Experience

Cohen & Gresser LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Partner and Head of Criminal Defence, London

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Richard has over 30 years of experience representing high net worth individuals, directors, and corporations in a wide variety of white collar criminal disputes, regulatory and internal investigations, and civil litigation, with a particular focus on financial crime. Richard has successfully defended against, and has extensive experience advising on, claims of fraud, money laundering, corruption, market manipulation, market abuse, competition and cartel allegations, and insider trading. He has advised and engaged at all levels of the UK court system, as well as being actively involved internationally. Richard regularly handles matters pending before the UK Serious Fraud Office, the U.S. Department of Justice, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).



Stewarts

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Partner and Head of the Financial Crime department

  • Jul 2018 - Oct 2020

  Since joining Stewarts in 2018, Richard has continued to advise individual and corporate clients whilst carefully expanding the capabilities of the Financial Crime Department. As part of that growth David Savage joined the team as a Partner from Kleinwort Hambros having previously spent several years in the Financial Crime team at Eversheds His experience as Global Sanctions Officer for a private bank uniquely compliments the expertise of the Department. Since joining Stewarts in 2018, Richard has continued to advise individual and corporate clients whilst carefully expanding the capabilities of the Financial Crime Department. As part of that growth David Savage joined the team as a Partner from Kleinwort Hambros having previously spent several years in the Financial Crime team at Eversheds His experience as Global Sanctions Officer for a private bank uniquely compliments the expertise of the Department.



2 Bedford Row, London

• Queen's Counsel

  • Jun 2003 - Jul 2018

  After taking silk in 2003 Richard built an extensive practice at 2 Bedford Row advising and representing individual and corporate clients in matters connected to actual or potential criminal issues. With wide experience in this area of law Richard’s practice area covered individual and corporate clients both nationally and internationally and included areas such as fraud, corruption, taxation with criminal exposure, money laundering and market manipulation. Individual clients included several of high net worth, company directors and Members of Parliament. Having appeared in many reported cases, Richard was also mentioned in ‘The Times’ as “lawyer of the week”. From 2003 onwards Richard was recognised in ‘Chambers & Partners’ as a ‘Leading Silk’ in: ‘Financial Crime’; ‘Financial Crime Corporates’.