RPC (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) is an international commercial law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is a UK top 50 law firm and has been named Law Firm of the Year three times since 2014, and Best Legal Adviser every year since 2009. Whilst it has been traditionally known for its particular strength in its insurance practice, the firm has in recent years, through strategic growth and high-profile lateral hires, shifted and diversified its reach and become a more corporate-focused firm. Known as a “disputes powerhouse”, the firm has a strong reputation for its “hard-hitting” dispute resolution capabilities across a wide range of sectors, often acting for clients in big-ticket commercial and financial litigation.
RPC provides a wide spectrum of legal services to global businesses across a wide range of industry sectors and practices including commercial and banking litigation, construction, corporate/M&A, employment and pensions, engineering and projects, insurance, IP and technology, media, outsourcing, real estate, regulatory, and tax and competition.
RPC employs around 720 people - including 81 partners and 334 other lawyers. The firm is managed by a Partnership Executive Committee led by the Managing Partner, currently James Miller.[1] The current senior partner is commercial partner Oliver Bray.[2]
RPC has offices in London, Bristol, Singapore and Hong Kong. The firm is the only English member of TerraLex, a global network of legal experts in more than 150 law firms across 100 jurisdictions.[3]
The firm can trace its origins back to 1898, when Nathaniel Reynolds set up Hannay & Reynolds with fellow solicitor Alexander Arnold Hannay. This alliance did not last, however, and Reynolds set up as a sole practitioner in 1903 in Arundel Street in the Strand, London. In 1906 his son Hugh joined the practice, which was renamed Reynolds & Son. The firm then continued as Reynolds & Son until 1923, becoming Reynolds & Sons when another son, David Reynolds (admitted in July 1919), joined the firm. With the addition in 1926 of Gerald Thomas Gorst (admitted in March 1924), the firm then continued under various names until 1962: Reynolds Sons & Gorst, Reynolds & Gorst and Reynolds Gorst & Porter (Charles Porter admitted 1935, joined in 1944). In 1962 it became Reynolds Porter & Taylor Jelf. It finally became Reynolds Porter & Co in 1963.
Chamberlain & Co originates from Walter John Chamberlain, who was born on Christmas Day 1869 and was admitted in March 1906 aged 37. For the first year he practised alone in Croydon but then formed Chamberlain & Co in 1907 on moving to No. 1 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London. Walter was Mayor of Croydon from 1927 to 1929 and also became Clerk of the Fine Art Trade Guild. His son, Francis Walter Chamberlain, was admitted in December 1913 but did not join the firm until 1919 (presumably after war service). Francis Walter Chamberlain was eventually appointed CBE and sat as a Justice of the Peace and was a Deputy Lord Lieutenant.
The two firms came together in 1971, a year after the death of Walter Chamberlain's son, to become Reynolds Porter Chamberlain & Co. The '& Co' was dropped from the name around ten years later.
Market Reputation
RPC has a wide-ranging disputes portfolio, and has undergone a remarkable transformation in the past decade particularly on the commercial and banking disputes side. In recent years, the firm has progressively grown its capabilities and practice via both internal promotions and high-profile lateral hires, often from U.S. and silver circle firms.[4][5] The firm has switched to focus on commercial rather than insurance to seek to compete with silver circle firms, and is regularly involved in big-ticket litigation where the other parties are represented by U.S. and Magic Circle firms.[6] With its relatively nimble structure, the firm adopts a “conflicts-free” model and is able to represent clients in many situations where other international law firms are unable to get involved due to their regular client base.
RPC’s clients come from a broad range of sectors, from a notable selection of tech giants such as Google and Meta, hedge funds, major European banks and asset managers through to luxury goods, major retailers and high-street brands, publishers and broadcasters.[7]
Apart from disputes, the firm also enjoys a reputation for its capabilities and expertise in non-contentious and transactional work in a diverse range of sectors, such as media and technology.
The firm has a Corporate Social Responsibility steering committee that co-ordinates its efforts across the following sectors: workplace, marketplace, environment and community. Other initiatives the firm supports are the Limitless London Mentoring Scheme,[8] the TARGET Chances diversity initiative[9] and the BPP Diversity Access Scheme [10] The firm is also a member of Stonewall,[11] and Interlaw,[12] both of which are aimed at supporting equality for gay, lesbian and bisexual employees in the workplace.
