Rebecca Powell, Solicitor, Company Commercial Law
Practice: Company Commercial
Specialist Experience:
- Purchasing and Supply Contracts
- Manufacturing, distribution and agency agreements
- Services agreements
- Sponsorship agreements
- Operation & Maintenance Contracts
- Research & development / co-development agreements
- Franchise agreements
- Software agreements
- Outsourcing agreements
- Advertising copy clearance
- Legal compliance including anti-bribery policies
Admitted as: Solicitor of England and Wales, 1997
Qualifications:
LLB (Hons) European Law & Languages, UWE, Bristol – 1994
LPC, UWE, Bristol – 1995
Chartered Company Secretary (ACIS) – 2008
Experience and Career History:
Rebecca is a commercial solicitor and chartered company secretary with 14 years experience of providing business-focussed legal counsel to a number of leading UK and multi-national companies. Her skills encompass many industry sectors, including utilities, manufacturing and financial services. She has acquired a reputation for delivering incisive, accurate legal advice and support in fast-paced, competitive commercial environments.
Trained at City firm D J Freeman, Rebecca worked in private practice before taking up her first in-house legal role at Barclaycard, where she worked on high value commercial contracts, including Barclaycard’s sponsorship agreement with the Nectar loyalty scheme. Rebecca then became Company Solicitor at Peugeot Citroën, with responsibility for purchasing contracts, services and outsourcing agreements, franchise agreements, advertising copy clearance and consumer law issues. More recently Rebecca was Senior Commercial & Projects Lawyer at Severn Trent Water, handling significant projects work within the context of a regulated utility company. Her most recent industry role was as UK Legal Director and Company Secretary at international building materials company, Lafarge.
