Rukhsana was a partner in private practice before moving in-house and spending the majority of her career to date in various commercial in-house roles. She has excellent broad commercial and corporate experience from a range of sectors and organisations, including Cadbury, Coca Cola, The John Lewis Partnership, Tesco, Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota, Sharp and Philips.
Rukhsana is commercially astute and has a wealth of experience in guiding businesses on the management of risk and compliance considerations. She is very personable and pragmatic and enjoys helping clients navigate through the challenges they face in helping their business flourish.
Specific areas of expertise:
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
- Drafting standard terms and conditions for business
- Franchising agreements
- Supplier agreements
- Managing bid and tender processes, including Public Procurement Regulations
- Advertising & marketing law
- Copy clearance for marketing campaigns
- Competitions and promotions
- Employment law advice
- Settlement agreements
- Drafting employment policies, contracts, and staff handbooks
- Litigation management- various European jurisdictions
- Data privacy advice
- Competition law
- Consumer law and product safety matters
- IP matters, including trademark queries
- IT contracts
- International projects
- Regulatory matters, including the ICO, ASA, Trading Standards, Fire Safety & Environmental Health
- Legal training programmes for sales and marketing teams including workshops, roadshows, and legal surgeries
