Rachel DeSanges
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Band 2 : Offshore: Employment
Band 2
About
Provided by Rachel DeSanges
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution, Employment law, GDPR, Local Legal Services, Mergers and Acquisitions, Relocation Services, Relocating your business, Relocating your family
Career
Rachel specialises in Employment Law and spans both the Dispute Resolution and Corporate teams at Ogier. She advises a wide range of private and public sector employers and senior executives on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, including due diligence processes in mergers and acquisitions, immigration and relocation issues, subject access requests, data protection advice and director's duties.
Rachel is Ogier's Head of Employment in Guernsey and works closely with the Jersey team to build on the existing pan island employment presence. She regularly appears before the Guernsey Employment Tribunal, successfully defending employers in high profile and ground-breaking cases in the Island. Rachel also brings her expertise to a wide range of employment matters arising as part of other matters including mergers and acquisitions, immigration and relocations and data protection work, where she often works closely with the Jersey team.
She is recognised by clients and colleagues for being extremely knowledgeable, responsive and commercial as well as friendly and approachable.
Professional Memberships
Rachel is a member of the following industry bodies and regularly speaks at and attends their events:
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
Employment Lawyer's Association
London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Women's Development Forum, Guernsey
Women's Business Network, Guernsey
Admitted in:
2007 – England & Wales
Chambers Review
UK
Rachel DeSanges is head of Ogier's Guernsey employment practice. She advises clients, both private and public, on the full gamut of employment law, as well as related areas such as data protection and immigration. She has notable experience handling employment disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She's very responsive and commercially focused - definitely someone who is very good to work with on both those fronts. Clearly she is very experienced in the market."
"I really appreciated Rachel's expertise, prompt responses, as well as her empathy, warmth and kindness. I find her knowledge and professionalism incredibly reassuring."
"Rachel is outstanding and a pleasure to work with."
"Rachel was a consistently strong adviser in all aspects of the claim."
"Rachel has an uncommon ability to genuinely connect with clients who benefit from her extensive experience and strategic awareness."
"She's very responsive and commercially focused - definitely someone who is very good to work with on both those fronts. Clearly she is very experienced in the market."
"I really appreciated Rachel's expertise, prompt responses, as well as her empathy, warmth and kindness. I find her knowledge and professionalism incredibly reassuring."
"Rachel is outstanding and a pleasure to work with."
"Rachel was a consistently strong adviser in all aspects of the claim."
"Rachel has an uncommon ability to genuinely connect with clients who benefit from her extensive experience and strategic awareness."
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