Rebecca Heptonstall

Rebecca is an Associate in the Commercial team in London with particular expertise in Media, Consumer and Advertising sectors.

Having trained and qualified into the TMT team of a Silver Circle international law firm, Rebecca joined the Commercial team at Osborne Clarke in 2023.

Rebecca regularly advises clients on a range of complex issues, with regards to consumer law, advertising and marketing, data protection, general commercial contracts as well as existing and upcoming digital regulation. Rebecca is also a regular contributor to Osborne Clarke's advertising and marketing law blog, which has been published externally in a know-how resource for lawyers.

Prior to joining Osborne Clarke, Rebecca was seconded for six months to the in-house legal team at Sky, one of Europe's leading media companies. During her time at Sky, Rebecca worked closely with the business to advise on content licensing deals and on rights issues in relation to the launch of new products and digital services.

Rebecca graduated with a First Class Honours in Law and Criminology from the University of Sheffield and a Distinction in her LLM from BPP University (Leeds). Rebecca was also awarded two postgraduate merit-based scholarships: The Career Guarantee Scholarship and The Cohen Award for Academic Excellence (BPP Law School, 2019).