Lawyers in England

Richard Burrows

Richard has a broad practice across all fields of company and corporate law, including capital markets transactions, public takeovers, private capital raising and private acquisitions. With over 15 years of corporate law experience, Richard has acted for institutions and individuals in a variety of transactions across the corporate sphere. Much of Richard’s work has a cross-border element, and Richard spent nearly two years on secondment at a leading law firm in New York. Richard has a particular interest in tech and is co-head of our technology practice. With this broad background Richard writes about many areas of corporate finance - with a particular focus on capital markets, shareholder activism and corporate governance.

Macfarlanes LLP

Richard Burrows

Richard Burrows is a partner in Weightmans’ national Disease team. Based in Liverpool, and having joined the firm in 2011, Richard is one of the internal technical leads for the team. He has a keen interest in emerging risks and horizon scanning to ensure that the firm’s clients are well prepared for any potential new trends which put them at risk. Richard’s core client base is formed of insurers in the legacy market, as well as large corporate organisations. He handles a variety of claims ranging from low value noise induced hearing loss claims to high value asbestos-related injury claims, COSHH claims and other respiratory injury claims. Richard frequently co-ordinates and delivers training sessions to Weightmans’ clients and to the wider legacy market, both in relation to the technical complexities of current claims, as well as how to prepare best for potential claims trends in the future. In addition to his work at Weightmans, Richard is also a director of the Insurance and Reinsurance Legacy Association (IRLA), having been appointed in April 2023. In May 2023 he won IRLA’s Future Leader award as recognition for his contribution to Weightmans, IRLA and the legacy market as a whole. le.

Weightmans LLP

Richard Burton

Partner, Trade Mark Attorney

D Young & Co LLP

Richard Cannon

Richard Cannon is a Partner at Stokoe Partnership Solicitors. He is an extremely experienced white collar crime lawyer, practising primarily in serious fraud and related areas. Richard has particular expertise in cases relating to serious and complex fraud together with matters of alleged bribery and corruption relating to both private and corporate clients. He also has extensive experience in high value and complex money laundering matters across the Proceeds of Crime Act. Richard has a strong practice in relation to matters relating to cross border financial crime allegations particularly involving the United States assisting clients on a number of fronts including US civil proceedings and fighting extradition to the US. Richard joined Stokoe Partnership Solicitors from Gunnercooke, and prior to this he was also a Partner at Mishcon de Reya and Janes Solicitors. Significant previous cases include R v Jain (a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) case in relation to Allied Deals/RBG), R v Gangar (SFO case regarding Dobb White) R v Richards and Others (Operation Amazon), an HMRC prosecution regarding carbon credit offset tax fraud. Richard also represented the Grillo sisters in the “case of the year” of 2013. Richard has been consistently ranked by Chambers and Partners for financial crime where has been described as a “fantastic person to have on your side” who is “knowledgeable, thoughtful and efficient”. He has also been praised as a “a great tactical defence lawyer” and “a very smart and intuitive lawyer”. He is also ranked as a Recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500 UK 2022 guide where he is described as having “notable experience in international matters involving the US.”

Stokoe Partnership Solicitors

Richard Capper

Partner – Head of Banking

Hill Dickinson LLP

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 Clark

Head of Burges Salmon's cross-departmental Real Estate Sector Group, having led the firm's Real Estate department for five years between 2009 and 2014. Richard advises investors, developers and occupiers with a particular focus on the office, industrial and logistics, and retail sectors, leading teams undertaking portfolio asset management work and acting on major transactional property investment acquisitions and disposals. Richard also specialises in major mixed use and residential led development and regeneration projects.

