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 a member of our Sustainability practice and regularly advises 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 offer for Morrisons
- GW Pharma on its acquisition by Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Japan Industrial Partners on its offer for Toshiba
- Shell on its acquisition of BG Group
- Sophos on its acquisition by Thoma Bravo
- Takeaway.com on its 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
- BHP on the sale of a minority stake in Cerrejón, a coal mining operation in Colombia, to Glencore
- Booking Holdings on the acquisition of Etraveli Group from CVC Capital Partners
- ContourGlobal on the sale of nine hydro-electric power plants in Brazil to Pátria Investments
- 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 joint venture with Virgin Media O2
- 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