Professional services
Finance
Today, every effort is needed to unite and protect both people and planet. Organisations are faced with increasing regulatory and stakeholder pressure to disclose details about their operational activities. RSK has more than 30 years of experience in supporting the financial sector, including commercial and investment banks, export credit agencies, asset managers and private equity, with a range of environmental; health; safety; environmental, social and governance (ESG); and engineering services. Our services range from detailed due diligence assignments for transactions to portfolio company support and are designed to enhance opportunities to create value for our clients and beyond.
Legal
RSK has more than 30 years’ experience in supporting its clients during corporate transactions and at public inquiries and acting as an expert witness in criminal and civil cases. Our highly trained and knowledgeable people can provide expert witness evidence under robust questioning. We can support clients if planning applications are disputed or during civil or criminal cases to help solve litigation issues and get to the root of the issue at hand. RSK’s wide-ranging expertise can help with straightforward or complex problems, including due diligence, ecology and rural sciences, health and safety, land contamination, geotechnics and engineering (including a dedicated materials team covering construction disputes and concrete failures), environmental impact assessments and environmental or health and safety compliance.
RSK’s support for the legal and professional services sector spans across contentious and non-contentious environmental; health; safety; environmental, social and governance; and engineering issues. Whether we are working as expert witnesses on criminal, civil or planning matters or completing technical due diligence assignments as part of merger and acquisition projects, we engage our group-wide expertise to provide you with an efficient and wide-ranging service.
A single source for multiple solutions
Our expert witness services are informed by more than 100 experts with real-life experience, acting on civil or criminal cases, supported by a team of more than 11,000 specialists. Unlike other UK-based consultancies, our expert witnesses are technical specialists involved in the day-to-day work of their specific disciplines. What’s more, our experts work on practical issues daily and understand changes to policy and best practices.
From a due diligence perspective on merger and acquisition and divestment projects, RSK supports its clients in implementing solutions to enhance investment returns by enabling them to move from basic compliance through to a more mature proposition of value enhancement for continual improvement or help them to protect the value of their assets.
The level of investigation RSK undertakes is tailored to the needs of the proposed transaction. RSK works with direct company investors, technical advisers and legal counsels to manage liabilities, protect the value of investments and develop opportunities to create value in transactions. RSK can provide everything required to conclude due diligence assignments quickly, accurately and cost-effectively.
Learn more about our due diligence servicesWe employ dedicated experts with real-life experience working on criminal and civil matters, who can provide evidence at planning inquiries. Our services range from engineering-led and construction disputes, building materials, ecology and rural sciences to health and safety and land contamination. We also provide planning and environmental impact assessment services to clients hoping to obtain planning consent.
Learn more about our expert witness servicesWe have been involved in several waste-related expert cases involving construction waste, industrial permitting and waste sites and a Crown Court case involving four operational waste processing sites.
Safety, health, environment and quality accreditations
RSK and its internal partners operate a quality management system certified to BS EN ISO 9001:2015, an environmental management system accredited to BS EN ISO 14001:2015 and a health and safety management system accredited to ISO 45001:2018.
Climate, ESG, and nature-based services
Read about the climate, nature and ESG services we provide to the financial services sector.
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