Burges Salmon LLP

Richard Clegg

Managing Partner, Patent Attorney, Litigator

Mewburn Ellis LLP

Richard Coates

Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, Birmingham office Richard has acted for individuals to PLCs in disputes up to £500m, both at home and abroad. He has particular experience in representing clients in complex chancery/commercial and corporate disputes. He also acts for companies and individuals in prosecuting and defending restrictive covenant claims within an employment context. Recent cases include acting for: an independent UK manufacturer of diesel generators and power generation systems in successfully defending a claim issued by a company based in the Caribbean; several defendants (including corporate and individuals) in relation to a multi-million pound, multi-jurisdictional shareholder dispute; an equity partner in the dissolution of a law firm; a partner in a multi-party high value partnership dispute; an exiting an equity partner from a law firm; a finance director summarily removed from his position and the consequential dispute arising over his shares; a European wide provider of specialist care in dispute with a supplier; and various individuals/companies in relation to professional negligence disputes in the building, surveying and legal sectors. In addition to providing strategic and focused advice in the context of litigation, Richard understands the importance of avoiding litigation and has acquired a wealth of experience in advising clients in relation to methods of alternative dispute resolution such as mediation. Client feedback: "Having engaged the services of Richard Coates and his team over the past 30 months to support me with a number of commercial legacy issues I inherited I can highly recommend him. He is not only fiercely strategic and crucially proactive but also objective and pragmatic. He is without doubt the solicitor you should have on your team”. “Confidence in the ability and integrity of your most senior legal adviser is paramount in managing a successful commercial organisation in today’s ever moving business environment. Richard Coates provides unerring confidence to our board members whenever legal advice is required ensuring business decisions are taken from a trusted legal position”. Duncan Williams Excool CEO Legal guides Recommended in Legal 500, 2015. Described as “pragmatic” and “focused”, Legal 500, 2014

Freeths LLP

Richard Cobb

I have been a Corporate Lawyer for more than 30 years and am now the Head of Corporate at Michelmores. I am also privileged to be the elected Senior Partner of the Firm. As a Corporate Partner, I have a wide range of experience from working on over 500 transactions. After reading law at St John’s College, Cambridge, I worked in London at a renowned corporate media and technology firm, where I advised on a lot of technology IPOs and M&A deals, as well as deals in the property and leisure sectors. I have always enjoyed supporting entrepreneurs and, having taken one tech client from early stage to listing on the FTSE stock market, I joined them as Head of Legal and Company Secretary. That company was taken over by a NASDAQ buyer a few years later, and I chose to work as a Partner at a leading National law firm before joining Michelmores in 2010. Before becoming Senior Partner, I was head of our Private Wealth sector, and work hard to ensure that all of our people and clients are aware of our unique proposition to integrate our business advice and our private client advice in a client-focused way. My current clients range from larger listed PLCs and some of the largest trading businesses in the UK or with a presence here, down to SMEs and early-stage entrepreneurs and HNW individuals. I am closely involved in MAINstream, our business angel network and MiVentures, our incubator programme. Expertise Capital Markets & Public M&A Corporate Entrepreneurs Legal Services in Asia MAINstream MiVentures Private Wealth Tax Technology & Innovation Venture Capital & Early Stage Fundraising Richard Cobb - Senior Partner - Corporate Lawyer | Michelmores

Michelmores LLP

Richard Coleman

Richard, a partner at RWK Goodman, has specialised in clinical negligence claims on behalf of claimants since 1997. Although based in our Oxford office, he works with clients across the country. Richard is accredited under the Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme and sits on the Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel. He is also one of the national brain injury charity Headway’s approved personal injury solicitors, and holds Senior Litigator status with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Richard has given lectures on clinical negligence law and has been interviewed on local radio as well as TV. Richard’s particular specialisms are: cerebral palsy and birth injury claims, including Erb’s palsy spinal injury claims involving paralysis bariatric (weight loss) surgery claims vascular claims and amputation adult brain injury claims fatal claims cardiology claims

RWK Goodman

Richard Collie

Partner

TLT

Richard Collins

Richard is a highly experienced French- and German-speaking family lawyer who advises domestic and international clients on every aspect of family law including complex financial and business cases, private children issues, cohabitant disputes and cases involving offshore trusts and tracing assets.

