Richard is a highly experienced commercial disputes lawyer.
He has a pragmatic, commercial approach to the resolution of disputes and his clients benefit from his advice and experience in formulating creative strategies at all stages of their disputes. In his 25 year career, he has represented clients in disputes across a wide range of sectors and spanning all the major jurisdictions.
Richard advises clients in bringing and defending claims for breach of contract, shareholder and corporate disputes, debt claims and asset tracing. His primary focus is the resolution of complex cross border disputes in the media, finance, energy and telecommunications sectors. He is currently acting for clients in the TMC, Real Estate, Lifesciences and Infrastructure sectors.
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Richard specialises in international commercial arbitration, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, with a focus on cross border disputes in the media, banking, finance, insolvency, energy and telecommunications sectors.
He has represented clients in arbitrations conducted under all the major institutional rules (ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL) and other ad hoc arbitrations. He also sits as an arbitrator (as sole arbitrator and as member of tribunals), appointed direct by parties and by the arbitral institutions, and is accredited as a mediator by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). He regularly writes about and speaks on topics of current interest in the international arbitration world.
