Rachel Warren > Charles Russell Speechlys LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.