James Mee

Corporate

James Mee is an award-winning transactional lawyer who has been instrumental in driving RPC's transactions business since joining from a magic circle firm in 2004.

Awarded a Corporate Team of the Year accolade from the Lawyer in 2012 for a multi-billion pound sector transformational consumer products transaction, he has been shortlisted for deal awards in each of 2017, 2019 and 2021. He is a leading individual / recognised in all of the major legal directories for transactional work and sector knowledge and is an Acritas Star following recommendations by clients.

Following on from the 2012 deal and award, James established and then led RPC's transactional insurance sector business.  This has gone from strength to strength and is now widely regarded as one of the City's leading legal practices in this highly dynamic sector.

In addition to being an active deal do-er in the insurance and wider financial services sectors (leading more than 20 transactions in each of 2020 and 2021), James acts for corporates, private equity and other investors and management teams in a range of sectors, including in recent years the retail and consumer products, tech and data, and sports and leisure sectors.

Aligned to his role at RPC, James is a commentator on transactional and market issues, a panellist at industry events and roundtables, and was one of the two external lawyers asked to assist the London Market Group's Brexit Working Party.

James previously sat on the Board of RPC Tyche, the insurance software business RPC recently sold to global professional services firm Aon.

James was selected for The Lawyer's Hot 100 in 2014 for his transactional work and his focus on driving inclusion and diversity change for the better in the legal industry.

From 2017 to 2020, James was Co-Chair of the LGBTQ+ Insurance Network (Link), that won a Queen's Award in the The Queen's 2019 Birthday Honours.

James is currently Chair of the Board of Governors at the English National Ballet School.

St Peter’s School, York; University of Nottingham and University of Texas School of Law (1994); Nottingham Trent University (1995) – LPC.