Commercial lawyers

Ricardo Moreno

Ricardo is a partner in the Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Department of the firm and co-leads the Tax Department. Ricardo represents and advises both local and international clients on a wide range of matters. These include merger and acquisition transactions, corporate and commercial law, as well as antitrust and consumer protection matters. While working as a full-time legal assistant at Alfaro Ferrer & Ramirez, Ricardo attended Santa María la Antigua University, where he graduated with honors (cum laude) in 2007. Subsequently, he pursued further studies at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., where he obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) with a concentration in Securities and Financial Regulation in 2008. After completing his LL.M., Ricardo worked at Fox Horan & Camerini in New York. There, he handled corporate and commercial transactions, supporting clients interested in Latin American business ventures. In 2009, he joined Alfaro Ferrer & Ramirez as an associate attorney and was promoted to partner in 2018.

Alfaro, Ferrer & Ramírez

Richard Armstrong

Partner

Arthur Cox Belfast

Richard Bailey

Partner

Ashtons Legal

Richard Baskind

Partner and head of Music. Specialising in all aspects of music and related businesses including established artists and songwriters, independent record labels, publishing companies and key industry executives, also experienced in handling music and related rights catalogue deals both from a commercial and corporate perspective. Key clients include major record companies and some of the most prominent independent publishing companies in the UK as well as many of the key executives within the industry.

Simons Muirhead Burton

Richard Blatchly

Richard is a Principal Associate within Shoosmiths' Commercial Team, based in the Birmingham office. Richard advises on a wide range of commercial matters, with a particular interest in technology, innovation and digital media. Richard works with a variety of clients across a wide range of industry sectors, ranging from start-up businesses through to multinational companies and his recent work experience includes: a long-term secondment to a global OEM: (i) advising on its R&D activities and academic engagements; and (ii) providing advice and support to its motorsport function; negotiating numerous collaboration agreements for multi-party, government funded automotive research projects; and negotiating a technology and title partnership agreement for a team in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship.

Shoosmiths LLP

Richard Buttigieg

Richard is a Partner at Hassans and a member of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial team and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Firm’s operating company. He specialises in setting up Gibraltar based businesses and operations and regularly advises Gibraltar and international High Net Worth Individuals on all aspects related to this. He enjoys a strong reputation as an approachable and hands-on lawyer who actively engages with clients and their business. His local corporate clients include the largest foreign exchange bureau, some of the largest wholesale businesses in Gibraltar and two of the country’s leading property developers. He also acts for Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar on a variety of matters including the negotiation and settlement of contracts and, for instance, advised the government on the vast contractual implications stemming from the implementation of a government wide IT system and on the setting up of the Gibraltar Business Nurturing Scheme. Separately, he has extensive experience with international corporate restructures and acquisitions and is proficient in transactional work involving the use of Gibraltar based vehicles, in particular, Gibraltar Limited Partnerships. In this field, Richard has worked on several acquisition finance transactions (including, for example, the largest European based property transaction in 2007), has been heavily involved in various high-profile re-financing deals concerning large public and multi-national companies and has led teams advising on all the Gibraltarian aspects of floating various companies in the London AIM stock exchange. He has co-authored several articles for diverse legal publications such as Butterworths, IFLR and the Centre for Legal Studies, has co-written the Gibraltar chapter on Siemens AG Anti-Bribery Risk Legislation and Practice and the chapter on Limited Partnerships in Tolleys/Tottels publication of Gibraltar: International Finance Centre. When not dealing with matters at Hassans, Richard also sits as a member of the Gibraltar Port Authority and the Gibraltar Transport Commission, as a trustee of Citizens Advice Bureau and the Gibraltar-based charity Kids Come First.

Hassans

Richard Clapham

Richard practised in a central London firm for over 10 years before joining our Corporate and Commercial Department in Godalming as a Partner He advises UK and overseas corporates, start-ups, trade associations and individuals with particular expertise in the following: Corporate: private company share and business acquisitions and disposals, joint venture and shareholder agreements, LLP agreements, share buy-back arrangements, bespoke articles of association, start-ups, associations and clubs, group reorganisation, board and staff share incentive schemes, and corporate governance. Corporate finance: facility agreements, debentures and personal guarantees. Commercial: sale of goods and supply of services agreements, IP licensing, blockchain technology terms, manufacturing, agency and distribution agreements, property development agreements and confidentiality agreements.

Downs Solicitors LLP

Richard Clegg

Partner, working throughout Central & Eastern Europe and South Eastern Europe. Richard has particular specialization and expertise across the regulated sectors, advising companies at board level on corporate and compliance matters, often in sensitive & strategic circumstances. His career experience includes advising on transaction, regulatory and compliance aspects of internationally significant infrastructure, telecom and energy matters.

Wolf Theiss

Richard Fens

DLA Piper

Richard Harney

Senior Partner, Kenya

Bowmans

Richard Johnson

Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Richard Jones

Richard is a partner in the corporate and commercial teams based primarily in our Cardiff office and is a member of our Business Support & Insolvency Team. Richard deals with a broad range of corporate matters, including acquisitions, disposals, investments, shareholder and joint venture agreements and restructuring together with general corporate matters for a wide variety of clients including listed companies, venture-capital backed management teams, PLC’s, SME’s and owner-managed businesses. He is experienced in advising insolvency practitioners – typically administrators – in connection with their appointment and the eventual sale of insolvent businesses.

Blake Morgan LLP

Richard Kauffmann

Lawyer / Cologne

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Richard Marron

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Richard Midgley

Partner

Moray & Agnew

Richard Omwela

Partner Richard Omwela has been in legal practice for over four decades and in that time he has developed an enviable breadth and depth of experience across all areas of commercial law practice. He consistently applies his expertise to provide his clients across all economic sectors with the highest quality of legal services. His practice also includes advising clients on competition law and regulation including mergers, acquisitions, assets sales, corporate restructuring and general regulatory advice in the financial services sectors.

Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews

Richard Plaistowe

Principal Associate

Mills & Reeve LLP

Richard Tibichrani

Junior Partner

Eldib Advocates

Richele Suwita

SummA Law Firm

Rikke Maria Falck Jensen

Partner

Accura Advokatpartnerselskab

Risto Sidok

Senior Associate

WALLESS

Rita Al Semaani Jansen

Rita is a highly experienced corporate and commercial law specialist with experience in the UAE and wider MENA region. She advises clients on corporate and commercial law including in relation to national and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring and franchising.

Watson Farley & Williams

Rita Beiroco

Rita is a founding partner of Unit LEGAL, formerly Espanha e Associados. She coordinates the Commercial and Corporate Law Department and is responsible for the data protection area. Rita has directed and managed a significant number of corporate restructuring operations for national and foreign clients. She also coordinates the commercial and corporate law team on M&A operations on both buyer and vendor sides, specifically in legal due diligences and the drafting and negotiation of contracts. She has also advised board members of national and foreign clients, particularly in the area of corporate governance, and with particular emphasis on the negotiation of shareholders’ agreements. Rita has also expanded her experience in the area of data protection and is currently responsible for the creation of the Commercial and Corporate Law Department’s team dedicated to issues related to this matter. She has advised clients on compliance with the applicable data protection legislation as well as on the implementation of the new rules. Additionally, in the past years she has acquired specific know-how in the area of health having several clients in this area.

Unit Legal – Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL

Rita Maltez

Partner

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