Rachel Bradley > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP has a prominent life sciences group that is ‘trustworthy and consistently produces high-quality work with very quick turnaround‘. Led from Cambridge by IP, IT and commercial partner Rachel Bradley, and from Oxford by technology transfer specialist Chris Shelley, the practice provides advice on corporate transactions, employment law, IP and commercial issues. Employment partner Hilary Aldred and commercial property managing associate Giorgia Mayes play key roles in the practice. Bradley recently advised US health technology company Flatiron Health Inc. on data protection and GDPR issues concerning new product offerings.

At Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, ‘the entire team exhibits exceptional expertise‘, and clients note that they ‘consistently receive high-level service at a reasonable price‘. The firm-wide IP practice is led by Rachel Bradley in Cambridge, Anna Frankum in London, and Chris Shelley in Oxford. Bradley’s ‘responsive. co-ordinated, friendly‘ team in East Anglia advises on patents, designs, trade marks, copyright and rights in confidential information to clients in the life sciences, publishing, and not-for-profit sectors. Bradley recently assisted The Company of Biologists with contractual negotiations for the licensing of copyright in its scientific journals.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP has a firm-wide charities practice in which the Cambridge office plays a key role. Practice head Hilary Aldred, who handles employment, education and charity law matters, is ‘an outstanding lawyer and tactician‘.  Aldred, commercial and IP partner Rachel Bradley and managing associate Sophie Whitbread are the core of a team that handles contentious matters before the Charity Commission, as well as administrative and governance advice, trustee issues, data protection guidance and more. Virginia Henley joined the practice in September 2024.