Commercial Contracts lawyers

Riccardo Geiser

Riccardo Geiser is a Partner in the Corporate/M&A Team. In addition to M&A transactions, his practice focuses on corporate law/finance/restructurings and commercial contracts in both domestic and international settings. He advises clients ranging from start-ups to established SMEs and listed companies. As a member of the firm’s dedicated Italian Desk, he provides legal advice to clients with Italian heritage on their business endeavors in Switzerland.

ALTENBURGER LTD legal + tax

Riccardo Giojelli

Counsel

Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati

Riccardo Lonardi

Riccardo Lonardi is a Director of PwC Legal & Tax Italy. He has over 14 years of experience in M&A, private equity and venture capital, advising on complex transactions across the middle market and cross-border landscape. Riccardo provides comprehensive legal support on buy-side and sell-side transactions, coordinating multidisciplinary teams on both domestic and international deals. His sector expertise spans industrial, consultancy, and transport/logistics. He has developed a strong specialisation in advising start-ups and venture capital operators on investment rounds, with particular focus on early-stage financing instruments, including SAFE agreements. He regularly assists clients in the drafting and negotiation of SPAs, investment agreements, shareholders' agreements and joint venture arrangements. Additionally, Riccardo provides ongoing corporate and commercial support to portfolio companies, including the negotiation of complex commercial contracts. He has participated as a Lecturer at academic institutions for several courses in the field of Italian Corporate Law and M&A.

PwC Legal & Tax Italy

Riccardo Sismondi

Partner of the Commercial, Corporate and M&A Department

LCA Studio Legale

Riccardo Ventura

Partner

LMS Studio Legale

Richard Allingham

Partner

Hill Dickinson LLP

Richard Baker

I am a construction and engineering lawyer with wide ranging experience of contract drafting and dispute resolution. I have previously worked in-house at the contractor, Taylor Woodrow (now part of Vinci) and at US consultant, AECOM, where I gained an insider’s perspective on the industry. I have acted for developers, contractors, consultants and public bodies on a wide range of projects undertaken in the UK and abroad. This has involved giving strategic advice at the start of a project (procurement, risk analysis, drafting of contracts, framework agreements, bonds warranties and other ancillary documents), providing ad hoc commercial guidance as the project progresses, through to resolving, where required, complex disputes via negotiation, mediation, adjudication, arbitration and litigation. Examples of contract drafting include: Strategic review of a developer’s approach to procurement, including drafting a suite of bespoke contracts and amendments; All aspects of the construction procurement for a multi-phase, award-winning residential scheme including a bespoke contract “call-down” agreement; Coordinated procurement of contractor and large consultant team for a major hotel/ residential development; Risk appraisal of consultant appointments and frameworks for domestic and international projects in oil & gas, urban master-planning, aerotropolis and hotel developments. Examples of dispute experience include: Successful defence of three concurrent adjudication claims, including defeating one on the ground of the adjudicator’s lack of jurisdiction; Successful defence (following mediation) at a TCC trial of a claim by the production architect on a flagship regeneration project, arising from a letter of intent; Concurrent arbitrations up and down the contract chain against an employer and a subcontractor, arising from complex concrete defects in the diaphragm walling of the A406; Obtaining trial judgment in client’s favour in relation to claims arising from his oral contract for hotel renovation works.

Shoosmiths

Richard Beavan

Richard has been a corporate & commercial lawyer since 1998. He has extensive experience of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity, joint ventures, corporate and share capital reorganisations, investment funds, directors’ duties, corporate governance and a wide range of commercial contracts. Richard acts for entrepreneurs, investors, owner-managed companies, family businesses and management teams.

Boodle Hatfield LLP

Richard Corran

Richard’s expertise is in dealing with substantial, complex litigation matters, predominantly in the Chancery Division in the High Court. He has a deserved reputation for excellence in handling shareholder disputes, public contract procurement challenges and complex contractual issues. Richard has particular expertise in seeking injunctive relief to protect clients’ interests on a pre-emptive basis. After over 30 years’ experience of dealing with commercial contentious matters, Richard moved to the Knowledge Management and Library team in 2024. He now supports the litigation departments in achieving excellence in litigation practice. Reported cases Harlow v Aspect Contracts Ltd 2020 WL 02621416 [2020] EWHC 1488 (TCC) 116 Cardamon Ltd v (1) Alan Ramsay MacAlister (2) Birgitt Alice MacAlister (2019) [2019] EWHC 1200 (Comm) QBD (Comm) (Cockerill J) 14/05/2019 Joseph Gleave & Son Limited v Secretary of State for Defence [2017] EWHC 238 (TCC). Transport for Greater Manchester v Thales Transport & Security Ltd [2013] All ER (D) 41 (Jan) and [2012] EWHC 3717 (TCC) Celtec v Astley [2006] UKHL 29 and C-478/03 (ECJ) Bradford & Bingley v Ross [2005] EWCA Civ 394 (Banking and finance; mortgage claims; sale to associated company at undervalue) Bruce Cook v Vehicle Inspectorate [1999] House of Lords on appeal from the Divisional Court Recent Directory quotes 2024 Legal 500 "Richard Corran is clear sighted and authoritative in his approach". 2023 Legal 500 "Richard Corran is a fantastic, cool-headed dispute resolution lawyer who uses all of the knowledge and experience he has built up in his career to get the best possible outcome in any given situation". 2021 Legal 500 "Richard Corran, who counts corporate litigation and restrictive covenant actions among his areas of specialism" 2020 Legal 500 - "Other key partners include....Manchester Office Head Richard Corran" 2019 Legal 500 Regional Office Head Richard Corran is “very able" 2018 Legal 500 the "pragmatic" Richard Corran “takes a tough line against opponents" 2017 Legal 500 "Other key figures include Richard Corran" 2016 Legal 500 "Richard Corran is recommended".

