Our websites use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer (or internet-enabled device) by websites you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work and to improve their efficiency, as well as to provide website usage information to the website owner.

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our websites in order to help us to improve your experience when you browse our websites. For example, they allow you to navigate between pages efficiently and to log in to areas of the websites for which you choose to register.

What cookies do we use?

Our websites use three kinds of cookie (using categories suggested in the International Chamber of Commerce UK's ("ICC") Cookie guide): Strictly necessary cookies, Performance cookies and Functionality cookies.

For more information on these categories, please see the ICC's Cookie guide.

Strictly necessary cookies

These are essential to enable you to move around our websites and to allow the features of the sites to work correctly. Without these, services you request – such as navigating between pages – cannot be provided.

We use the following strictly necessary cookies on all our websites, unless specified otherwise:

Cookie NameDescription
next-auth.session-tokenThe main session token cookie—used to store/authenticate the user's session.
next-auth.callback-urlUsed to remember the URL the user should be redirected to after sign-in/sign-out.
next-auth.csrf-tokenCSRF protection token cookie.
next-auth.pkce.code_verifierFor PKCE OAuth flows—stores code_verifier temporarily (expires in ~15 minutes).
next-auth.stateStores OAuth state parameter during sign-in flows (expires ~15 minutes).
next-auth.nonceStores a nonce for OIDC flows.
Performance cookies/technologies

These enable us to collect information about how you use our websites or read our publications, for instance which pages are viewed by visitors most frequently. All information collected in this way is used to improve how our websites work or the effectiveness of our client publications.

We do not currently use performance cookies on our website.

Functionality cookies

These cookies record information about choices you have made and allow us to remember your preferences. If you are known to us and we hold your details, we may use this information to help us build up your profile based on your web journey, and choices. For example, if you access our website from a link in an email we sent to you, these cookies will allow us to track your web journey.

We use Mapbox cookies on our website to provide interactive map functionality. Mapbox may set cookies to enable map rendering, track map interactions, and improve performance of the mapping services.

Third Party websites

Our websites link through to third party websites (including, for example for the delivery of podcasts) which may also use cookies over which we have no control. We recommend that you check the relevant third party's privacy policies for information about any cookies which may be used.

Consent to Cookies

If you continue to use our website we will assume that you are happy to receive all cookies from our website. However, if you would prefer to change your cookie settings, you can do so at any time—see below 'Control'.

Control

Most browsers automatically accept cookies unless you change your internet browser settings. If you wish to restrict, block or delete the cookies which are set by any of our websites, you can generally do this through your browser settings. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. If you set your internet browser preferences to block all cookies, you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

If you delete cookies relating to this website we will not remember things about you, including your cookie preferences, and you will be treated as a first-time visitor the next time you visit the site.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit allaboutcookies.org.

Changes

We may need to update this Cookie Policy in the future and so encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are using cookies. This cookie policy was last updated November 2025.

Further information

You can find more information about cookies at: allaboutcookies.org.

If you are an EU resident for more detailed information about the cookies used on this website, including providers, purposes, and retention, please see our Privacy Notice.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Cookie Policy, please email rswebsite@reedsmith.com.