Lawyers

Richard Clayton

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).

Mentions

Dispute resolution • London

Banking litigation: investment and retail

Leading partner