Lawyers in England

Rebecca Andrews-Walker

Rebecca is a specialist insolvency partner in the commercial dispute resolution team. She is experienced in the full spectrum of personal and corporate insolvency matters, both contentious and advisory, and is one of the few lawyers to be dual-qualified as an insolvency practitioner, holding both corporate and personal Joint Insolvency Examination Board accreditations. Drawing on her rare holistic insight on insolvency matters, Rebecca frequently represents some of the firm’s most significant clients, across both its UK and international offices, on complex, high value and high-profile insolvencies. She has also advised on a number of prominent CVAs in the leisure, hospitality and retail industries, and on challenges to them on unfair prejudice and material irregularity grounds. Rebecca is a regular speaker and trainer for MBL and strongly advocates the sharing of knowledge within the industry.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Rebecca Antill

Rebecca is an Associate in the Property Litigation team. Rebecca assists with all types of landlord and tenant disputes, including dilapidations, forfeiture, lease renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and rent reviews. She also assists with residential property disputes, including possession proceedings, service charge disputes, restrictive covenants, rights of way issues and boundary disputes. Rebecca’s clients comment on her rapport and making them feel at ease with legal jargon. Rebecca is actively involved in business development. She has been Vice Chairman of a chamber of commerce in Dorset. She has also assisted with setting up inaugural networking groups for young professionals.

Lester Aldridge LLP

Rebecca Attree

Rebecca is one of the top 50 UK commercial mediators. Described as “an exceptional mediator” (2023 Legal 500), “outstanding” and “excellent on all fronts”, Rebecca has been consistently ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as a Leading Mediator and continuously receives excellent client feedback. Mediating a wide range of disputes in the UK and internationally, Rebecca regularly mediates disputes that relate to financial institutions, shareholder, partnership, company / commercial, family business, insurance, trusts, property, aviation, workplace, employment, and the creative industries. Rebecca is renowned for her calm, professional, persuasive approach, and exceptional ability to build trust and rapport. She is also energetic and maintains momentum throughout a mediation. Excellent preparation of each case combined with her own extensive legal and commercial experience means she can robustly yet empathically challenge when appropriate. Described as “commercially astute as well as sensitive to each party’s issues”, clients acknowledge her great ability to encourage the parties to see the dispute from the other party’s point of view. Rebecca is comfortable mediating inter-personal disputes between parties from a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, beliefs and diversities and speaks fluent Italian and good French. Rebecca trained as a mediator with ADRg in the UK and INADR in the US. She has regularly mediated online since 2013 and has a highly effective presence. She is frequently praised for being a skilful communicator. One of the first women to graduate from Downing College, Cambridge in Law, Rebecca qualified as a solicitor in the City of London (Reed Smith, then Laytons). In 1995 she set up and ran for several years her own highly successful international solicitor’s practice, Attree & Co. Since 2002 she has also been a director of a property company. She has advised overseas governments and judicial administrations how to introduce mediation into their jurisdictions. Rebecca brings her extensive experience in business and negotiating to her mediations, that often leads to a creative approach to facilitating a solution. Rebecca has experienced the full 360 degrees of mediation. Whilst she is now a full-time mediator, she has previously been a mediation advocate, party to a dispute, and co-mediator (where multiple parties were involved). This “all angles experience” gives her a deep understanding of the psychological issues underpinning a mediation and how to get quickly to the nub of what really matters in each mediation room.

IPOS Mediation

Rebecca Blundell

IP Director

Mewburn Ellis LLP

Rebecca Blythe

Rebecca is a partner in the Large Loss team based in Liverpool. She is experienced in all areas of law relating to personal injury claims and specialises in large loss and catastrophic injury claims including traumatic brain injuries, spinal injuries, amputation claims, fatal accident and chronic pain/subtle TBI/functional neurological disorder claims. Rebecca has worked for numerous large insurers and the Motor Insurers Bureau and has longstanding experience or providing non indemnity advice and currently works for a large car rental company. She is particularly experienced in defending fraudulent/exaggerated claims prevalent in the fast-growing area of chronic pain/STBI/FND. Rebecca works with multiple municipal and corporate insureds with large deductibles as well as individuals and is adept at developing and maintaining good relationships with all levels of customer.

