RPC provides comprehensive advice for various players in the construction supply chain, from contractors to quantity surveyors. Their expert guidance extends to a diverse range of infrastructure and energy risks. Team leader Alan Stone manages disputes across arbitration, adjudication, and litigation, while Alexandra Anderson specialises in defending claims against surveyors and valuers. Tom Green excels in payment notice and defects disputes and provides guidance on broader construction market aspects. The team has seen the addition of Arash Rajai in August 2022, from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Quite simply, the best contentious construction team in the market.’
‘Alan Stone is hugely knowledgeable and is definitely someone you want on your side, rather than against you. Tom Green is extremely thorough and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of anything relating to cladding.’
‘This firm has an excellent level of expertise, and the people I have dealt with are a pleasure to work with.’
‘Very strong associates.’
‘Oliver Bulleid and Ella Crawley-Till are very responsive and thorough.’
Key clients
- Berkley Homes
- Buro Happold
- Ridge and Partners LLP
- NHBC
- St James Group Limited
- Laing O’Rourke Wales & West Limited
- Laing O'Rourke PLC
- McLaren Construction (UK) Limited
- Orchard Plaza Management Company Limited
- Vinci Construction UK Limited
- Integrity International Group
Work highlights
- Advised BDL on a £13.2million claim concerning alleged health and fire safety defects in the external walls of a student accommodation development by building owner, against Berkeley and its cladding subcontractor, BDL Group Limited.
- Instructed to defend a claim brought against NHBC by a number of companies within the Morris Group, including Morris Homes. At its heart was an allegation that the NHBC wrongly oversaw the undertaking of very significant remedial works to a development, at a cost of circa £4.5m.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alan Stone