Lawyers in England

Rachel Roach

Partner

Irwin Mitchell

Rachel Roberts

Partner Head of Employment, Cheltenham

HCR Law

Rachel Roberts

UK Managing Director

Stowe Family Law LLP

Rachel Roberts

Associate solicitor

Ketley Miller Joels Ltd

Rachel Sales

Rachel is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate team who focuses on charity property matters and providing advice to clients in the education sector. During her time with the firm she has gained exposure to a broad range of commercial work including sales, purchases and corporate support work for a range of clients. Rachel acts for registered charities of all sizes including household name charities, multi-academy trust companies and other clients in the education sector. She has experience of acting for both landlords and tenants on her transactional work. Having acted for a number of charity clients, Rachel has been able to develop specialist knowledge of the issues affecting the charity retail sector through her landlord and tenant work. Charities: She acts for household name and local charities dealing with the wide ranging property issues which arise out of their varied portfolios. Rachel has advised on acquisitions, disposals, renewal leases and in delivering general property advice. She also advises clients on purchasing properties with the aid of bank finance. Education: Rachel has a specialism in the property specific issues arising when schools covert to academy status as well as dealing with property issues arising post-conversion, including experience of submitting consent applications to the Education Funding Authority.

Blake Morgan LLP

Rachel Serene

Rachel advises a wide range of UK and overseas-based clients on regulatory matters across the investment management, banking, insurance, corporate finance, consumer credit and the private funds sectors. Rachel advises on a broad range of regulatory matters with a focus on regulatory issues regarding the conduct of business regime and systems and controls requirements. Her expertise includes advising numerous clients on the impact of regulatory changes (for example, MiFID II, AIFMD and the Senior Managers Regime) as well as helping them to prepare for implementation. Rachel also regularly advises clients regarding day-to-day compliance issues including liaising with the regulator. Rachel completed a secondment to an investment bank to assist with its preparation for the Senior Manager Regime. She has also undertaken a year in the firm’s banking and finance team where she worked on a wide range of commercial lending transactions, including asset backed finance.

Macfarlanes LLP

Rachel Tiffen

Rachel is in an Associate in the Family Department. Rachel advises clients in relation to the full breadth family law issues which may arise on their divorce and separation, including issues relating to children and their arrangements. This includes jurisdiction disputes, child arrangements, financial provision for a child in the case of unmarried partners, the division of finances upon divorce and allegations of domestic abuse. Having litigated in courts both inside and outside of London, Rachel also helps clients resolve their disputes voluntarily, through non-court dispute resolution including via arbitration, mediation and private FDRs. Her caseload is focussed on HNW and UHNW clients, usually involving complex asset structures and international jurisdictions. She has expertise advising on pre-nuptial agreements and first-hand knowledge into how these are treated under English law when drafted with the intention of ring-fencing trust and inherited assets. Rachel is shortlisted for Family Lawyer of the Year – Associate at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2025.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Rachel Tozer

Consultant solicitor in the employment team. Employment litigation, especially discrimination claims; practical advice as to how to handle issues arising in the workplace; employment aspects of corporate transactions, particularly those involving complex TUPE issues.

Keystone Law

Rachel Turner

Head of HCR's Thames Valley Corporate Team Corporate Lawyer of the Year 2020 - Thames Valley Business Magazine Deal Awards Corporate Law Firm of the Year 2021 - Thames Valley Business Magazine Deal Awards Corporate Lawyer of the Year 2021 - Thames Valley Insider Dealmaker Awards Corporate Law Firm of the Year 2022 - Thames Valley Insider Dealmaker Awards

HCR Law

Rachel Turner

Joint Managing Partner and Joint Head of Mental Health and Capacity

Miles & Partners LLP

Rachel Watson

Managing Partner

Stowe Family Law LLP

Rachel Worrall

I am a Partner in the Real Estate practice. I specialise in complex real estate investment, acquisitions and disposals, headquarter moves and large, global real estate portfolios. I lead teams dealing with high value and high-profile portfolio and asset management work. I am particularly recognised for my ability to deliver on high value, time critical and complex transactions and structures (such as a portfolio ground rent acquisitions, forward funding development, leading on a large portfolio asset acquisitions and disposals, complex M&A work) and for the strength of my relationships with key clients including leading financial institutions, investors, financiers, developers, high profile retailers, owners, operators and occupiers and corporate clients with major real estate portfolios. I head up the national Corporate Support team and manage national property resourcing for corporate deals. I provide expert support and solutions to corporate colleagues and clients on complex share/asset deals, high-profile, time-critical corporate deals, including traditional M&A as well as corporate wrapper deals, forward purchases and forward funded acquisitions, SPV acquisitions, Propco/Opco commercial arrangements, W&I backed transactions and portfolio and asset management work. I like to think that I am down-to-earth, warm and approachable and that my advice is always straight forward, practical and solution-driven. My aim is to understand my clients' drivers in order to help them get to where they want to get to with minimum legal risk, taking into account wider business issues and not just the law.

Lewis Silkin

Rachelle Mahapatra

I am a Partner in the Medical negligence team in Leeds and the Regional Managing Partner of the Leeds office. I have specialised in medical negligence for most of my career since qualifying in 1993. Over the years I have represented hundreds of people affected by Medical Accidents including babies who are injured during their delivery causing serious brain injuries, maternal injuries including placental abruption and maternal haemorrhage and stillbirths and Neonatal death. I also have experience of cases involving the negligent management of Neonatal emergencies including missed Hypoglycaemia, Sepsis and Encephalitis which all resulted in serious brain injuries. In adults I have experience of surgical negligence caused during elective procedures, unnecessary amputation due to surgical error, spinal injuries caused by surgery or missed spinal Abscess resulting in permanent paralysis. I have experience of dealing with late diagnosis and treatment of cancer. In 1993, I was appointed to represent the patients in a government ordered inquiry investigating the inappropriate conduct of Drs Kerr and Haslam, reporting in 2005. I subsequently settled the former patients damages claims.

Irwin Mitchell

Rafael Ruiz

Partner, Head of Corporate

Birketts LLP

Rafel Arráez

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Raffaella De Santis

Raffaella De Santis joined Level's media and entertainment team in 2022. She works with a broad range of clients across the Technology, Media & Entertainment industries, advising on intellectual property, commercial and corporate issues, as well as digital rights and licensing. Raffaella specialises in the music and technology industries, and has extensive experience working within digital media for a wide range of blue-chip organisations, including the London Stock Exchange, 7digital and as sole counsel for the international agent to Andrea Bocelli. Raffaella acts for a variety of clients including digital music services, artists and producers, labels and publishers, as well as tech start-ups and media and entertainment companies.

Level

Ragavan Arunachalam

Partner

Collyer Bristow LLP

Ragi Singh

Partner, Head of Electric Vehicle Group and India Team

Gowling WLG

Rahul Kotecha

Rahul qualified as a Solicitor in 2009 advising clients on their tax, trusts and estate planning. Rahul joined Freeths in February 2020 and is responsible for leading the Trusts, Estates and Tax team in the Midlands. Prior to joining Freeths he spent 7 years at a well established large regional firm who were recognised in Tier 1 Legal 500 and Chambers Top Tier. Rahul has a particular interest in advising business owners on their succession planning having completed a STEP Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising as well as advising clients who have a particular International presence such as those looking to reside in or leave the UK. Rahul is a full member of STEP and Solicitors for the Elderly.

Freeths LLP

Rahul Thakrar

Rahul advises ultra-high net worth's, family offices, entrepreneurs and businesses on a variety of corporate and banking matters including fund raisings throughout the capital stack (such as equity, senior debt and mezzanine debt transactions), joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions as well as assisting clients with day to day commercial agreements. He also has significant experience in advising on private funds in the real estate, private equity and venture capital sectors on structuring and regulatory matters. Uniquely for a lawyer, Rahul has undertaken all of his Chartered Financial Analyst examinations (a qualification typically achieved only by senior bankers) and therefore regularly assists clients with negotiating the key commercial terms of a transaction as well as then finding a structure which provides the necessary commercial outcomes.

Boodle Hatfield LLP

Raith Pickup

Raith heads the projects and construction team. He advises bidders, lenders and public sector clients on a broad range of large defence, education, health and outsourcing projects. He is a national leader in student accomodation projects. He also heads Mills & Reeve’s aerospace and defence sector.

Mills & Reeve LLP

Raj Bhattoa

Raj joined Hodge Jones & Allen as a Partner in October 2024. Her previous role involved heading two offices where she managed over 10 members of staff, supervising over 300 cases. Prior to this, she played a pivotal role in launching a boutique family law practice in the City of London, which continues to run a successful practice. Raj has been a Partner for over seven years and has nearly two decades of experience in Family Law. Raj has a wealth of experience in all areas of family law including HNW finance work, which frequently has an international aspect, including Schedule 1, Part III Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act, nuptial and cohabitation agreements, complex issues involving trusts and capacity. She has represented a Premier League winning footballer, former captain of the Indian national cricket team, member of the Indian royal family, wealthy entrepreneurs and the owners of companies listed in the FTSE 500. Raj works on all types of Children work including those with an international element. She has represented respondents in child abduction and in public children matters where parents do not want to instruct a legal aid lawyer and can afford a lawyer of their choice. In her early years she worked for seven years undertaking legal aid work during a time when all types of children matters were legally aided. In those years, she worked on complex public law matters involving serious allegations of sexual abuse, neglect and substance abuse, as well as applicants in international child abduction. She’s known for her ability to think creatively, act decisively, and offer an empathetic, supportive experience to every client from their very first meeting. Her cases often involve challenging dynamics, but Raj is calm under pressure, strategic in approach, and deeply committed to achieving the best possible outcomes. Raj is recognised in the Citywealth Leaders commending the best leaders in private client industries, and she has specialist Resolution accreditation in high-net worth finance matters and complex children matters.

Hodge Jones & Allen

Raj Chada

Raj is the Head of the Criminal Defence, Financial Crime and Regulatory Department. He is one of the country’s leading criminal lawyers with expertise in serious and complex crime, public order and financial crime. He is the winner of the Criminal Lawyer of Year Award in 2012, (LALY), awarded by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group. As a Higher Rights Advocate, he has been shortlisted on 3 occasions as “Advocate of the Year” by the Law Society Excellence Awards, being commended in 2017. He has been shortlisted as “Criminal Lawyer of the Year” by the Society of Asian Lawyers in 2017 and 2018. He has a significant niche expertise in bribery/corruption, having represented several executives and is the author of the Bribery Handbook. He acted in the “Stansted 15” trial which was labelled by the New Statesman magazine as “the most important political trial of our times”. He is one of a handful of specialist human rights specialists who can take on cases with political dimensions, he is s a regular commentator for BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, the Guardian and the Time Newspapers.

Hodge Jones & Allen

Raj Patel

Associate Solicitor

Family Law Partners