Avocats – England

Richard Mead

Richard is based in our Thatcham office. Since qualifying as a solicitor in 1987, Richard has specialised in estate planning work. He advises clients on how to protect their wealth and also guides them on the most appropriate methods of transferring that wealth, both during lifetime and on death. Richard is an expert in advising on and drawing up wills – these often include trusts to reduce Inheritance Tax, minimise the impact of care fees or protect vulnerable beneficiaries. In his line of work he will ensure that pension funds, death in service benefits and life assurance policies are dealt with in accordance with the client’s wishes and as tax efficiently as possible. Richard is also experienced in advising on the taxation consequences of lifetime gifts and whether a trust should be considered, including setting up, restructuring and terminating trusts. He also deals with trust administration and is personally named as a trustee in some cases. His experience in Probate and administration of estates includes post-death tax planning to minimise Inheritance Tax. Setting up and registering powers of attorney is also an area of Richard’s expertise.

Gardner Leader LLP

Richard Medd

Richard is our Managing Partner and leads the delivery of our strategy. He has 20 years’ experience working with our clients across the private and public sectors as a corporate finance partner, advising on mergers & acquisitions, private equity deals, international transactions, corporate reorganisations and the commercialisation of public services. Before becoming Managing Partner Richard headed up our Business Services department and uses his management experience alongside his expertise in corporate governance derived from his client work to manage all aspects of the firm’s operation.

Browne Jacobson LLP

Richard Meeran

Partner

Leigh Day

Richard Millington

Richard is an experienced lawyer who provides counsel on strategic projects across the technology, media and sports sectors. He is listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 2019 for his ground breaking work setting up the practice. As well advising on some of the sporting world’s biggest deals his experience includes negotiating cross border joint ventures, developing and executing litigation strategies in multiple jurisdictions and working on key outsourcing, telecoms projects, IP exploitation (including content/broadcast rights), sponsorship, distribution and agency arrangements.

Shoosmiths LLP

Richard Miskella

I am proud to lead our firm with Jo Farmer, and to manage our award-winning and market leading team of over 200 employment, immigration and reward professionals. I enjoy advising clients on the full range of employment issues, including disputes of all kinds (from Tribunal claims to High Court injunctions and everything in between). I carry out sensitive investigations for a wide range of clients, and advise on workplace culture. I am a CEDR-accredited mediator, and mediate a wide range of workplace disputes, as well as acting for clients in significant mediations. I advise Boards on senior executive hiring, performance issues and exits. I have particular experience in professional services, financial services and media, and also advise senior executives.

Lewis Silkin

Richard Moore

Richard Moore is a partner in Clarke Willmott's Bristol Commercial & Private Client Litigation team specialising in international property disputes.

Clarke Willmott LLP

Richard Moulton

Product Group Head

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Richard Naish

Partners and Head of Food & Drink

Walker Morris LLP

Richard Nelson

Senior Partner

Richard Nelson LLP

Richard Noble

Partner – Richard is a knowledgeable and pragmatic real estate lawyer with extensive experience of acting for institutions, investors, landowners and developers on all of their real estate needs involving leases, management work, acquisitions and disposals. Richard has a particular expertise in property development work leading large and complex redevelopment projects involving development agreements, options, joint ventures, joint promotion, overage, highways and infrastructure agreements. Richard has led large scale projects which have involved relocating substantial institutions from their multi-sited existing premises to new premises. Richard works extensively in the education sector and the charity sector and has led many campus redevelopment projects. Examples of Richard’s work include acting for the University of West London on the acquisition of its Paragon Campus, a strategically important development for the University and acting for Bournemouth University on a strategically important acquisition to expand its town centre, Lansdowne campus. Another of Richard’s large projects is the £330m campus relocation for the University of Northampton involving the move of the University from two campuses to a new town centre campus.

Mills & Reeve LLP

Richard Osborn

Excello Law

Richard Outhwaite

Partner

Hill Dickinson LLP

Richard Owen

Richard joined Burges Salmon in 1998. He specialises in real estate development, real estate investment, minerals and escheat. In relation to development matters, Richard acts exclusively for landowners. Typically this involves the disposal of development land by way of option, promotion agreement, conditional contract or competitive tender. Many of his transactions involve acting for consortia of landowners in their dealings with one or more developers. Richard is also the lead partner advising The Crown Estate in relation to the management of its Traditional Portfolio, in addition to handling various acquisitions and disposals. He also manages the administration of land reverting to The Crown of common law, under the doctrine of Escheat.

