Rachel Wilson

Rachel advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters across a wide variety of sectors including retail, technology, pharmaceutical and financial and professional services. Rachel provides strategic support on complex HR queries, assists with employment-related disputes, co-ordinates global employment projects and advises on employment and HR aspects of both global and UK-focused transactions.

Rachel has also spent time on secondment to the employment legal team of an insurance client, providing employment legal support to the business's HR and ER teams.

Rachel is a member of the firm's sustainability committee and has an interest in the cross-over between ESG and employment matters.

• Advising a multi-national technology company on the employment aspects of a multi-jurisdictional carve-out and sale, including providing on-going employment legal support in various markets.
• Assisted a large technology company to implement practical and compliant solutions across the EU following the implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive.
• Acted for a large professional services company on the HR aspects of a strategic acquisition of a UK customer engagement agency, including conducting employment-related due diligence and advising on transaction documents.
• Advised a US-headquartered conglomerate on the employment aspects and redundancy processes of close down of operations to move to a distributor model in 11 markets, co-ordinating local advice and providing strategic central oversight.
• Acted for a large medical devices company, defending a discrimination and breach of contract claim from a former employee.
• Advising on day-to-day employment law issues under a retainer with a fashion retail client, including queries on grievances, performance and disciplinary processes, contract reviews, recruitment, family leave, flexible working and store closures and redundancies.
• Advised a financial services client on an investigation, disciplinary process and exit of a partner following misconduct allegations.
• Advising clients on preparations for reporting obligations under the EU Pay Transparency Directive and the workforce elements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

Law Society of England & Wales

Employment Lawyers Association