Non Executive Director

• Jul 2022 - Present

General Counsel & Company Secretary

• Dec 2020 - Present

Senior Legal Counsel

• Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

Director UK & Europe

• Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

Leading expansion of Billy Reid across UK and Europe.

In-House Counsel

• Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

Experienced commercial contracts counsel. Complex multi party, commercial contracts including global supply chain agreements/logistics, collaboration agreements, sponsorship agreements & celebrity endorsement matters, as well as other general commercial law matters and risk management advice.

Partner

• Apr 2016 - Oct 2018

Partner in the Real Estate Team. Proven subject matter expertise in the drafting and negotiation of highly complex and multiparty multimillion pound commercial agreements and transactions across the public, private and charity sector. She specialised in site regeneration and housing development, advising both private developers and the not-for-profit sector, with particular focus on health and social care & support providers. She led complex transactions involving the acquisition and development of housing for the provision of market sale, build to rent and affordable products, as well as the development and operation of senior living. Rachel also advised clients on the transfer of care homes and businesses and ways to implement care and support reconfiguration projects.Her work with charities included those with a religious purpose to those working to support students studying in the UK and charities providing care and support to people with learning disabilities.Rachel was recognised as an 'efficient communicator' for her work in the charities sector by Legal 500 (2013 rankings).Rachel is also a member of the Charity Law Association and the Trowers & Hamlins care team.

Senior Associate/Associate/Trainee

• Oct 2005 - Apr 2016

Rachel specialised in advising companies, developers, non profit private Registered Providers and charitable organisations on property matters including the acquisition, leasing, development, management and disposal of property, as well as care and support contracts and funding arrangements for charitable and non charitable projects. Rachel also advised on the transfer of care homes and businesses. Rachel acted for a wide variety of charities from those with a religious purpose to those working to support students and charities providing care and support to people with learning disabilities.