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England - London • Risk advisory

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ESG

RPC is notable for the breadth of its ESG practice. Team lead Kelly Thomson focuses on employment matters and workplace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Ciara Cullen leverages her consumer brands and retail expertise to serve as a key contact on product regulatory issues and the build-out of circular economy projects. Sophie Tuson focuses on corporate sustainability reporting, climate-related disclosures, and green claims risk within the retail, consumer brands, publishing, advertising, and digital media sectors.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • RPC is incredibly easy to work with. They consistently combine strong technical expertise with a very pragmatic, commercial approach. They have taken the time to really understand our business and our needs, so their advice is always commercially grounded and aligned with what we’re trying to achieve.
  • I worked most frequently with Kelly Thomson. Thomson is truly terrific - a skilled and smart lawyer who is committed to worthy goals. She clearly cares not only about her clients but also about her field and her colleagues. She's innovative and determined, and she is a credit to RPC. I would eagerly work with her without hesitation.
  • We’ve had great engagement from Sophie Tuson on green claims and ESG matters, who has worked hard to keep us in the loop on relevant industry-related developments.
  • Energetic and proactive, with great expertise and client care. Always seeking innovative ways to advise clients and engage key industry players.
  • Sophie Tuson, Ciara Cullen, Kelly Thomson, and Katie Horn-Summers are extremely approachable and have demonstrated good collaboration.

Key clients

  • Greenpeace
  • The Deposit Management Organisation for the UK Deposit Return Scheme ("Exchange for Change")

Work highlights

Acting as the key legal adviser to Exchange for Change, the scheme administrator for the new UK Deposit Return Scheme for single-use drink containers.
Acting on high-profile and precedent-setting ESG litigation, including acting for Greenpeace in multi-million-dollar litigation against Shell.
Acted for a major insurer and financial services firm on a root cause investigation into multiple SMCR and FSMA breaches arising from unlawful appointments to regulated roles.
Practice head

Kelly Thomson

Other key lawyers

Oliver Bray; Ciara Cullen; Sophie Tuson