RPC was named the 'Best Law Firm for Client Secondments' at the Legal Cheek Awards 2025. This recognition highlights the firm's commitment to providing its trainee lawyers with meaningful opportunities to work closely with clients in-house. Offering invaluable secondments both nationally and overseas – from the UK to Hong Kong and Singapore – lawyers from RPC have gained hands-on experience across the firm's wide range of sectors, including Financial Services, Insurance and Reinsurance, Professional Practices, Retail & Consumer, and Technology, Media & Telecoms. Over the past year, RPC trainees have benefited from international exposure, client secondments, and high-profile work, equipping them with a well-rounded foundation. Emma Randles, Head of Client Services at RPC, commented: "We are delighted to be recognised as the Best Firm for Client Secondments. This award reflects the breadth and depth of our secondment opportunities for trainees across the full spectrum of our sectors. These placements offer brilliant experiences, enabling our trainees to work closely with in-house teams and gain a deeper understanding of our clients' businesses. They allow us not only to build the next generation of talent, but also to bring fresh insight back into the firm – helping us deliver even stronger, more connected client experiences."
We've been named Legal Team of the Year at the 2025 Women's Football Awards! This recognition reflects a landmark year for our Sports Group who have been at the heart of some of the biggest developments in women’s football, from representing all of the participating clubs in the formation of WPLL, to advising the league on the record-breaking title partnership with Barclays, media rights deals Sky and the BBC, and more. This award is a testament to our long-term commitment to supporting women’s sport.
We are proud to share the promotion of three new Partners and six Of Counsel, effective 1 May 2025. The promotions reinforce an RPC commitment to recognising and investing in its exceptional people and practices – ensuring the firm continues to deliver outstanding service and commercial solutions for its clients around the world.
We were proudly named the 'Best Law Firm for Client Secondments' at the Legal Cheek Awards 2025. This recognition highlights the firm's commitment to providing its trainee lawyers with meaningful opportunities to work closely with clients in-house.
We are delighted to share that we have been named finalists in the Asian Legal Business SE Asia Law Awards 2025 across four key categories: 🏆 Rising Law Firm of the Year 🏆 Transactional Boutique Law Firm of the Year 🏆 Managing Partner of the Year (Singapore) – Navin Joseph Lobo 🏆 Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) – Carmel Green Huge congratulations to Carmel, Navin, and the teams who have received recognition for their hard work and dedication 👏
We are proud to share that five RPC lawyers have been recognised in the Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers 2025 list! With more than 20,000 senior in-house counsel contributing to the selection process, this recognition is a testament to the outstanding service and trusted advice our lawyers provide. Congratulations to: 🏆 Alexandra Anderson 🏆 Richard Breavington 🏆 Patrick Brodie 🏆 William Hogarth 🏆 Peter Kwon
We are excited to announce that we have been appointed as the exclusive legal services provider to London Mavericks Netball. Joshua Charalambous says: "𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘉𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴." We are looking forward to supporting London Mavericks journey on and off the court.
RPC has advised Frasers Group on its landmark partnership with MAP Active, a major step in the retail group’s international growth strategy. The agreement will see Sports Direct enter five new markets across Southeast Asia and India, with plans to launch over 350 stores across the region.
International law firm RPC has been appointed as the exclusive legal services provider to Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR), the top tier of women’s club rugby in England, for the next two seasons.
International law firm RPC has been recognised at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025, winning Deal of the Year and the Wellbeing Award. The firm was also shortlisted for Deal of the Year (MOH Nippon), Customer Focus, Sustainability, Knowledge Management, and Marketing & Business Development, reflecting the depth of expertise, innovation, and client-focused excellence across the firm.
