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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices
ONE LONDON SQUARE, CROSS LANES
GUILDFORD
SURREY
GU1 1UN
England
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Rachel Warren
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Legal Director
Career
Rachel specialises in regulatory and financial crime. She acts for clients investigated or prosecuted by regulators such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Trading Standards, Local Authorities; Fire Authorities and the Environment Agency. She also acts for professionals and individuals under investigation or prosecuted for financial crime such as fraud, and has longstanding expertise in professional discipline and Coroners’ Inquests.
Rachel is admitted to practise in England and Wales.
Experience
- Acting for a national retailer prosecuted by a Local Authority for a number of health and safety offences.
- Acting for a construction company and its director at trial in the Crown Court. Both were prosecuted by the HSE for breaches of the CDM Regulations 2015 and other health and safety offences
- Advising a luxury retailer following the imposition of a prohibition notice by the HSE on a construction site
- Acting for a manufacturer in inquest proceedings following an electrocution in the workplace
- Acting for a national online business prosecuted by Trading Standards for offences relating to health and nutrition claims
- Acting for the Director of a business subject to contempt of court proceedings brought by Trading Standards
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Employment > Health and safety
(Next Generation Partners)The Guildford-based regulatory crime team at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is often engaged in advisory work and is well-equipped to advise clients under investigation for health and safety offences. Rachel Warren leads the team and her client roster feature significant names operating in the construction, restaurant, and luxury retail sectors. She is also often engaged in assessing health and safety issues in the context of corporate transactions. Charlotte Healy is particularly proficient in commercial disputes, in addition to product liability issues, allergens, food labelling, and food safety.
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
(Next Generation Partners)Focusing on dispute resolution, litigation prevention and risk management, the Guildford team at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP handles matters with multi-jurisdictional elements for corporate clients in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with clients praising it as ‘a law firm of great calibre with excellent people’ who are ‘great, very friendly and a pleasure to work with’. The team specialises in corporate litigation, commercial matters, and product liability and supply chain disputes and is increasingly handling professional negligence claims. The team is led by Stephen Burns, who is ‘clever, with terrifically good judgment’ and is a specialist in Companies Act litigation, shareholder disputes and professional negligence issues; and ‘shrewd, experienced negotiator’ Jamie Cartwright, who has experience in technology, automotive, retail and product liability disputes. Rachel Warren is ‘excellent on financial services regulation and disciplinary matters’. The ‘highly commercial’ Gareth Mills is an expert in international arbitration and has substantial experience advising financial services and TMT clients. Head of the Guildford office Duncan Elson is also noted.
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
(Rising stars)Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex South East > Dispute resolution
- Next Generation Partners South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Next Generation Partners South East > Employment > Health and safety
- Health and safety South East > Employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation