Richard Bamforth

Richard specialises in international commercial arbitration, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, with a focus on cross border disputes in the media, banking, finance, insolvency, energy and telecommunications sectors.

He has represented clients in arbitrations conducted under all the major institutional rules (ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL) and other ad hoc arbitrations. He also sits as an arbitrator (as sole arbitrator and as member of tribunals), appointed direct by parties and by the arbitral institutions, and is accredited as a mediator by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). He regularly writes about and speaks on topics of current interest in the international arbitration world.

London Court of International Arbitration.

International Bar Association Arbitration Committee.

International Council for Commercial Arbitration (“ICCA”).

Arbitration Ireland.

Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration - arbitration panel member.