RPC
RPC‘s London practice head Patrick Brodie is regularly engaged for employment integration, outsourcing and restructuring projects. He also possesses very notable niche expertise, including on the cross-over between employment rights and the engagement of state immunity. A further central part of the team is Kelly Thomson, who handles workplace equality matters as well as post-M&A employment restructuring work. The firm provides assistance to a broad spectrum of clients operating in industries ranging from sport to shipbroking and media to metallurgy.
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‘The team is dynamic, lively, warm, friendly and listens! They are sensitive to the individual's circumstances.’
‘Patrick Brodie - outstanding intellect, creative thinker, engaged. Kelly Thomson - wonderful, dynamic.’
'Patrick Brodie is outstanding in terms of his commercial advice. He has so much empathy and is able to provide great insights into complex employment matters combining legal excellence with a deep understanding of human psychology which makes him stand out from the crowd. '
'They go the extra mile and are so experienced they are unflappable. I would highly recommend the whole RPC employment team.'
Key clients
- ArcelorMittal Group
- Associated Newspapers
- SportsDirect.com
- The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
- Frasers Group plc
- NCP
- Essity
- BOC
- Zensar Technologies
- Agent Provocateur
- GIST
- Studio Retail Limited
- Coventry Arena Limited
- Evans Cycles
- Link Scheme Ltd and Link Scheme Holdings Ltd
- Shepherd Neame
- Braemar Shipbroking Limited
- Missguided Retail Limited
- Vantage Power
- Egon Zehnder
- Times Media Limited
Work highlights
- Acting for the diplomat of a Gulf state in a Supreme Court case and decision that are of international and global importance and effect. It changes the law on diplomatic immunity in the UK and internationally. The case defined the extent to which diplomatic immunity could be maintained in relation to employment where there are allegations of human trafficking.
- Acting for the AA plc in a case where the former CEO and Chair of the AA plc was sacked for gross misconduct and sued the company for over £100million.
- Advising England Lacrosse, the National Governing Body for lacrosse in England, on the critical and charged issue of gender participation in sport, and the sport's transgender policy.
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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.
Practice head
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Patrick Brodie