RPC has completed a redundancy consultation within its construction and projects practice, following the collapse of major client Carillion earlier this year.

The redundancies only affect a small number of lawyers and come as a direct result of the loss of work following the construction giant's high-profile insolvency this January.

An RPC spokesperson said: "We can confirm that after a short consultancy period we have had to make a small number of redundancies in our construction and projects team. This regrettable move is as a result of the impact of the unfortunate collapse of Carillion, one of the team's major clients.

"Our priority now is to support our people through what is undoubtedly a difficult period and as such we will not be making any further comment on ongoing staff matters."

Prior to the insolvency of the Wolverhampton-based construction giant, RPC was one of a number of firms on its panel, which also included magic circle firms Slaughter and May and Linklaters, as well as DLA Piper and Clyde & Co.

The final parliamentary inquiry report into the collapse accused law firms including Slaughters, CC and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer of "squeezing fee income" from the company as it collapsed amid "recklessness, hubris and greed".

Other law firms to have made redundancies during the past 12 months include Pinsent Masons, which cut 78 UK legal personal assistant roles in November, and Hogan Lovells, which eliminated 54 London business services jobs as part of a restructuring that has seen support roles moved to lower-cost centres in Johannesburg, Louisville and Birmingham.