Rachelle Sellek > Acuity Law > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Rachelle Sellek

07867 987 927 rachelle.sellek@acuitylaw.com View profile

Work Department

Commercial & Technology

Position

Rachelle is a partner and shareholder of Acuity Law, and a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

She has significant experience in advising clients on all aspects of commercial and corporate arrangements, specialising in high-profile corporate work, with particular expertise in sizeable joint ventures and international transactions.

Rachelle is well established and respected, and has built a reputation as a strong, diligent, and trustworthy lawyer over more than 20 years in the corporate, commercial and IT sectors. She has extensive experience in a range of commercial contracts, including systems implementation and integration, SaaS contracts, international data transfer agreements, intellectual property, development agreements and supply contracts.

Rachelle has a substantial track record acting for clients in the data and information compliance sectors, such as Trusted Data Solutions and NorthRow. Her work for these clients includes advising on data and privacy issues, licensing, SaaS, reseller and end user agreements, both in the UK and internationally.

In addition, Rachelle has acted for Premier Forest Group for many years, advising on several acquisitions as part of its buy and build strategy, including the sale of Premier Forest’s Irish subsidiary to Murdock Builders Merchants and its high-profile acquisition of rival Merlwood Timber.

Rachelle has been invited to sit on the boards of a variety of professional bodies, most notably the steering group for Legal Innovation Lab Wales – an organisation seeking to encourage innovation in legaltech and access to justice while helping counter criminal and terrorist use of the internet.

Expertise:

• Corporate mergers, acquisitions and disposals
• Joint ventures, shareholders agreements
• Commercial contracts, including sales agency, distribution
• Commercialisation of IP
• Corporate restructuring and funding rounds
• Restructuring and acquiring businesses
• Outsourcing