Profile in Chambers and Partners and the Chambers Student Guide
Profile in The Lawyer
January 20, 2023
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RPC Reynolds Porter Chamberlain is an international commercial law firm headquartered in London United Kingdom It is a UK top 50 law firm and has been named Law Firm of the Year three times since 2014 and Best Legal Adviser every year since 2009 Whilst it has been traditionally known for its particular strength in its insurance practice the firm has in recent years through strategic growth and high profile lateral hires shifted and diversified its reach and become a more corporate focused firm Known as a disputes powerhouse the firm has a strong reputation for its hard hitting dispute resolution capabilities across a wide range of sectors often acting for clients in big ticket commercial and financial litigation RPCReynolds Porter ChamberlainHeadquartersLondon United KingdomNo of offices4No of lawyers330No of employees720Major practice areasGeneral PracticeKey peopleJames Miller Managing Partner Oliver Bray Senior Partner Revenue 136 million 2020 2021 Profit per equity partner 634 000 2020 2021 Date founded1898 London Company typeLLPWebsitewww rpc co ukRPC provides a wide spectrum of legal services to global businesses across a wide range of industry sectors and practices including commercial and banking litigation construction corporate M amp A employment and pensions engineering and projects insurance IP and technology media outsourcing real estate regulatory and tax and competition RPC employs around 720 people including 81 partners and 334 other lawyers The firm is managed by a Partnership Executive Committee led by the Managing Partner currently James Miller 1 The current senior partner is commercial partner Oliver Bray 2 RPC has offices in London Bristol Singapore and Hong Kong The firm is the only English member of TerraLex a global network of legal experts in more than 150 law firms across 100 jurisdictions 3 Contents 1 History 2 Market Reputation 3 Main practice areas 4 Corporate social responsibility 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe firm can trace its origins back to 1898 when Nathaniel Reynolds set up Hannay amp Reynolds with fellow solicitor Alexander Arnold Hannay This alliance did not last however and Reynolds set up as a sole practitioner in 1903 in Arundel Street in the Strand London In 1906 his son Hugh joined the practice which was renamed Reynolds amp Son The firm then continued as Reynolds amp Son until 1923 becoming Reynolds amp Sons when another son David Reynolds admitted in July 1919 joined the firm With the addition in 1926 of Gerald Thomas Gorst admitted in March 1924 the firm then continued under various names until 1962 Reynolds Sons amp Gorst Reynolds amp Gorst and Reynolds Gorst amp Porter Charles Porter admitted 1935 joined in 1944 In 1962 it became Reynolds Porter amp Taylor Jelf It finally became Reynolds Porter amp Co in 1963 Chamberlain amp Co originates from Walter John Chamberlain who was born on Christmas Day 1869 and was admitted in March 1906 aged 37 For the first year he practised alone in Croydon but then formed Chamberlain amp Co in 1907 on moving to No 1 Stone Buildings Lincoln s Inn London Walter was Mayor of Croydon from 1927 to 1929 and also became Clerk of the Fine Art Trade Guild His son Francis Walter Chamberlain was admitted in December 1913 but did not join the firm until 1919 presumably after war service Francis Walter Chamberlain was eventually appointed CBE and sat as a Justice of the Peace and was a Deputy Lord Lieutenant The two firms came together in 1971 a year after the death of Walter Chamberlain s son to become Reynolds Porter Chamberlain amp Co The amp Co was dropped from the name around ten years later Market Reputation EditRPC has a wide ranging disputes portfolio and has undergone a remarkable transformation in the past decade particularly on the commercial and banking disputes side In recent years the firm has progressively grown its capabilities and practice via both internal promotions and high profile lateral hires often from U S and silver circle firms 4 5 The firm has switched to focus on commercial rather than insurance to seek to compete with silver circle firms and is regularly involved in big ticket litigation where the other parties are represented by U S and Magic Circle firms 6 With its relatively nimble structure the firm adopts a conflicts free model and is able to represent clients in many situations where other international law firms are unable to get involved due to their regular client base RPC s clients come from a broad range of sectors from a notable selection of tech giants such as Google and Meta hedge funds major European banks and asset managers through to luxury goods major retailers and high street brands publishers and broadcasters 7 Apart from disputes the firm also enjoys a reputation for its capabilities and expertise in non contentious and transactional work in a diverse range of sectors such as media and technology Main practice areas EditMain areas of practice are Commercial Litigation amp Arbitration Commercial amp Regulatory Competition Construction Engineering amp Projects Corporate M amp A Corporate Insurance Education Employment Pensions amp Incentives Financial Disputes Insurance amp Reinsurance Intellectual Property Technology amp Outsourcing International Trade Marine Media Professions Real Estate amp Planning Restructuring and Insolvency Shipping Tax including Tax Disputes Corporate social responsibility EditThe firm has a Corporate Social Responsibility steering committee that co ordinates its efforts across the following sectors workplace marketplace environment and community Other initiatives the firm supports are the Limitless London Mentoring Scheme 8 the TARGET Chances diversity initiative 9 and the BPP Diversity Access Scheme 10 The firm is also a member of Stonewall 11 and Interlaw 12 both of which are aimed at supporting equality for gay lesbian and bisexual employees in the workplace References Edit Home Daniel Kulcsar 25 June 2020 RPC Appoints Oliver Bray as its new Senior Partner Retrieved 20 July 2020 TerraLex terralex org Retrieved 2015 03 07 RPC hires Ashurst s Korea co head in Hong Kong to set up country desk www globallegalpost com Retrieved 2022 07 17 Orrick HK head of litigation arbitration joins RPC Asian Legal Business www legalbusinessonline com Retrieved 2022 07 17 RPC RollOnFriday www rollonfriday com Retrieved 2022 07 17 Sponsored firm profile RPC Legal Business 2018 05 17 Retrieved 2022 07 17 Limitless London Mentoring Scheme Archived 2008 10 21 at the Wayback Machine TARGET Chances diversity initiative Archived 2009 06 28 at the Wayback Machine Professional Education And University Courses BPP Diversity Access Scheme bpp com Retrieved 2015 03 07 Stonewall s Diversity Champions Programme stonewall org uk Retrieved 2015 03 07 Interlaw Interlaw Archived 2009 08 01 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditOfficial website of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Profile in Chambers and Partners and the Chambers Student Guide 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