Rachel MacLeod

Solicitor, Baker McKenzie

Rachel MacLeod is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's London office. She advises companies on the "cradle-to-grave" regulation of a broad range of products sold on the EU and UK markets. She also advise companies on how to comply with their operational environmental and health & safety obligations.

Rachel's product regulatory work involves advising global manufacturers and retailers on the regimes applicable to all types of products including: consumer goods such as electricals, white goods, toys, cosmetics and clothing; industrial goods and machinery; chemicals; food; medical devices and pharmaceuticals. This covers obligations relating to:

manufacturing, conformity assessment, CE/UKCA marking and labelling
chemical content restrictions under RoHS, REACH and POPs
supply chain due diligence
pre-marketing authorisation and certification procedures
extended producer responsibility, take back and recycling (eg WEEE, batteries and packaging laws)
non-compliant and defective products
regulatory investigations and prosecutions
global integrations and reorganisations

Her practice also covers operational environmental and health & safety matters, including in the context of multi-jurisdictional projects, mergers and acquisitions, and covers contaminated land, environmental permitting, waste, general H&S matters, asbestos risk management, REACH and CLP, carbon/GHG reporting, SECR and the ESOS energy auditing regime.

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Plastic packaging tax

Practice notes

This Practice Note provides practical guidance on the plastic packaging tax (PPT). It details the problem of plastic packaging, covers developments in this area that have led to the PPT, commencement of the PPT, definition of plastic packaging component, obligated businesses (manufacturer and importer) and plastic packaging containing recycled content. It also covers exemptions, reliefs and credits, as well as administration and collection of the tax, including records, returns, registration and group arrangements. Finally, it covers offences, penalties and practical tips on advising in this area looking at due diligence and secondary liability.

Environment