Rachel is a senior associate in our disputes team in London.
She joined the firm in 2015 and specialises in product liability, consumer protection and advertising issues across a wide range of sectors, including consumer goods, retail, life sciences, energy and tech. She also advises on ESG-related litigation risks, with a particular focus on human rights and climate change issues.
Her practice involves handling a broad range of disputes, including coordinating multi-jurisdictional litigation, as well as non-contentious risk management and advisory work. She has experience of acting for clients in litigation, non-judicial dispute processes such as National Contact Point complaints under the OECD Guidelines, and advising clients on regulatory proceedings with bodies such as the ASA and the CMA.
She is also involved in the Freshfields Aspiring Professionals programme and in our Stephen Lawrence Scholarship programme.
- various consumer goods clients on product liability issues (including product recalls) and legislative developments;
- an energy company on the successful defence of a complaint to the UK NCP relating to alleged breaches of the OECD guidelines concerning the environment and consumer interests;
- various companies in relation to advertising practices, including greenwashing risks;
- various food and drink companies on food law, including on issues relating to packaging, ingredients and corrective actions;
- various consumer goods clients on product liability issues (including product recalls) and legislative developments;
- a range of clients across a number of industries on their climate change-related legal risks;
- a global healthcare company on cross border product liability and negligence claims;
- a major tech company on the defence and coordination of litigation in England and across Europe in respect of data scraping on its platform;
- a major global tech company on its compliance with the consumer law provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
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