Based in London, he specialises in the energy, infrastructure, and real-assets sectors. Richard regularly acts on complex, multi-jurisdictional sale processes and advises a broad range of investors, including Canadian pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, specialist infrastructure funds, private equity sponsors, asset managers, and strategic corporates, on domestic and cross-border transactions throughout the investment lifecycle. He also advises portfolio companies and shareholders on follow-on acquisitions, capital investment, governance arrangements, refinancings and eventual exits.
Richard has extensive experience of public and private M&A, competitive auctions, disposals, joint ventures, consortium arrangements, co-investments, minority investments, and platform formations. His practice covers both established infrastructure and rapidly developing asset classes, including regulated utilities, renewable and conventional energy, energy transition, transport (including airports and rail), digital infrastructure (including telecommunications towers, fibre, and data centres), water, ports, logistics and social infrastructure.
Richard is ranked in Band 1 for Infrastructure and M&A by Chambers UK and recognised in Legal 500. Clients value his ability to combine technical expertise and detailed sector knowledge with sound commercial judgement and pragmatism, as well as his ability to find workable solutions in complex and fast-moving transactions.