Weightmans LLP

Rebecca Brooks

Senior Associate, Patent Attorney

Mewburn Ellis LLP

Rebecca Brown

Senior Associate Solicitor

Irwin Mitchell

Rebecca Brown

Solicitor and FSE Partner of JMW Solicitors LLP, Director of the JMW Trust Corporation Rebecca joined the Court of Protection Department of JMW Solicitors LLP in January 2023. Rebecca specialises in all aspects of mental capacity work including advising on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and acting as an expert witness on Court of Protection matters in high value personal injury and clinical negligence cases. As a Director of the JMW Trust Corporation, Rebecca acts as Deputy for clients who have received substantial damages awards following personal injury. She regularly delivers training on Court of Protection and capacity issues both nationally and locally. Rebecca has a particular expertise in: Deputyship and Personal Injury Trust general management work in high value pre and post settlement litigated cases Court of Protection applications Expert witness work and litigation support Rebecca completed her training contract at Pannone Solicitors LLP, qualifying as a solicitor in 2011 into their Court of Protection department at the time led by Hugh Jones. In 2013 she joined Hugh Jones Solicitors, a specialist Court of Protection practice founded by Hugh Jones, where she remained for nearly 10 years, becoming a Director of the firm in 2020, before joining JMW in January 2023.

JMW Solicitors LLP

Rebecca Bruce

Rebecca is an Associate in the Employment team at Bates Wells, advising both employers and employees on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She provides guidance on issues including discrimination and victimisation claims, unfair dismissal, TUPE, redundancy, and disciplinary or capability procedures. Rebecca also advises on employment contracts, produces HR guidance for organisations, and supports employment-related due diligence in corporate restructurings and service spin-outs.

Bates Wells

Rebecca Burford

Partner, Head of Tech Venture Capital (UK)

Gowling WLG

Rebecca Burge

Browne Jacobson LLP

Rebecca Cairney

Rebecca joined Weightmans in 2012 and is Team Manager for the Employment, Pensions and Immigration team, based in Liverpool, specialising in employment law. Rebecca handles a diverse caseload of complex and sensitive discrimination and unfair dismissal claims with a particular expertise in worker status, Agency Worker Regulations and objective justification of discrimination matters. She also provides advice on a range of issues including conduct, sickness absence management, performance and capability, as well as intricate matters such as restructuring exercises, TUPE and Trade Union activities. She provides operational and strategic advice on all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment law, including day to day employee relations issues, disciplinary and grievance procedures, TUPE/business reorganisation, redundancy, discrimination, contracts, policies and procedures and settlement agreements. She qualified in 2018. Rebecca is an experienced advocate in the Employment Tribunal, regularly representing clients on discrimination and unfair dismissal claims. Rebecca works with a wide range of clients from a variety of sectors including registered housing providers, transport and logistics, local authority and NHS Trusts. Rebecca is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) and the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA).

Weightmans LLP

Rebecca Chaplin

Rebecca helps clients with issues that may arise or have arisen in corporate and private insolvency situations. Her clients include insolvency practitioners, company directors and individuals at various stages of an insolvency process. She provides them with practical solutions in order to secure the best possible outcome in the most cost-effective way. Rebecca pursues all types of antecedent transactions on behalf of clients. She also advises on various applications including: Presenting or defending a petition Interim orders Emergency injunctive applications Administration applications Applications for validation Claims Asset recovery

Moore Barlow

Rebecca Cherry

Senior Associate Spinal Cord Injury. Birth Injury. Rebecca has particular expertise in Neurosurgical cases and Cauda Equina Syndrome and maximum severity injuries sustained at birth leading to cerebral palsy. She has achieved multi million pound settlements for children and adults who have suffered catastrophic injuries as a result of medical negligence. She approaches her work with compassion and integrity providing excellent client care that is second to none.

