Richard Barham

Corporate.

Richard is a partner in Dentons' London Corporate department. He has particular experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and privatisations. He also advises regularly on establishing and reorganising companies and businesses (both solvent and insolvent), other commercial agreements and associated regulatory issues.

Richard works across a number of sectors.  In particular he advises on transactions in the transportation sector (rail, road and air including a three-year period working on the UK rail privatisation), and the financial sector (such as a bank's own M&A; and debt-equity restructurings of bank customers). He heads our sports practice, focusing on M&A, financings and commercial agreements.  He also regularly advises public sector clients, including the UK Government.

Most of the transactions in which he is involved are cross-border; and he has worked on deals involving 100+ jurisdictions.  In particular, Richard has advised on numerous matters in Russia and the CIS, the Middle East and Africa.  More recently he has worked on a number of transactions involving China, Japan and India.

Chambers feedback acknowledges that "working with Richard is a pleasure"; he is described as "calm, extremely knowledgeable" and having "an ability to defuse the confrontation inevitable in negotiations".  Legal 500 have recognised Richard as having "huge corporate law experience".

Trinity College (MA 1986); College of Law Chester(Law School Finals 1987).