Quercus HR is owned and run by Rachel Sandham, a qualified Employment solicitor.
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After studying at Cambridge University and then Sotheby’s, Rachel began her career in Deutsche Bank’s prestigious corporate art collection.
 
Rachel went on to become a solicitor, training at Forsters LLP in Mayfair and qualifying into their Corporate & Commercial department. 
 
When the opportunity to take over Forsters' Employment offering arose, Rachel jumped at the chance to diversify and was soon running a successful Employment practice, catering to a range of clients that included large corporates, SMEs, hotels and restaurants, galleries, landed estates, agricultural businesses and private households. Using the benefit of her own diverse background, Rachel has always sought to bring a practical and commercial approach to her advice, but also a thoroughly human one.  
 
Rachel created Quercus HR to allow her to steer away from litigation and focus on the elements of practice she most enjoys: helping employers to negotiate the minefield of day to day HR issues.  Although Rachel is not currently practicing as a solicitor, she brings the benefit of her legal background and a reassuringly pragmatic approach to her HR consultancy.
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