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.

Principal areas of work
Advertising and marketing: Be noticed for the right reasons. We’ll guide you through the complexities of advertising regulation, data collection/ exploitation, consumer regulation, digital/new media, sponsorship, licensing, agency agreements, UK and international copy clearance and brand-protection strategies.

Banking and financial markets disputes: A conflict-free banking litigation practice, we specialise in investment banking and funds management - particularly the capital markets. We can act against large investment banks and work ‘off-panel’ in disputes between banks where one party’s usual firms are not able to do so.

Civil fraud: If you need to investigate the cause and scope of wrongdoing, mitigate the damage, pursue the wrongdoers and trace the asset, we’re on your side.

Commercial contracts: Get your agreements delivering more. 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.

Commercial disputes: We know litigation inside out. At any one time, more than half of our lawyers are handling complex, large-scale global disputes.

Competition: Merger control, compliance, cartels, antitrust and competition litigation. We’re here to advise you on all aspects of EU and UK competition law. Whether you’re a claimant or a defendant.

Construction: We defend negligence claims against engineers, architects, designers, contractors, mechanical and electrical engineers, and quantity surveyors. Insurance plays a big part in the management of construction risk. We resolve complex construction disputes cost-effectively.

Corporate/M&A: We will support your growth and development through industry-best corporate transaction advice, be it M&A, private equity investments, refinancing or joint ventures, internationally.

Employment, engagement and equality: Restructuring your business? Realigning your workforce? We’ll advise you on all the employment issues. Such as navigating TUPE and large-scale redundancy programmes, including collective consultation.

Finance: We advise on leveraged and acquisition facilities, to commercial loans and banking facilities, we offer a full range of banking and lending services including all aspects of corporate funding, and support growing corporates, start-ups, funds, and private equity clients.

Insurance and reinsurance: For over 70 years, we’ve been helping insurers achieve their ambitions internationally. From complex claims to high-stakes transactions, our expertise ranges from insurance disputes, coverage, defence and monitoring across all business lines, to recoveries, policy wording and a range of insurance products and services.

IP, technology and outsourcing: Technology drives all businesses. Our dedicated team provides technology-specific advice on intellectual property, outsourcing, data protection, M&A, regulatory matters and dispute resolution.

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.

Real estate: If you’re looking to acquire new premises, dispose of property or revamp your rental arrangements, talk to us. We act on investment purchases and sales (direct and “wrapper” basis), sales and leasebacks and development projects.

Regulatory: 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.

Retail: Turn challenges into opportunities with our award-winning retail team. Over 70 people at RPC advise retailers through every stage of their lifecycle. We are a preeminent and long-standing advisor to many of the leading retailers, internationally.

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.

Tax: Our specialist tax lawyers deal with all corporate tax affairs for corporate and commercial transactions; including tax enquiries, tax litigation, criminal investigations/ managing dawn raids and defence of prosecutions for tax fraud.