RPC

The firm

At RPC we have a single goal: to help you achieve your ambition. We’ll do this through quality legal advice, knowledge of your market and a deep understanding of you, your business and your goals.

Accredited as Best Legal Adviser every year since 2013, we know the value of building trust and providing a great client service. We specialise in insurance, technology and media, regulatory, commercial and financial disputes and retail and consumer.

You’ll find organisations of all types and size among our clients, including large multinationals, growing corporates, financial institutions and other professional practices. All of them choose RPC for the outcomes we’re known for in contentious and non-contentious matters.

Brilliant lawyers and stellar international service. As a member of the TerraLex global network, we’re connected to more than 600 offices with 19,000 lawyers in over 100 countries. All that as well as the 850 people and 124 partners at our offices in London, Bristol, Hong Kong and Singapore. And as a founding member of Global Access Lawyers, we’re also part of a group of 400 insurance law specialists in 43 offices worldwide.

As one of a few international law firms operating in Singapore under a joint law venture, clients are able to obtain seamless advice from a single entity. We draw together the international expertise and resources of RPC and the local knowledge of Premier Law to provide an exceptional service. Through RPC Premier Law Pte Ltd – known as RPC Premier Law – we provide an extensive range of advice on multi-jurisdictional transactions involving English and Singaporean law. Our clients are also able to receive representation in the Singapore courts through Premier Law LLC.

Principal areas of work

The firm offers a comprehensive range of services in Singapore with expertise in legal sectors including construction; corporate and commercial; dispute resolution (including banking and financial disputes and international arbitration); employment; energy; insurance and reinsurance; intellectual property; privacy and data protection; shipping, logistics and international trade; regulatory and compliance; technology, media and telecommunications.

Commercial disputes: We know litigation inside out. At any one time, more than half of our lawyers are handling complex, large-scale global disputes. Our commercial disputes team provides the full scope of dispute resolution services including negotiation, mediation, international arbitration and litigation (through Premier Law). Our team has particular strengths in corporate and commercial disputes, construction disputes, financial disputes and investigations, technology and media disputes, as well as professional defence and insurance related disputes.

Commercial contracts: We advise on drafting and negotiating a broad range of industry agreements. These range from the largest outsourcing deals to smaller, yet business-critical, supply contracts and consumer-facing terms and conditions.

Corporate: We guide businesses through every stage of their life cycle, from establishment through to the day to day corporate and regulatory support, including their cross-border transactions as they expand regionally. Our team has a substantial depth of domestic and cross-border experience including private equity and venture capital, M&A and joint ventures, corporate restructurings and regulatory and compliance matters.

Employment: Our employment team handles a full range of employment law issues and has extensive expertise advising employers and employees on both contentious and non-contentious matters. We support clients through every stage of the employment relationship; from team moves to termination, discrimination allegations to dismissal cases, contractual issues to compliance. We also advise on all types of investigations into allegations of misconduct, including internal investigations, regulatory investigations and criminal investigations.

Insurance and reinsurance: For decades, we've been helping insurers achieve their ambitions internationally. We have one of the largest and most well respected insurance teams in Asia, with unrivalled, in-depth knowledge of the Asian insurance industry. From complex claims to high-stakes transactions, our expertise ranges from insurance disputes, coverage, defence and monitoring across all business lines (including financial lines, D&O, marine and transportation, energy and infrastructure), to recoveries, policy wording and a range of insurance products and services.

Intellectual property and technology: Technology drives all businesses. Our dedicated team provides technology-specific advice on intellectual property, outsourcing, data protection, M&A, regulatory matters and dispute resolution. We also have a specialist focus on cutting-edge Web3 issues including NFTs, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations, and Cryptocurrency recovery. With extensive experience advising on a range of IP issues arising from new technology and innovation, we help our clients protect their IP portfolios and enforcing their IP rights worldwide.

Media: We are defendant-focused and handle all manner of disputes involving media companies from defamation and privacy complaints, to data protection, contempt and reporting restrictions issues, including advice on content risks to the various press regulators.

Privacy and data protection: We advise on a wide range of data privacy issues such as international data transfers, data sharing and data licensing, negotiation of data processing agreements, cookie policies and consent mechanisms, data matching and enrichment and digital marketing.

Real estate: If you’re looking to acquire new premises, dispose of property or revamp your rental arrangements, talk to us. We handle a full range of corporate real estate transactions including real estate acquisitions and divestments, leasing and mortgage of properties, sales and leasebacks and development projects.

Regulatory and compliance: Many of the world’s largest financial, corporate and professional services firms come to us for robust compliance strategies. Our regulatory team can meet your growing needs for joined-up advice across regulatory regimes. We will help you stay compliant and adapt to regulatory change.

Restructuring and insolvency: The consequences of financial distress and insolvency are far-reaching. Our insolvency team provides expert advice and wide-ranging expertise to everyone affected.