Richard Garcia

Partner, disputes and investigations

Richard is an experienced commercial litigator and a senior partner focussing on corporate and commercial, financial and fraud disputes. He is regularly instructed by banks, asset managers, sovereign states and large corporates on their most complex and important cases.

Richard has particular expertise in banking, funds, structured finance and financial products disputes. Clients value his familiarity and detailed technical understanding of products and structures. Richard is often instructed by institutional clients and has advised on a number of group actions involving multiple claimant groups and third parties. Richard's experience includes coordinating large multi-party proceedings across multiple jurisdictions.

Richard is also often instructed on shareholder, joint venture and private equity disputes. He regularly advises on a wide range of commercial disputes and has also advised investors and stakeholders on a number of major fund and institutional collapses.

The largest value cases often involve multi-faceted proceedings including jurisdiction challenges, freezing orders, cross-border evidence gathering and complex enforcement strategies and defences. Richard has been involved in many such cases, including enforcement proceedings arising from foreign judgments, ICC and ICSID arbitrations. 

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