Keystone Law

Richard Collins

Richard is a partner in the commercial disputes team. He specialises in high-value commercial litigation. Richard has experience of a broad range of commercial and contentious matters including disputes arising out of complex financial products, pensions disputes, professional negligence matters, shareholder disputes and substantial multi-jurisdictional contractual claims. He also specialises in contentious procurement matters and has a particular focus on the financial services, transport and public sectors.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Richard Cooke

Partner

Elkington + Fife LLP

Richard Cornthwaite

Partner

Olliers

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 Cowan

Richard is a Partner in our banking and finance team. He acts for a wide range of lenders (including clearing banks, challenger banks and alternative debt providers and debt funds), corporate borrowers and institutional investors in financing most aspects of corporate lending transactions. Richard has particular expertise in acting on leveraged and structured finance transactions (including MBOs, MBIs and IBOs), as well as real estate investment and development finance. He also has considerable experience in handling general corporate banking matters. Over the past 15 years, Richard has acted for many of the largest corporates in the North West of England, as well as for growth businesses that needed advice and assistance with their financing requirements. He also regularly handles matters with an international dimension and prior to joining us in 2019 worked for an international law firm.

Brabners LLP

Richard Cox

Browne Jacobson LLP

Richard Davies

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Richard Dawson-Gerrard

Richard has extensive and broad experience in all aspects of commercial dispute resolution. He is a CEDR accredited mediator. His focus is on understanding clients and their needs to put together strategies that get the necessary result.

Mills & Reeve LLP

Richard Denton

Partner and Head of Private Client Richard is the head of our Private Client team. Richard’s areas of expertise include Wills, trusts, estate planning and the administration of estates. He regularly advises high-net-worth individuals on the options for asset protection through Wills, linking with any nuptial agreements that may be in place. Many of Richard’s clients are entrepreneurs or have substantial wealth and Richard is able to offer advice in connection with the preparation of wills and the organisation of his clients’ estates so that their assets pass in a tax-efficient manner. Richard takes pride in being able to think “outside the box” when approaching such matters. Richard has extensive experience in advising on international matters, including the laws relating to non-doms and cross-border estate planning (both of which can be notoriously complicated.) He also has a wealth of expertise in advising elderly clients.

Orwins

Richard Dickinson

Richard is a partner in the commercial IP team where his practice focuses on commercial transactions and advisory work that involves the development, exploitation and protection of IP rights. Richard’s practice focuses on commercial transactions and advisory work that usually involve the development, exploitation and protection of IP rights at their core, across a range of sectors. These include life sciences, technology, media and entertainment, consumer and retail. With over 25 years’ experience, his work has included licensing, distribution, manufacturing and supply agreements, as well as related commercial contracts and advising on the relevant IP aspects in corporate deals. Much of Richard’s work involves cross-border projects. Richard has a scientific background and has also worked on secondment with in-house legal teams, both as an associate and as a partner. Richard joined Bristows in January 2020 as a partner in the commercial IP/IT team.

Bristows LLP

Richard Doran

Richard joined the firm in September 2023 as partner in the tax disputes team. Prior to JHA, Richard spent ten years as a specialist tax litigator within the Big Four. He has advised on a wide range of direct and indirect tax disputes representing HNWIs, multinational groups across different industries (including construction and engineering, the energy sector and global cruise line operators), as well as investment funds and other clients within the financial services sector. Part of Richard’s practice area focuses on disputes grounded on complex issues of EU law, including its application in a post-Brexit landscape. His knowledge has recently been applied for taxpayers with disputes concerning exit charges, HMRC’s proposed application of the transfer of assets abroad rules, the tax treatment of overseas dividend income, cross-border losses, and the recovery of sums of alleged EU state aid. Richard also regularly advises on disputes where procedural issues arise relating to the enquiry process and HMRC’s ability to raise discovery assessments. He has a wealth of practical experience in bringing public law challenges before the Administrative Court relating to HMRC’s exercise of powers and decision-making, including where HMRC resile from previous rulings and published guidance, the application of PAYE regulations and employment tax disputes, as well as the DPT regime. Richard completed his training contract at the London office of a US firm under the guidance of various other senior members of JHA’s tax disputes team and before that briefly worked at HMRC Solicitor’s Office on VAT fraud matters.

Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP