Rachel Robinson
Tel: +44 (0)1392 685214
Fax: +44 (0)1392 685220
Email: rachel.robinson@footanstey.com
Rachel’s specialist areas are competition and commercial law including advising on the public procurement regime.
Her experience ranges from advising and training companies on breaches of competition law and how to comply with the law, to using competition law as a sword against unfair practices experienced by businesses from competitors, to advising companies and individuals on commercial agreements such as franchise, agency, distribution arrangements, software licences, terms of business and data protection.
Rachel also has experience of advising on commercial and competition aspect of mergers and joint ventures for a range of clients from individuals to multinationals, including whether to notify such arrangements.
Rachel advises both contracting authorities and businesses on compliance with the public procurement rules, including drafting the tender documents, the selection criteria and commercial agreements. She also has experience of the application of state aid rules and public funding issues, including compliance with NHS, DEFRA and other government departments funding criteria rules.
Rachel also advises on a wide range of contractual matters including consultancy agreements, franchise agreements, distribution agreements, agency agreements, service agreements, supplier agreements, collaboration and joint venture agreements, sales and purchase contracts, sponsorship, licensing and royalty agreements and trading terms.
Rachel studied law at Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Amsterdam, and Heritage Management at the University of Greenwich. She trained at one of the leading City of London law firms, Mayer Browne (previously known as Rowe and Maw), where she qualified in 1998, and worked as an Associate at Taylor Wessing and in-house at Lloyd’s of London before joining Foot Anstey in 2005.
Rachel is a member of the LawWorks Competition Probono Scheme and the Association of Public Procurement Lawyers.
Rachel was described in Chambers as “impressive” in the field of competition law.
Recent advice includes:
- advising a start-up business (with an excellent business plan) how to deal with anti-competitive barriers imposed by the incumbant competitors to entering in the market
- advising on structure and drafting a franchise agreement for an overseas branch of a successful Devon business
- advising on distribution arrangements and trading terms for a national wholesaler wishing to protect the business from discounting on the internet
- advising a nationwide contractor to housing associations of the public procurement process including a detailed analysis of the shortlist process
- drafting an agreement for the appointment of a commercial agent for the promotion of construction materials in the UK
- advising a franchisee on the terms of a franchise agreement including restrictions on competition.
