Rachel MacLeod
Biography
Rachel MacLeod is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's London office. She advises companies on the "cradle-to-grave" regulation of a broad range of products sold on the EU and UK markets. She also advise companies on how to comply with their operational environmental and health & safety obligations.
Practice Focus
Rachel's product regulatory work involves advising global manufacturers and retailers on the regimes applicable to all types of products including: consumer goods such as electricals, white goods, toys, cosmetics and clothing; industrial goods and machinery; chemicals; food; medical devices and pharmaceuticals. This covers obligations relating to:
- manufacturing, conformity assessment, CE/UKCA marking and labelling
- chemical content restrictions under RoHS, REACH and POPs
- supply chain due diligence
- pre-marketing authorisation and certification procedures
- extended producer responsibility, take back and recycling (eg WEEE, batteries and packaging laws)
- non-compliant and defective products
- regulatory investigations and prosecutions
- global integrations and reorganisations
Her practice also covers operational environmental and health & safety matters, including in the context of multi-jurisdictional projects, mergers and acquisitions, and covers contaminated land, environmental permitting, waste, general H&S matters, asbestos risk management, REACH and CLP, carbon/GHG reporting and the ESOS energy auditing regime.
Professional Associations and Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales
Admissions
- England & Wales (2011)
Education
- College of Law (Legal Practice Course, with distinction) (2009)
- University of Cambridge (BA in Law) (2007)
Languages
- English
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.