Areas of expertise
Recent work
Richard is a partner in our Corporate and M&A Group, advising a broad range of clients on international transactions and advisory matters. He has particular expertise in mergers, acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures.
Richard is also part of the firm’s ESG Group, regularly advising clients on environmental and climate-related regulation.
Highlights include advising:
Public M&A
- Authentic Brands Group on its acquisition of Ted Baker
- ContourGlobal on its acquisition by KKR
- Fortress Investment Group on its contested offer for Morrisons
- GW Pharma on its acquisition by Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Japan Industrial Partners on its acquisition of Toshiba
- Shell on its acquisition of BG Group
- Sophos on its acquisition by Thoma Bravo
- Takeaway.com on its contested acquisition of Just Eat
Private M&A
- Abrdn on the sale of its insurance business to Phoenix
- Arrow Global on the sale of two loan servicing platforms to Intrum
- Ascential on its strategic review and the subsequent sales of its digital commerce business to Omnicom, and of its product design business to Apax Partners
- BHP on the sale of a minority stake in Cerrejón, a coal mining operation in Colombia, to Glencore
- Bunzl on the acquisition of Nisbets from multiple sellers
- ContourGlobal on the sale of nine hydro-electric power plants in Brazil to Pátria Investments
- Daily Mail on its proposed printing joint venture with News UK
- Davidson Kempner on the acquisition of Jojo Maman Bébé from multiple sellers, in partnership with Next
- GSK on its three-part transaction with Novartis, which involved the acquisition of Novartis’ vaccines business, the sale of GSK’s oncology business, and the creation of a consumer healthcare joint venture
- Vodafone on the proposed merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK, and the sale of Vodafone Hungary to 4iG and Corvinus
Other
- Aviva on the impact of Covid-19 on its general insurance business
- Shell on the simplification of its corporate structure
- Standard Chartered on the launch of its cryptocurrency trading venture in partnership with BC Group
- Vodafone on its network-sharing agreements with Virgin Media O2 in the UK
- Various corporates on equity and debt capital raises, including Ascential, Countrywide and Drax
- Various corporates on environmental and climate-related matters
- Various insurers on reorganisations and transfers of business in preparation for Brexit