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TOWER BRIDGE HOUSE
ST KATHARINE'S WAY
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E1W 1AA
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Graham Reid
Work Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Position
Partner who specialises in all aspects of legal services, lawyers and law firms.
There are four main strands to Graham’s practice: the defence of negligence claims against lawyers; coverage advice for professional indemnity insurers of law firms; acting for lawyers in respect of regulatory and internal investigations and disciplinary proceedings; and non-contentious advisory work relating to the professional conduct of lawyers, risk management, law firm set-up, internal compliance arrangements, data breach incidents affecting law firms, and related issues.
Further specialist areas of experience include: legal professional privilege and its application to law firms and regulatory investigations; risks to client confidentiality; litigation funding, damages-based agreements and third party funding; referral fees and law firm networks; and regulatory reporting obligations.
Career
Self-employed barrister at Hailsham Chambers, 1992 – 2002; employed barrister with RPC from 2002 to date; Legal Director at RPC since 2011.
Memberships
Professional Negligence Bar Association; Appointments to various committees of the Bar Standards Boards (currently, Professional Conduct Committee).
Education
Oxford University (Magdalen College); City University; Inns of Court School of Law; Barrister, called 1993 (Middle Temple).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
RPC
‘s ‘professional discipline team has the resources and skills to handle the biggest cases‘. The team advises on the regulatory aspects of legal services, insolvency practitioners, architects and accountants. Graham Reid ‘stands out‘, while Robert Morris provides additional partner-level support. Senior associate Emma Wherry specialises in construction-related professional discipline.
London > Corporate and commercial > Partnership
Offering ‘great breadth and depth’ in partnership law, the ‘contemporary practice’ at RPC offers ‘talented’ lawyers that are ‘excellent client handlers’ with ‘technical expertise’ and experience in cross-border matters. Practice chair Patrick Brodie, who has a contentious and non-contentious practice, focuses on partnership terminations, mergers and corporate reorganisations. The team’s broad client roster includes architects, solicitors, accountants, actuaries and patent agents. Instructed on various matters affecting the legal service sector is the ‘technically astute’ Graham Reid, who offers extensive expertise in regulatory matters for professional services firms. The team expanded in January 2023 with the hires of the ‘good communicator’ and ‘technically solid’ Tom Wild from Mayer Brown International LLP and the ‘excellent, capable, down to earth’ Eleanor Kilner from Weightmans LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans