Reynolds Porter Chamberlain

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RPC - also known as Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
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HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
No. of offices4
No. of lawyers330
No. of employees720
Major practice areasGeneral Practice
Key peopleJames Miller
(Managing Partner)
Oliver Bray
(Senior Partner)
RevenueGreen Arrow Up.svg £110.1 million (2019/2020)
Profit per equity partner£424,000 (2019/20)
Date founded1898 (London)
Company typeLLP
Websitewww.rpc.co.uk

RPC (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) is a corporate and insurance law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has been named Law Firm of the Year three times since 2014, and Best Legal Adviser every year since 2009. RPC is synonymous with insurance, having supported the sector in doing business throughout the world for over 60 years.

RPC provides a wide spectrum of legal services to global businesses across a wide range of industry sectors and practices including commercial litigation, construction, corporate/M&A, employment and pensions, engineering and projects, insurance, IP and technology, media, outsourcing, real estate, regulatory, and tax and competition. It is ranked in Tier One for Dispute Resolution:Mid-Market [2], and has niche expertise in media, particularly defamation.[1]

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.[2] The current senior partner is commercial partner Oliver Bray.[3]

RPC has offices in London, Bristol, Singapore and Hong Kong. The firm is the only English member of , a global network of legal experts in more than 150 law firms across 100 jurisdictions.[4]

History[]

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.

Main practice areas[]

Main areas of practice are:

  • Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
  • Commercial & Regulatory
  • Competition
  • Construction, Engineering & Projects
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Corporate Insurance
  • Education
  • Employment, Pensions & Incentives
  • Financial Disputes
  • Insurance & Reinsurance
  • Intellectual Property, Technology & Outsourcing
  • International Trade
  • Marine
  • Media
  • Professions
  • Real Estate & Planning
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Shipping
  • Tax (including Tax Disputes)

Corporate social responsibility[]

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,[5] the TARGET Chances diversity initiative[6] and the BPP Diversity Access Scheme [7] The firm is also a member of Stonewall,[8] and Interlaw,[9] both of which are aimed at supporting equality for gay, lesbian and bisexual employees in the workplace.

References[]

  1. ^ "Lawyer and Law Firm Rankings – Chambers and Partners". chambersandpartners.com. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Daniel, Kulcsar (25 June 2020). "RPC Appoints Oliver Bray as its new Senior Partner". Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ "TerraLex". terralex.org. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  5. ^ Limitless London Mentoring Scheme Archived 2008-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ TARGET Chances diversity initiative Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Professional Education And University Courses | | BPP Diversity Access Scheme". bpp.com. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  8. ^ "Stonewall's Diversity Champions Programme". stonewall.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  9. ^ Interlaw Interlaw Archived 2009-08-01 at the Wayback Machine

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