Rachel Soundy
Bevan Brittan LLPThe ‘highly skilled and committed professionals’ at Bevan Brittan LLP advise clients on a wide array of matters, including employment, property, regulatory and commercial assistance. Its clients include universities, institutes and academies. Ashley Norman leads the team from Birmingham, specialising in contentious employment law matters for universities and further education colleges. Rachel Soundy offers corporate and commercial advice to clients, including mergers and acquisitions.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Highly skilled and committed professionals.’
‘Bevan Brittan produce great, commercial advice on employment and real estate matters. All of them are approachable, knowledgeable and keen to help.'
‘Associates and partners and all provide the same, hands on, comprehensive service. They identify the issues and provide advice that can be relied on.’
‘This practice is unique for the specialist services they are able to offer clients in respect of education related commercial contracts and legal matters.’
‘Rachel Soundy is an excellent all-round lawyer, who provides practical and commercially sound legal advice in respect of different commercial matters. She is dedicated, hard working, has attention to detail and meets and exceeds client expectations.’
Key clients
- University of Oxford
- University of York
- Cardiff and Vale College
- De Montfort University
- The Alan Turing Institute
- The University of West London
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- Newbury College of Further Education
- Birmingham City University
- Ambition Institute
- Swansea University
- Cogrammar
Work highlights
- Acting for a Russell Group university on several very complex employment tribunal matters including an appeal in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
- Advising a number of higher education clients on M&A and joint venture work with an aggregate value of £500m.
- Acted for Ambition Institute on a variety of legal matters.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ashley Norman