Financial professionals

Financial professionals turn to us when they need help defending claims, resolving disputes, and managing regulatory issues.

Our experience in this field is vast. We've defended claims against financial advisers and networks, discretionary investment and fund managers, pension trustees, administrators and actuaries, offshore trustees and corporate service providers.

We provide a full service offering to financial and pensions professionals and have lawyers specialising in key areas of the field. These include civil claims, Financial Ombudsman Service (FOC) complaints, s166 skilled persons reports, past business reviews and Pensions Ombudsman complaints.

Examples of work

Bringing judicial review proceedings against the FOS in R v Financial Ombudsman Service Limited

Acting for pension trustees in relation to a multi-million-pound claim arising out of alleged failure to equalise retirement ages and accrual errors

Advising on financial adviser networks' liability for appointed representatives' acts, including where those acts amount to fraud

Acting for various financial services firms and their insurers in dealing with investment claims and complaints, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) s166 reports and past business reviews

Advising offshore trustees and corporate service-providers in respect of a multi-million-pound dispute being litigated in Guernsey

Spotlights

They're practical and commercial about the billing.
Chambers UK 2019

RPC is 'notable for its experience in complex and challenging cases'. The team stands out for its insurance law expertise.
Legal 500 UK 2018

A core team of market leaders, headed by the globally renowned David Smyth.
Chambers Asia Pacific 2016

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I would single out RPC as they can handle anything. They have some really interesting work which they do extremely well.
Chambers UK 2016

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Our perspective

Pension Transfers – FCA provides an end of year report

Published on 14 December 2018. By Matthew Watson, Associate

As the end of the calendar year approaches the FCA's recent publication indicated that the regulator remains concerned as to the suitability of pension transfer advice. If the FCA's recent review was an end of term school report this would be best summed up as "could do much better".