Richard Blakeley KC

Practice Areas

Richard is a commercial specialist with particular expertise in civil fraud, cross-border disputes, banking, and competition law and is frequently instructed in high value and substantial cases as lead/sole counsel or as part of a larger team. Richard is also a leading international sanctions practitioner, having previously been named Global Young Practitioner of the Year by the World Export Controls Review. He is a member of the Bar Council Money Laundering and Sanctions Working Group.

Richard has been recommended by Chambers and Partners for many years, including as “A brilliant, brilliant junior counsel who is very clear-headed" and as a “mega star for the future” who “has the ear of the court”. Legal 500 recommend him as being "Brilliant, very sharp and a true superstar."