Teresa Hitchcock

Teresa is a partner in the Sheffield office of AKD Partners. She is International Co-Head of Product Liability and Mass Torts and UK Head of Safety, Health and Environment (SHE).

Teresa's practice is broad-ranging, and covers all areas of environmental, health and safety, product safety and food safety law, licensing and gambling, and the regulatory aspects of healthcare.

Teresa's client base is very diverse. She regularly advises large international businesses, government departments, non-profit organisations and local authorities. Key areas of Teresa's practice include regeneration projects, SESG, climate change law, large-scale international product liability, the impact of conservation law on industrial operations allocation of regulator liabilities in corporate transactions, defending remediation requirements both statutory and civil, a number of major health and safety investigations and legal compliance projects.

Product Stewardship is an integral part of her practice and Teresa is often involved in strategic decision making on product compliance and recall matters.

Before qualifying as a solicitor, Teresa worked as a senior environmental and health and safety regulator in local government, and thereby acquired extensive practical experience of regulation and compliance.