Rachel Warren > Charles Russell Speechlys LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
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)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
- 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
- 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
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation