Avocats – England

Rhodri Glyn

Rhodri has extensive experience across a breadth of real estate work - investment, finance, development and energy / infrastructure - advising various stakeholders across the life cycle of property assets, including acquisition, lettings, funding and disposals. Examples of the types of work Rhodri has undertaken include: delivering the first strategic land acquisitions by a developer for substantial logistics developments, acting on their acquisition and pre-letting of a distribution hub development set to be the largest of its kind in Europe; project managing the re-finance of a thirteen site, £160 million warehousing portfolio, with 70+ occupational leases; advising a property investment / development company in securing a 229 acre site for the promotion and potential acquisition of land for c.8 million square feet of employment development, via a hybrid promotion / option agreement acting for the UK's largest service area operator on the acquisition of substantial motorway service station site off the M25 managing the due diligence review of 100+ service station sites for a 'supermajor' oil & gas company on projects for potential re-development; leading the property support on corporate acquisitions of windfarm portfolios for a global investment manager advising lenders on an investment finance of £320 million UK wide portfolio acquisition, and a £43 million finance restructuring of a landmark resort/sporting venue pursuant to a Canadian corporate amalgamation; disposals of substantial property portfolios for administrators and LPA Receivers, including shopping centres, hotels, marinas, retail and residential/mixed use developments;

Shoosmiths LLP

Rhodri Pazzi-Axworthy

Partner

Fieldfisher

Rhodri Thomas Thomas

Ashton has over 25 years of experience and is a contentious trust and probate specialist, dealing with trust and estate disputes. His practice covers a broad range of matters, including challenges to the validity of wills, maladministration of trusts and estates, 1975 Inheritance Act claims, financial abuse of the elderly and the vulnerable by attorneys and deputies, misappropriation of estate and trust assets, and applications for removal of trustees and executors. Ashton acts for both professional and lay clients including trustees, executors, attorneys, deputies and beneficiaries in different sectors including private HNW individuals, charities and the financial services industry.

Keystone Law

Rhymal Persad

Rhymal is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department and specialises in civil fraud. He has an in-depth knowledge of representing and defending clients in cases involving Search Orders, Freezing Orders, Delivery Up Orders, Restraining and Computer Imaging Injunctions, Third Party Disclosure Orders and other asset recovery techniques. He has also been involved in cases relating to breaches of fiduciary duties, breach of contract and professional negligence. Rhymal has also dealt with numerous matters relating to the missappropriation of confidential information, data theft and misuse of trade secrets and breaches of restrictive covenants. His commercial litigation work has given him experience of corporate fraud, international arbitration and recovery of stolen assets. Clients include multi-national, FTSE 250 corporates and high net worth individuals.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Rhys Clift

Rhys is a partner in the London office and a member of the shipping team. He has over 35 years’ experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, specialising in a wide range of insurance and reinsurance (marine and non-marine), in maritime casualties, such as groundings, explosions, fires and structural failures, as well as piracy, kidnap and ransom, political violence and offshore construction. Rhys has a particular interest in crisis management and cyber hazard. He is an active commercial mediator at SeaMediation.com and a listed Distinguished Neutral at CPR in New York. Rhys is the author of Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation in England and Wales, the second edition, published in 2019, and the principal architect and co-author of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Practice, published by the Institute of Insurance of London in 2011.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Rhys Griffiths

Partner

Fox Williams LLP

Rhys Llewellyn

Rhys is a partner and has a broad range of experience advising on a full range of corporate and commercial issues. Rhys specialises in acquisitions and disposals of shares and businesses, joint ventures, restructuring and insolvency, family investment companies, the sale and purchase of properties held in corporate structures, and commercial agreements. He undertakes work for clients ranging from startups seeking investment through to internationally known individuals and companies on their corporate and commercial arrangements. Rhys has particular expertise in advising clients operating in the media, entertainment, sport and technology industries.

Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Rhys Morton-Steer

Solicitor.

Paul Robinson Solicitors LLP

Rhys Wyborn

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Ria Kudrati

Ria qualified as a Solicitor in 1999, gained her Duty Solicitor status in 2002 and obtained her Higher Rights of Audience in the Crown Court in 2008. She is also a trained, accredited Mediator. She has been instructed as Junior Counsel in complex multi handed cases and has previously headed Crime departments in her previous firms with responsibility for guiding and mentoring trainee solicitors and Junior Staff members. Throughout this period, she has gained extensive experience in criminal matters representing both adult and youth Clients, regularly appearing, as an advocate, in the Criminal Courts and representing Clients at the Police Station, from the investigative stages through to trials. She is also familiar with cross border negotiations involving highly sensitive matters pertaining to counter terrorism and extradition. Ria advises on pre charge representations during police bail periods, to the police, courts, and prosecution often to avoid charges being brought on the legality of investigative powers or in relation to restrictive bail conditions. Ria has a keen interest in representing vulnerable children and adults with additional needs. She is familiar with the particular difficulties faced by this Client group including intermediary applications and discontinuance or ‘interests of justice’ representations, the implications of the Modern Slavery Act and the NRM framework. Ria has also successfully completed the vulnerable witness accredited training program with the Law Society. Ria has represented ‘celebrity’ high profile Clients facing the personal and professional trauma of historic sexual allegations and regardless of how a case is funded, she is a skilled advocate known for her excellent Client rapport, pro-active advice, dedicated, meticulous case preparation and favourable results as well as acquittals. Ria is currently the lead Crime Supervisor for the firm, but she also undertakes a range of privately funded and legal aid Client matters defending the firm’s more serious and complex cases including murder, sexual offences, money laundering and fraud. “Ria Kudrati … Gives strong and professional advice in an unflinching manner. Steadfastly strong for her clients. A pleasure to work with. Tirelessly hardworking and an excellent team player. Clients are in very safe hands under her stewardship.” – James Scobie QC

Bark&co

Ricardo Bassani

Ricardo is a Partner in the Healthcare team and heads the firm’s medical defence organisation (MDO) claims department. He specialises in the defence of clinical negligence claims in general, hospital and dental practice. Ricardo’s casework often involves serious injuries, and he is particularly interested in and technically skilled at advising on head, neurological and sports-related clinical negligence actions. He is also experienced in handling clinical negligence actions in foreign jurisdictions. Ricardo is a highly proficient litigator, representing clinicians at professional conduct hearings and inquests including proceedings in the High Court, Crown Court and the Court of Appeal. He has represented practitioners against charges involving running a slimming clinic, causing death by rapid opiate detoxification, and the use of research funds to subsidise private practice. He regularly lectures and delivers training to clinicians and experts on medico-legal issues.

Weightmans LLP

Rich Eldridge

Rich is a partner at Clarke Willmott LLP. Rich is an established banking & finance lawyer. Rich can advise on a wide range of financings including for working capital, equity releases, acquisitions and developments. Rich’s expertise includes negotiating facility agreements, security agreements and intercreditor agreements. Rich can advise on documents based upon Loan Market Association templates as well as shorter documents. Rich has appeared on Panorama. He has been quoted in the printed press including The Telegraph, The Times and The Independent.

Clarke Willmott LLP

Rich Lloyd

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Richard Abrahams

Richard advises clients on the financial consequences of the breakdown of relationships. He is experienced in dealing with complex financial arrangements where separation often results in litigation. Richard frequently acts in High Court proceedings where cases have an international dimension, and he has particular expertise in dealing with offshore trusts and other commercial/corporate structures. Richard has experience in acting on all financial aspects of private family law including financial claims, cohabitation agreements, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, litigation concerning the family business, and freezing applications. He has previously worked on a number of high-profile cases, including acting for celebrities, and is a member of Resolution.

Keystone Law

Richard Adams

Construction & engineering Partner; a specialist construction troubleshooting and disputes lawyer with a sector focus covering Transport, Energy & Utilities and Real Estate infrastructure. Recent matters include providing strategic troubleshooting advice and acting in adjudications and arbitrations for a main contractor on a complex road infrastructure project; advising an international client on disputes relating to the construction and fit out of headquarters in central London; advising an international client involved in the nuclear industry on disputes with a specialist contractor valued in the region of €300m; advising Birmingham City Council in relation to capital projects associated with the 2022 Commonwealth Games; advising a local authority on cladding and fire safety issues in relation to two residential blocks.

RWK Goodman

Richard Allingham

Partner

Hill Dickinson LLP

Richard Anderson

Richard is a partner in the Construction & Engineering team. Richard provides tailored construction advice to clients across a number of key areas including project risk management, dispute avoidance and the resolution of complex construction disputes. A leading construction lawyer, Richard regularly represents clients at arbitration, adjudication and in other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Richard’s notable areas of expertise include: Advising on major infrastructure projects; particularly in the building, power, civils/infrastructure and process engineering sectors. Advising on procurement strategies, risk management and dispute avoidance and management – acting for clients’ which include hotels, tramways, process and petrochem plants, social housing and universities, as well residential, utilities and retail sectors. Over his extensive career Richard has acted for Owners, Contractors, Funders and Construction and Engineering professionals across all fields.

Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Richard Arnot

Richard is a specialist in licensing and regulatory law, with over 30 years of experience representing leading brands and individuals across England and Wales. He acts for pub companies, nightclub operators, national supermarkets, independent convenience stores, hoteliers, restaurateurs, local authorities, and police. Richard has been sole licensing lawyer to Co-operative Group Food for over 14 years and has also advised clients such as TGI Fridays, Hotel du Vin, Malmaison, Inn Collection Group, and Lane 7. In regulatory matters, Richard advises and represents clients in investigations, compliance, and prosecutions. He has acted for both defence and enforcement bodies, including the DTI and SIA, and previously served as Deputy Force Solicitor at Northumbria Police. He is a skilled court advocate with particular experience in complex enforcement matters involving fire safety, environmental breaches, health and safety failings, food safety, firearms, and commercial fishing and agricultural enforcement proceedings.

Keystone Law

Richard Arthur

Member, Head of Trade Union Law Group

Thompsons Solicitors LLP

Richard Bacon

Principal Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Richard Bailey

Partner

Ashtons Legal

Richard Bailey

Richard is a highly regarded Construction lawyer with broad experience across the sector. This encompasses the drafting of all forms of construction contracts and the handling of complex disputes in construction and engineering cases, both domestic and international. His clients include contractors and subcontractors; property owners and developers; consultants and project stakeholders. Multi-party litigation is a particular specialism. Richard has acted in a number of major disputes before the courts, as well as in arbitrations, adjudications and mediations. These cases have focused on a range of infrastructure projects including, light rail, PFI agreements, hospitals, residential developments and sports stadia. Richard also regularly conducts international arbitrations or co-counsels with other firms in international arbitrations. Today, Richard splits his time fairly equally between dispute resolution and non-contentious advisory work. Richard regularly advises on the terms of contracts and other related contractual documentation. He provides a contract review and advisory service to his contractor clients and regularly advises developers on development agreements and putting together suites of contract documents for major projects.

Druces 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 LLP

Richard Barlow

Browne Jacobson LLP