Kelly Thomson

Employment.

Partner. Kelly advises on complex international and national employment matters, with particular focus on outsourcing, restructuring and the people aspects of organisational change. She works alongside clients' HR and Legal teams in developing and implementing strategies for the recruitment, retention and motivation of employees.  She has a focus on 'employee engagement' and is passionate about issues of diversity and inclusion.  Kelly develops and provides training and seminars for clients' HR, legal and business teams and co-delivers RPC's regular seminars and roundtables on a variety of topics. She is a frequent contributor to practitioner and academic publications. 

Kelly was part of the successful RPC team in the UK's leading case on restrictive covenants -Egon Zehnder v Tillman. This 2019 case is the first time in a century that the highest UK court has considered the issue of non-compete covenants and the judgment sets the law in this area.

University of Cambridge, Newnham College, 1998-2001, MA Law (Cantab): First Class (sixth highest in year); awarded 3 Verulam Buildings Prize in Banking Law; College of Law (London), 2001-2002, Legal Practice Course: Distinction