Irwin Mitchell

Rebecca Clowes

Senior Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Rebecca Coates

Rebecca qualified as a solicitor in 2017 and joined Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors in October 2023. Rebecca is collaborative lawyer and a Resolution specialist in cohabitation and private children law matters. She has extensive experience in other areas of family law such as financial issues connected to divorce (including appeals and enforcement), applications under the Family Law Act 1996 and drafting pre-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements. Rebecca has represented clients in complex financial cases (involving trusts and complicated business structures), often acting against partners in ranked firms. She is regularly referred clients from previous clients and Counsel. Given her collaborative stance, Rebecca’s preference is to try and resolve matters outside of Court; however, if Court proceedings are required, she is known for providing clear and robust advice to clients. Rebecca has also gained considerable experience in acting for parents in cases involving serious allegations of harm, coercive control and parental alienation. Some of these cases have involved attempted child abduction. She has represented parents in 16.4 cases- two of these had 5 day Fact Finding Hearings due to the nature of the allegations and the amount of disclosure involved. Rebecca was noted for her attention to detail and her conscientious approach to her cases. She has also acted for grandparents in securing contact with their grandchildren, as well as opposing these applications. Rebecca is also regularly instructed on cases that require maintenance pending suit applications as well as funding from the other party Lastly, Rebecca works with several local charities in providing advice and representation to victims of domestic abuse

Hodge Jones & Allen

Rebecca Cockcroft

Partner

Fladgate LLP

Rebecca Cousin

Partner; Rebecca is Head of our Equity Capital Markets practice and Co-Head of our Data Privacy practice. Rebecca’s corporate practice consists of advising clients on M&A transactions, both public and private, joint ventures, equity issues, initial public listings and long term commercial contracts. She also advises on day-to-day company law and corporate reporting and governance matters. Rebecca advises a number of clients on all aspects of Data Privacy, including on stand-alone compliance queries, in corporate transactions, e-commerce, commercial contracts and global investigations. Rebecca is a contributing author to Tolley’s Company Law Service, Privacy Laws and Business, and sits on the Consulting Editorial Board of Lexis PSL.

Slaughter and May

Rebecca Cross

Rebecca joined us in 2001 and has progressed from Assistant Case Handler to Senior Associate during her time here.Rebecca works on a wide range of Sale and Purchase Conveyancing transactions including freehold, leasehold, new build and shared ownerhsip properties. She has helped thousands of clients move home taking responsibility for the progression of transactions on behalf of our clients through to completion. Rebecca is assisted by Adam Mayer, Connor O'Dell and Hannah Drage.

Shoosmiths LLP

Rebecca Davis

Rebecca is a Senior Manager in the corporate team.

Ernst & Young LLP

Rebecca Davison

Rebecca Davison is a partner at Howard Kennedy. She is a solicitor focussing on all aspects of non-contentious commercial property transactions. Rebecca advises on acquisitions and disposals of freehold and leasehold properties, on the real estate aspects of portfolio management, insolvency and all other landlord and tenant matters. She also acts for retail and corporate occupier clients on the acquisition, re-gearing and disposal of their occupational property interests. Rebecca advises foreign investors in UK commercial real estate and with commercial occupiers on HQ relocation. She is a member of the firm's Investment Funds and Real Estate sector groups. She is a UK Board member and founding member of the US-led Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) network.

Howard Kennedy LLP

Rebecca Dimond

Business Executive

Olliers

Rebecca Dury

Partner and Head of the Banking and Finance team

Ashfords LLP

Rebecca Dziobon

Rebecca is an associate director and specialist family lawyer with 10 years of experience working with international and domestic clients in London and the South East. She has particular expertise advising on financial issues including pensions, trusts and businesses. As a knowledge lawyer for the family department at Penningtons Manches Cooper, having changed her focus from advising individuals to supporting a legal team, she writes precedents, organises training and seminars, encourages and facilitates the sharing of knowledge and improves processes and systems. An experienced author of legal materials and articles, Rebecca has worked as a freelance professional support lawyer for LexisNexis. She has also written articles for New Law Journal, Solicitors Journal, Family Law Journal, Resolution’s The Review and Pensions World.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP