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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices
5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD
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)Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
consistently advises well-known clients across the retail, construction, and luxury retail sectors on an array of health, safety, fire and environmental issues within the remit of regulatory crime. The team, led by legal director Rachel Warren, is based in Guildford and has experience acting for those under investigation and subject to enforcement action by safety regulators. Charlotte Healy also has experience advising on risk management pertaining to food safety and product liability.
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
(Next Generation Partners)The team at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has a well-established practice, advising on corporate transactions, shareholder and partnership disputes, and acting for a number of corporates and high net-worth individuals across a range of sectors, including pharmaceutical, technology, manufacturing and food and beverage. Claims often relate to unfair prejudice, financial mismanagement, breaches of fiduciary duties and post-transaction disputes. The team in Guildford, led by Stephen Burns and Jamie Cartwright, also has experience in product liability and white-collar crime, with Rachel Warren offering particular regulatory expertise. It also has an increasingly international focus, with clients across Europe and the Middle and Far East.
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
(Leading associates)Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition