Richard has over 38 years of experience acting for corporates, private equity investors, funds and financial institutions in restructuring and insolvency situations. He is a trusted advisor to boards of directors navigating financial distress, providing strategic guidance on directors’ duties and responsibilities.

Richard advises on restructuring and insolvency transactions. These include  distressed acquisitions and disposals, debt and equity reorganizations, re-financings and funding arrangements, work outs and schemes of arrangement - often with a cross-border element. He also has extensive experience advising on company voluntary arrangements.

With a broad transactional background, Richard has worked across diverse sectors such as retail, construction, manufacturing, automotive, football clubs, casual dining, nursing and care homes, printing & packaging, hotels and leisure, and mining & minerals operations.

In addition to his advisory work, Richard has served as a board director and charity trustee in the education sector where there has been an urgent need to implement an operational transformation of the business.