Specialist Corporate and Commercial Lawyers
Richard is a commercial lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience in both private practice and in-house roles. He is a contract and commercial law specialist.
Richard advises clients on a range of corporate and commercial legal matters. He has experience in drafting, negotiating and advising on commercial arrangements for the supply of goods and services, coal supply, construction, equipment hire, agency and distribution, licensing and joint venture arrangements. Richard also has extensive experience in privacy law and consumer law matters. He is known for his ability to provide clear, commercially focused legal advice.
Richard spent six years in London working with Japanese trading house Marubeni. More recently, he worked in a substantial in-house counsel role for a Hunter-based mining services business. Prior to this appointment he spent seven years working in the corporate group of a national law firm. The combination of Richard’s in-house and private practice experience, together with his practical and commercial outlook, underpins his reputation as a trusted adviser to his loyal client base.