RPC promotes 10 new Partners to its Partnership in annual promotion round

Law firm RPC will be promoting 10 lawyers to its Partnership in 2022 spanning a broad range of contentious and non-contentious practices

The promotion of 10 new Partners brings RPC's global partnership tally to 123 – an increase of 14 since May 2021

In addition, the firm has promoted three lawyers to Of Counsel

International law firm RPC is announcing the promotion of 10 lawyers to its global Partnership and three to Of Counsel, effective 1 May 2022.

The spread in promotions is reflective of strong growth seen across all of RPC's key sectors including Insurance, Retail, Tech and Media.

The new Partners are:

• Sarah Mountain, IP and Technology / Commercial Group, London
• Sian Morgan, General Liability & Medical / Insurance Group, Bristol 
• George Smith, Professional & Financial Risks / Insurance Group, Bristol
• Alex Vakil, Media / Commercial Group, London
• Charlotte Henschen, Commercial and Banking Litigation / Commercial Group, London
• Ed Colville, Corporate / Commercial Group, London
• Alex Wilson, Media / Commercial Group, London
• Fiona Hahlo, General Liability & Medical / Insurance Group, Bristol
• Alex Almaguer, Political Risk & Casualty / Insurance Group, London
• Felicity Strong, Construction / Insurance Group, London

The firm is also announcing three promotions to Of Counsel: Whitney Simpson, Matthew Evans and Melanie Musgrave.

RPC Managing Partner James Miller commented: "Helping our people achieve their ambitions is a core part of our strategy and integral to helping us to continue to deliver best in class client service. 

"All 13 individuals – which include six men and seven women – have already contributed a great deal to the firm by exemplifying genuine commitment to collegiality and collaboration.

"As a firm we have bold plans and the ambition to continue to grow the business. We have added 14 new Partners to the global Partnership over the last 12 months, demonstrating that growth is singularly focused on ensuring we have the talent we need to support all of our clients' commercial needs, whether opportunities and challenges."

In recent months, the firm has hired a number of new Partners including Rathi Thiagamoorthy, William Hogarth, Lucy Dyson and Peter Kwon.