Richard Leedham

Mishcon de ReyaPartner and Head of Commercial Litigation

Richard is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department and head of Mishcon de Reya’s Commercial Litigation practice. He advises on commercial disputes, often with international and fraud elements, with a particular specialisation in insurance. Richard advises individual and institutional funds clients on claims arising from investments in rights issues and other corporate investments under FSMA s90 and s90A and is involved in some of the leading cases in this developing area, for example advising Scottish Widows and others in their claims in the RBS rights issue litigation. He also advised Standard Life in its s 90A claim vs certain directors of failed subprime lender Cattles PLC. He also has a growing practice litigating shareholder disputes, often, but by no means exclusively, in the hedge fund/ private equity arena. Accordingly, as well as regularly being in the Commercial Court, Richard has current and detailed expertise in the rules and procedures of all the main international trade and arbitration bodies, including LCIA, ICC, and GAFTA, and of the FIDIC (yellow book and red book) rules.