Richard Clayton > Addleshaw Goddard > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Addleshaw Goddard Offices
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England
Richard Clayton

Work Department
Finance litigation and regulatory investigations.
Position
Partner specialising in banking, finance and investment disputes and contentious regulatory work acting for banks, asset managers, hedge funds and pension funds in domestic and cross border cases involving a range of lending and investment products both structured and plain vanilla.
Career
1993-1998 (qualified 1995): Pinsents Masons, trainee and solicitor, litigation; 1998-2006: Simmons & Simmons, senior associate, financial markets litigation; 2006-2010: Halliwells LLP, partner, finance litigation and recoveries; 2010-2014: TLT LLP, partner, finance litigation; 2014 – present: Addleshaw Goddard LLP, partner, finance litigation and regulatory investigations.
Memberships
LSLA; Law Society of England and Wales; Financial Services Lawyers Association.
Education
London School of Economics and Political Science (1988 Government and History, Bsc (Econ)); Guildford College of Law (1993 Law Society Finals).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
(Leading partners)With a robust cross-border offering, Addleshaw Goddard excels in financial disputes with foreign law elements and parties based in different jurisdictions. The team of ‘knowledgeable and capable lawyers’ continues to grow and diversify its clientele, noting a recent influx of fintech and cryptocurrency disputes. Boasting extensive experience in the financial services market, ‘hugely experienced and knowledgeable’ practice head Richard Clayton represents a diverse mix of financial institutions from banks to asset managers and hedge funds. James Herring excels in fraud, mis-selling and derivatives claims and leads the fintech disputes team, spearheading the firm’s work for payment institutions and digital asset organisations. Also playing a key role in the firm’s digital assets work, Sivan Daniels specialises in fintech and financial crime litigation, while David Wigg advises on card payment scheme disputes. Promoted to partner in May 2024, Alex Unger is a ‘star’, focusing his international practice on fraud and financial crime, commercial lending and restructuring and insolvency cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Banking litigation: investment and retail London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Environment
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)