firms do not clear it.
Clients
Who we act for
Professionals, founders, company directors and partners, and families whose lives cross more than one country. Some are long-standing clients of the East London office who have been with us since the beginning. Some are executives and business owners who found us because nobody else would look at the whole problem.
We act for employees rather than employers in most employment matters, and we advise employers on risk, policy and compliance. We do not act for both sides in the same matter, and we run conflict checks before taking instructions.
Languages
Being understood, not processed
We advise in [English and X, Y, Z]. That means conducting the matter in that language — taking instructions, explaining advice and appearing — rather than arranging an interpreter and hoping the nuance survives.
For clients whose legal problems cross borders, that is not a convenience. It is frequently the difference between being understood and being processed.
Offices
Where we are
City of London
100 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4AG
The City office, two minutes from Liverpool Street, where most client meetings happen.
Meetings at either, by video, or at your offices. Evening and weekend appointments by arrangement.
Regulation
Julia & Rana Solicitors is the trading name of Julia & Rana Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (No. 10003150), authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, No. 628507, since 6 May 2016.
You can verify our authorisation on the SRA’s public register.
Community
We support the work of the Edhi Foundation, and we take a small number of pro bono matters each year.
Start with a conversation
A free 20-minute call. Everything you tell us is confidential and legally privileged, including the fact that you called.
No charge
A free 20-minute call
Tell us what has happened and we will tell you whether we can help, what it would involve and roughly what it would cost. No advice is given on this call and there is no charge for it.
£350 plus VAT
A paid strategy session
One hour with a partner, followed by a written summary of your position and options. For people who want proper advice without instructing a firm yet. Credited in full against your fees if you go on to instruct us.
Or reach us directly
We answer enquiries the same working day.