Rachel Roche Shortlisted for Yorkshire Leadership Award

March 2024

Rachel Roche, owner of York based Roche Legal and a former winner of the Law Society Sole Practitioner of the Year, has been shortlisted in the BusinessDesk Yorkshire Leadership Awards 2024 which are being staged at the Queens Hotel in Leeds on March 21st.

Rachel, who recently graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme through the Saïd Business School, Oxford, has been shortlisted in the Professional Services Leader section of the awards which recognise outstanding achievements by the Yorkshire’s business community.  The awards were created to celebrate people who are role models within their organisations and raise the bar for their competitors.

Rachel, who has studied extensively in the United States alongside American lawyers, has been appointed co-chair of the New York State Bar Association London branch after creating a UK/USA probate offering which has attracted funding from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

She has also co-authored a book for the Law Society “How to Start a Law Firm” with Darren J. Sylvester and said:“ I am delighted to be shortlisted in the Professional Service Leader category of the awards that showcase the wide range of outstanding business talent in Yorkshire.”