Burges Salmon LLP

Richard Palmer

Richard is recognised for his expertise having been highlighted as a leader in the field of professional indemnity and “highly recommended” by Legal 500 for several years. A Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an accredited mediator for the last 13 years, Richard is a skilled negotiator who uses a wide range of dispute resolution tactics to achieve the best results for his clients in complex and high value disputes. He is viewed in The Legal 500 as standing out for his "straightforward professional advice that is always well researched". In Chambers UK 2010 Richard is described as "an extremely good communicator with an excellent ability to analyse problems and get to the heart of the issue". Richard has chaired several Professional Indemnity Seminars in the City of London, hosted by the Professions & Insurance Group, as well as speaking to insurers and brokers on a wide range of professional indemnity related subjects. Richard was also a guest speaker for the Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers (IMPLO) at one of their annual conferences and has appeared in a DVD produced by the North East Fraud Forum on the subject of money laundering.

Weightmans LLP

Richard Parker

Partner

Hill Dickinson LLP

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 Parsons

Managing Associate

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Richard Pettit

Richard advises companies and pension scheme trustees on issues including moral hazard investigations, corporate restructuring, Pension Protection Fund work, funding negotiations, scheme documentation, closures and mergers. Richard's work has included advising scheme trustees on a high-profile moral hazard investigation by the Pensions Regulator involving a financial support direction being sought against a UK and overseas listed plc; advising a manufacturing company with a pension scheme with a £60 million deficit on the entry of the scheme into the Pension Protection Fund; and providing legal advice on the detailed mitigation for a pension scheme in the context of a £4bn restructuring of the supporting employer group.

Burges Salmon LLP

Richard Pinckney

Richard specialises in IP disputes with a focus on patent litigation and the technology sector. His practice covers all aspects of IP disputes including enforcement and licensing strategies, FRAND issues and SEPs, freedom to operate, breach of confidence and trade secrets, as well as patent validity and infringement. A significant part of his practice involves the coordination of litigation before the UK Courts with parallel proceedings in other jurisdictions, particularly the USA and in Europe, as well as before international patent offices. As a solicitor advocate, Richard is qualified to appear before all courts in England and Wales.Richard has a background in engineering and his technical patent litigation experience includes the telecommunications, computer hardware and software, engineering, human computer interaction and LED lighting sectors. Richard has integrated his technical practice with a significant FRAND practice. He advises on issues arising in disputes relating to international technology standards and patent pools including contract, competition law, enforcement and licensing. Richard has acted in the leading FRAND cases in the UK for Philips, IPCom and Samsung. Richard is a member of AIPPI (Association for Protection of Intellectual Property), EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association) and LES (Licensing Executive Society) and is a regular speaker at international conferences on UK patent litigation and FRAND.

Bristows LLP

Richard Plaistowe

Principal Associate

Mills & Reeve LLP

Richard Portlock

Richard has over 30 years of experience in litigating and resolving a wide range of disputes. He has dealt with cases to the High Court and Court of Appeal, in international arbitration and through mediation. Richard's main areas of practice include: Commercial disputes especially involving the supply of goods and services Professional liability cases involving the negligence, breach of fiduciary duty or fraud of professional service providers Pensions disputes Public law and judicial review Richard has litigated many commercial and professional liability cases to the High Court and in some instances to the Court of Appeal where his decided cases include Taplins Ltd v Guyers Ensors Byfield and Westbury v Sampson. Many of his cases are however successfully resolved by mediation or other form of alternative dispute resolution. In the pensions sphere, Richard particularly advises the trustees of occupational schemes and sponsoring employers about interpretation and sometimes rectification of scheme documents and relationships with their professional advisers. His public law work includes judicial review matters, particularly in the health care sector relating to the statutory scheme of the national health service. Richard is an intervention agent for Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Blake Morgan LLP

Richard Privett

Richard is a Partner in the Healthcare team, specialising in criminal and disciplinary work, acting on behalf of medical defence organisations (MDOs), medical and dental practitioners and other health professionals. He has considerable experience defending cases before the Crown Court, and before panels or committees of the General Medical Council (GMC) and General Dental Council (GDC), and in disciplinary proceedings brought by NHS England. He has also assisted medical professionals under investigation by NHS Protect.

Weightmans LLP

Richard Prowse

Consultant

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Richard Purcell

Head of commercial property: acquisition/disposal, landlord and tenant; commercial, property development; commercial and residential, property finance.

Irwin Mitchell