Rachel Canham
Chief Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions, BT
Rachel Canham is Chief Counsel for Mergers & Acquisitions at BT. Rachel leads a team of lawyers advising on BT’s global acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, investments, intra-group restructurings and other general corporate advisory work. Rachel is keen on strategy and governance, having created BT’s Handbook to Successful Acquisitions (drawing on lessons learned from previous deals) and BT’s Corporate Trading Policy. Rachel recently led on BT’s £12.5bn deal to acquire EE. Prior to her current role, Rachel was a senior commercial lawyer at BT advising on BT’s major outsourcing contracts and other strategic commercial contracts. Rachel was a private practice corporate lawyer at both Latham & Watkins and Dickson Minto W.S. before joining BT.