Richard Foley

Pinsent MasonsGlobal Senior Partner

Richard is the global Senior Partner of Pinsent Masons and Chairs the firm’s Board. Richard has ultimate responsibility for the leadership of the firm. He is responsible for ensuring delivery of our strategy to be seen as international market leaders in our global sectors, and sustaining our purpose, culture and values. He spends much of his time hearing from our clients how the firm can best respond to their needs and generally how business can work better for people.

Prior to becoming Senior Partner, Richard advised on some of the largest rail, road, airport and port projects in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He also held several senior leadership roles at the firm including leading our Construction Advisory & Disputes practice, our Projects & Construction practice, our Energy sector and our Asia practice.

Since he became Senior Partner Pinsent Masons has been named Law Firm of the Year by Legal Week (2016), Legal Business (2016, 2019), The Lawyer (2018) and is regularly counted among the most innovative law firms in Europe by the Financial Times. The firm was also the top-ranked organisation in the UK Stonewall Workplace Equality Index (2019).