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Rachael Heenan
Work Department
Employment.
Position
Experience
Rachael is Senior Partner at Capsticks. As well as leading the firm, she works with clients in the health and social care, regulatory and housing sectors on employment and governance issues as well as wider business strategy.
In 2018 she was listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 for Firm Management.
Expertise
Rachael is best known for her extensive expertise in employment law and governance. Her practice includes handling high profile executive cases, major national organisational change, TUPE, and complex doctors’ issues. She has been described by a client as “the fount of all knowledge. She seems to be available 24 hours a day and the skills and expertise she has built over the years are second to none.”
Career
Called to the Bar in 1995; pupillage Littleton Chambers; qualified as solicitor 2003; partner DAC Beachcroft 2004; partner at Capsticks 2014.
Memberships
ELA, ILS, Woman on Boards.
Education
St Bedes School; University of London; 1992, 1994. LLB, LLM.
Leisure
Cappuccino Cycling Club.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Public sector > Health
Counting mental health providers, ambulance trusts, private healthcare providers and GP practices among its key roster of clients, Capsticks LLP handles the full gamut of matters, from corporate and commercial, employment, real estate and regulatory issues to clinical cases and litigation. On the advisory side, Ian Cooper leads the national practice, while ‘exceptional’ Adam Hartrick spearheads the Leeds offering. Rachael Heenan and Lisa Geary are key contacts for employment and real estate matters respectively, while Philip Hatherall oversees defendant clinical negligence cases, dividing his time between London and Leeds. In June 2022, Naomi McMaster’s arrival from DWF boosted the firm’s niche expertise in inquests.
Yorkshire and the Humber > Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
(Leading individuals)Capsticks LLP specialises in advising public sector clients on the full range of employment mandates, working across the healthcare, social care, emergency services, housing, and charities sectors. The firm has been particularly active in relation to various NHS Trusts, advising locally and nationally on a number of critical contentious and non-contentious matters. Co-head Rachael Heenan shares the public sector focus of the wider practice, regularly assisting health and social care clients on employment and governance issues. Heenan works alongside co-lead Alistair Kernohan, who advises clients across a range of sectors, including healthcare, the emergency services and police, local authorities, and charities.
Lawyer Rankings
- Health Yorkshire and the Humber > Public sector
- Leading individuals Yorkshire and the Humber > Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber > Employment