About RPC
At RPC, you can be you. In an environment that’s real. Strikingly real.
If you value character over conformity, the unique over the uniform, and ambition over apathy, let’s talk.
For us, success comes from building real-life relationships. Real-life relationships with our clients as much as our people. And it comes from thinking creatively to achieve the best commercial solutions. We thrive in an environment that’s collaborative, forward-thinking and where you’re free to express your personality. An environment that allows you to make the most of your strengths.
Our lawyers are market leaders. Our clients are often household names. And together we achieve award-winning results. Results that have seen RPC regularly voted amongst the best for commercial advice.
Our business is built on mutual respect and trust. That’s where you come in. From day one, you’ll have contact with our Partners; you'll have contact with clients; and you'll be given real responsibility. As a Trainee, you could be assisting with large-scale global disputes, or offering business-critical commercial advice.
You’ll have the opportunity to get involved across a range of business sectors and practices, including insurance, commercial litigation, construction, corporate/M&A, IP and technology, retail, commercial contracts, media, real estate, employment and pensions, outsourcing, regulatory, tax, international trade and competition.
But you won't be left to fend for yourself, you’ll receive first-rate training. You'll be able to develop your skills and you'll be encouraged to use your creativity to solve complex problems. We're agile and flexible, and that's reflected in our approach to our Trainees. You can choose to spend time in a wide variety of practice areas supporting a range of dynamic sectors. And not just in London, with training contracts, placements and schemes on offer in Bristol, Hong Kong and Singapore, too.
Our award-winning Summer Schemes are as much about you experiencing life with us, as us experiencing working with you. Over two weeks you'll get real exposure to real work in a real-life environment. Fully integrated into our teams, you'll get to know the people from the get-go. If you're just after a snapshot of life in our law firm, we also offer Insight Days where you can shadow, network, and experience our culture first hand. What's more, all of our Summer Schemes and Insight Days can be delivered virtually. You will experience the same RPC environment and culture, just online.
Along with a competitive annual salary, you’ll be offered a creative and comprehensive package of benefits. We’re all unique. And that’s why RPC’s benefits package is, too. We respect we’re all real people with passions, families and lives away from our desks. So we offer you the chance to tailor your benefits, offering choice and flexibility to everyone who works here. Our benefits package covers almost everything, from wellness festivals and social events, to extra annual leave, and family and wealth-related rewards.
So, if you’re a creative thinker who wants a career in a firm that values personality as much as professionalism, we want to hear from you.
Employee profiles
Elizabeth Zang –
My Path to RPC
I read law at the University of Oxford, where there was a strong focus on the academic side of the law, before undertaking the LPC at the University of Law, where I got to...
View profileSarah Herniman –
I was initially drawn to RPC's "Strikingly Real" marketing campaign whilst researching law firms. I thought their message that lawyers are encouraged to bring their "whole self" to work was really...
View profileEla Broderick-Basar –
Prior to joining RPC, I was a commercial paralegal in-house for three years. I first came across RPC when the Commercial, Technology and Outsourcing Team (CTO Team) assisted my in-house team with...
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Career and life lessons from RPC's training principal
There are a variety of factors that influence career decisions, but for me it has always come down to whether I enjoy what I do. My advice for aspiring trainees is: if your career ever turns into just a job, pause and reflect. It may be that you are in the wrong type of law or at the wrong firm for you – or it might be that you should consider switching to do something else.
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