Weightmans LLP

Richard Grey

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Richard Hill

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Richard Marke

Richard is a Partner and Head of the Corporate and Commercial team at Bates Wells. He has a broad range of commercial contract and related experience - with particular expertise in technology contracts, outsourcing, the licensing and acquisition of all forms of intellectual property and contracts in the sports, life sciences and media sectors. Richard also advises clients on related regulatory issues such as data privacy law, Bribery Act compliance and consumer law.

Bates Wells

Richard Parkinson

Richard is a partner and head of the firm's commercial contracts team. He joined JMW from national law firm Pinsent Masons in August 2014 having spent 12 years there. Richard has experience of advising clients on a wide range of commercial matters including key long term supply agreements and outsourcing agreements assisting clients to maximise value from key relationships. He has advised clients on a variety of methods to get product and services to market including the establishment of strategic partnerships, the appointment of agents and distributors and the establishment of franchise networks. Richard also advises clients on the associated consumer issues including sales promotions and consumer protection legislation. Richard regularly advises clients in relation to IT contracts including SaaS arrangements, the procurement of hardware and development of software. He also advises clients in relation to the commercialisation of their intellectual property. He also has wide experience in the recruitment sector, Recent experience includes: advising on the structuring of and documentation in relation to the pilot for the national parking platform, advising a leading provider of engineering maintenance services in relation to a long term framework agreement for maintenance services for a major fast food provider, advising a new entrant to the UK hotels market on their contracting suite (including management terms and terms for customers) and advising a fast growing sports apparel business in relation to a variety of partnering agreements with global sporting brands.

JMW Solicitors LLP

Richard Todd

Partner; Richard is a member of our infrastructure, energy and natural resources practice. He specialises in the project aspects (including concession arrangements, joint ventures, engineering, construction and operation and maintenance) of major international and domestic assets and transactions, with a particular focus on infrastructure and energy (traditional and renewables). He is a member of the steering committee for the energy and infrastructure stream at the firm and is also an active member of the firm’s commercial contracts and Africa advisory teams. Richard’s key clients include market-leading project sponsors and developers, pension funds, infrastructure and energy funds and governments.

Slaughter and May

Richard Wells

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Rick Cornelissen

Partner (Competition / EU and Litigation)

Houthoff

Rikki Bagatell

Partner

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Riku Rauhanen

Riku Rauhanen is a Senior Associate in our Commercial and Privacy & Data Protection groups in Helsinki, where he works with our local and international clients advising them on data protection, other data regulation, and commercial contracts. Riku has extensive experience in providing legal advice on various data protection issues. His work covers all aspects of privacy and data protection law, including negotiating data processing agreements, carrying out data protection impact assessments and implementing multijurisdictional data protection projects. He has advised a wide variety of clients from public bodies to multinational technology companies on data protection law. In addition to privacy and data protection, Riku also specialises in other data regulation. His particular area of interest is the EU's artificial intelligence regulation. Riku is part of Bird & Bird's global network of AI experts. In addition to data-related councelling, Riku also provides guidance on contract law issues. He has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating different types of contracts as well as supporting clients with interpreting contracts and resolving contract-related conflicts.

Bird & Bird

Rim Tazi

Rim Tazi is of-counsel in the Casablanca office and has 14 years of experience in Moroccan law, including the following areas: corporate and commercial law, contract/distribution law, international investments. EXPERTISE IN CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW Rim is regularly involved in structuring international investments and advises clients on the implementation of these investments and the negotiation of complex contracts. Corporate law Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Joint-Ventures; Corporate restructuring; Commercial contracts/Distribution Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial contracts: purchase/sale, services contracts, sub-contracting, franchising, exclusive and selective distribution, commercial agent, licensing, business contributor contracts, etc.; Terms and conditions for the termination of commercial relations: abrupt termination, abusive termination; etc. Rim usually advises major institutional and financial groups, Moroccan and international (mainly French and Anglo-Saxon), as well as Moroccan administrations and para-public entities.

UGGC Africa

Rita Kaufmann

Partner - Head of Corporate

Bin Sevan Advocates & Legal Consultants

Rita Pérez

Associate

Tactic Legal

Rita Spalding

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Rob Bratby

Managing Partner of Bratby Law, a specialist English law firm advising on UK telecoms regulation, data protection, payments regulation and transactions. Over 30 years' experience spanning the UK telecoms regulator (Oftel/Ofcom), senior in-house operator roles and partnership at international law firms. Rob advises regulated businesses, investors and technology companies on UK regulatory and commercial matters across four practice areas: Telecoms Regulation: Ofcom engagement, enforcement defence, General Conditions, numbering, switching, spectrum, access, interconnection, Telecommunications Security Act compliance. The practice is grounded in direct experience at Oftel. Data Protection: UK GDPR, DPIAs, controller/processor analysis, international transfers, privacy frameworks, data protection for AI-enabled products, ICO engagement and enforcement. Payments Regulation: PSRs 2017, FCA/PSR, open banking, commercial variable recurring payments, scheme governance, DORA. Rob serves as General Counsel to UK Payments Initiative Limited, the industry body developing the UK's commercial account-to-account payments scheme. Transactions: Commercial contracts, JV structuring, shareholder agreements, network-sharing, MVNO, infrastructure, subsea cable, platform, cloud, SaaS and complex corporate transactions. Clients work with Rob through direct legal advice, specialist co-counsel or fractional general counsel engagements.

Bratby Law

Rob Rust

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC