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About
Provided by 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."
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Richard Blakeley KC is a skilled barrister with a solid financial practice involving cases relating to breaches of duty, LIBOR-related disputes and bond issues. He acts on both the claimant and defendant sides, and is further adept at handling mis-selling claims. Clients include major investment banks and government bodies.
Richard Blakeley KC handles complex multi-jurisdictional fraud disputes arising from allegations of conspiracy, corruption and misrepresentation. He is familiar with obtaining and opposing freezing injunctions.
Richard Blakeley KC acts in appeals against sanctions listings and associated damages claims, often representing banks. He has strong expertise in commercial matters relating to sanctions law.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard is a highly rated barrister for all types of work. He provides fantastic service."
"Richard is the best written advocate that you will find. He combines that with strong oral submissions to the court, and he has an ability to cross-examine expert witnesses that few can match."
"Richard is a superb commercial litigator, whose advocacy is absolutely outstanding. His strategic understanding and his tactical ability are both highly impressive, and his written work is fantastic."
"Richard is a phenomenal lawyer, who is a brilliant draftsman and a lethal cross-examiner. He is very hard-working and has an outstandingly mature sense of judgement."
"Richard is an absolute superstar who is not only on top of the law and the facts, but is also a fierce cross-examiner."
"Richard performs extremely well on our matters. He is excellent at distilling issues down to their most important components and offers practical solutions to complex problems."
"Richard is a robust advocate. He takes difficult points and isn't afraid of them. He's courageous and effective in cross-examination and he has an incredible output in terms of work. He's formidable."
"Richard's advocacy is absolutely outstanding, his strategic understanding and tactical ability is extremely impressive, and his written work is fantastic. He is an absolute delight to work with."
"He is extremely hard-working, always on top of the detail of a case and an accomplished advocate with a quiet but very effective approach to cross-examination."
"Richard has great maturity and is someone whose judgement I really rate. He is extremely hard-working, always on top of the detail and an accomplished advocate."
"Richard is a highly rated barrister for all types of work. He provides fantastic service."
"Richard is the best written advocate that you will find. He combines that with strong oral submissions to the court, and he has an ability to cross-examine expert witnesses that few can match."
"Richard is a superb commercial litigator, whose advocacy is absolutely outstanding. His strategic understanding and his tactical ability are both highly impressive, and his written work is fantastic."
"Richard is a phenomenal lawyer, who is a brilliant draftsman and a lethal cross-examiner. He is very hard-working and has an outstandingly mature sense of judgement."
"Richard is an absolute superstar who is not only on top of the law and the facts, but is also a fierce cross-examiner."
"Richard performs extremely well on our matters. He is excellent at distilling issues down to their most important components and offers practical solutions to complex problems."
"Richard is a robust advocate. He takes difficult points and isn't afraid of them. He's courageous and effective in cross-examination and he has an incredible output in terms of work. He's formidable."
"Richard's advocacy is absolutely outstanding, his strategic understanding and tactical ability is extremely impressive, and his written work is fantastic. He is an absolute delight to work with."
"He is extremely hard-working, always on top of the detail of a case and an accomplished advocate with a quiet but very effective approach to cross-examination."
"Richard has great maturity and is someone whose judgement I really rate. He is extremely hard-working, always on top of the detail and an accomplished advocate."
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