Rebecca Burford

Rebecca Burford is an accomplished lawyer with extensive experience in the corporate sector, currently serving as Partner and Head of UK Tech VC at Gowling WLG since February 2024. Burford specializes in advising investors, venture capitalists, and early-stage companies, particularly in the tech industry, with expertise in investments, mergers & acquisitions, and management buyouts. Additionally, Burford is involved as an angel investor at HERMESA and as a committee member for the Law Society's Ethnic Solicitors Network to promote diversity within the legal profession. Previous roles include serving as a non-executive director at Guildford.Games and Partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, where Burford focused on equality, diversity, and inclusion, alongside corporate legal matters. Burford's educational background includes an LLB from Kingston University, an LLM from Northumbria University, and the Legal Practice Course from the College of Law, Guildford.