Regulatory

Our ReAssure service rapidly deploys a crisis response team to help businesses effectively navigate crisis incidents – and avoid the pitfalls. Through one call ReAssure brings together experts from across RPC, providing access to legal and regulatory advice together with the very best of communication and public relations expertise. 

ReAssure provides support across throughout a crisis situation, to help you manage, investigate, resolve, and recover.

With the demand for transparency from customers, employees and the wider public, and the multiplying effect of social media, it is vital that the legal and communication strategies are coordinated to minimise the reputational impact and ensure a more effective response strategy.

Our track record of helping clients successfully control legal and PR risks combined with the depth of our regulatory expertise, ideally places ReAssure to help you respond effectively to regulatory crises including: 

• Dawn Raid: Raids need to be handled with care. If you receive a 'knock on the door', our lawyers are able to respond immediately to assist you during the raid itself. Our specialist teams have experience in managing and supervising dawn raids across all regulators. Some of our team previously carried out raids when working at a regulatory body which has given us an understanding of the strategy and decision-making processes adopted by the relevant regulator.


• Workplace accidents: If you're facing an investigation or enforcement activity in respect of a health and safety or environmental breach or incident, let us help you. We have an impressive track record in working with companies and individuals in cases involving the Health and Safety Executive, the Environment Agency, local authorities and the police. We'll provide expert advice and a sensitive support service following what could be an unfortunate or even tragic event.


• Investigation: The burden of potentially facing a regulatory or criminal investigation can be significant. If a regulator or enforcement agency has notified you of an investigation into your business – or you’re conducting your own for internal purposes – we’ll help guide you through it. We've built up an experienced team of solicitors and barristers that includes leaders in the field of corporate crime, former regulatory enforcement lawyers, and investigators, so we can help resolve issues quickly and pragmatically.


• Product recalls: We can help you deal with the compliance and liability issues arising from product development, product certification, and the marketing surrounding a new product launch. If you face a recall situation for an established product, we'll help you develop a strategy and work with PR consultants as part of the crisis management response team.

RPC's crisis response service is distinguished by the breadth of experience of its practitioners. Boasting one of the UK's most diverse crisis practices, its teams are seasoned in legal, regulatory and stakeholder engagement capabilities. 
Chambers: Crisis & Risk Management, 2021

"A key differentiator is their business focus. They insert themselves into the existing structure of a crisis and get stuck into the legal challenges, but with an appreciation that legal risk is not the sole challenge the clients face."
An RPC client