Areas of expertise
Recent work
Richard has a broad cross-sectoral corporate and commercial practice, acting for a range of domestic and international clients. He has particular expertise in public M&A, private M&A, joint ventures, commercial transactions, capital markets and company law.
Richard also advises on environmental and climate-related regulation, with a focus on nature and natural capital.
Highlights include advising:
- Abrdn on various matters, including the sale of its insurance business to Phoenix
- Authentic Brands Group on its cash offer for Ted Baker
- Aviva on various matters, including the impact of Covid-19 on its general insurance business
- BHP on the sale of its minority stake in Cerrejón, a coal mining operation in Colombia
- Booking Holdings on its acquisition of Etraveli Group
- ContourGlobal on the sale of nine Brazilian hydro-electric power plants
- Fortress on its cash offer for Morrisons
- GSK on its three-part inter-conditional 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
- GW Pharma on its cash and share acquisition by Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Shell on various matters, including the simplification of its share structure and its cash and share acquisition of BG Group
- Sophos on its cash acquisition by Thoma Bravo
- Standard Chartered on the launch of its cryptocurrency trading venture in partnership with BC Group
- Takeaway.com on its all-share combination with Just Eat
- Vodafone on various matters, including its mobile network sharing arrangements with Virgin Media O2 in the UK
- Various corporates on equity and debt capital raises, including Ascential, Countrywide and Drax
- Various insurers on reorganisations and transfers of business in preparation for Brexit