Rebecca graduated from Manchester University in 1986 with an LLB (Honours) in law. She did her articles at Clifford Chance before qualifying into the company department of Clifford Chance in November 1989. Rebecca left Clifford Chance to join Herbert Smith at the beginning of 1996. She spent nearly four years in the company department of Herbert Smith before joining Davenport Lyons as a partner in 1999.

Her expertise and selected recent client experience includes:

• Advising on the AIM flotation of Music Copyright Solutions Plc.
• Advising on the AIM flotation of Max Petroleum Plc.
• Advising on the AIM flotation of Minorplanet Systems Plc.
• Advising on the AIM flotation of Talent Group Plc.
• Advising on the £60m sale of the luxury lingerie retailer, Agent Provocateur to private equity giant 3i.
• Acting for 9 years as lead counsel for The Capita Group Plc on all of its private company acquisitions and other corporate requirements.
• Acting for a number of fully listed companies including Northern Leisure Plc, Marshalls Plc, First Choice Plc, Burford Holdings Plc and Blick Plc on private company and business acquisitions as well as cash placings, rights issues and bonus issues.
• Advising the World Gold Council on the English law aspects of its US$2bn offering of units through the Street TRACKS® Gold Trust.
• Acting on a number of public company takeovers including that of Etam Plc.
• Acting on a £100 million Class 1 disposal of a livestock breeding division of Hillsdown Holdings.
• Acting on the £400 million management buy-out of the Gardner Merchant contract catering business and subsequent sale to Sodexho SA.
• Advising on applications to OFEX by New Media Industries plc and Music Copyright Solutions PLC.
• Acting for HML Holdings plc on its demerger from LTC Holdings plc and application for admission to the AIM market.
• Advising on various private company fund raisings, including preparing POS Regs prospectuses and advising on the regulatory aspects of raising finance in the UK.