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About
Provided by Richard Eschwege KC
Practice Areas
Richard Eschwege practises in heavyweight litigation and arbitration; he has acted in some of the highest profile and most significant cases of recent years. He has a broad, predominantly commercial, practice, and has advised on and acted in a spectrum of disputes, including energy and natural resources, banking and financial services, civil fraud, insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence, telecommunications, conflicts of interest, conflicts of laws, and jurisdiction battles. He has appeared in the national courts at all levels and before many international arbitral tribunals.
Richard took silk in 2023. He was previously ranked in the legal directories as a leading junior in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Energy and Natural Resources, Banking and Finance, Civil Fraud and Insurance. He was identified as one of Legal Week’s ‘Stars at the Bar’, and nominated for Legal 500’s Energy Junior of the Year 2018.
Richard has a particularly strong practice in energy and natural resources, banking and finance, and civil fraud matters.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Richard Eschwege KC is experienced in a wide array of banking and finance disputes and general commercial litigation. He acts in matters involving the enforcement of guarantees, breaches of confidence, restructuring, LIBOR manipulation and hedge fund disputes. Eschwege impresses with his appetite for complex cases that raise novel points of law.
Richard Eschwege KC attracts significant praise from solicitors and barristers alike. He handles a substantial caseload of disputes in the oil and gas industry and has multi-jurisdictional expertise. He is noted for his capacity to handle disputes concerning oil and gas production in the North Sea.
Richard Eschwege KC possesses considerable expertise in fraud claims arising in the banking and energy sectors. He is regularly instructed in disputes concerning allegations of conspiracy and fraudulent misappropriation, and has considerable experience handling cases involving overseas jurisdictions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard is extremely quick and very experienced in long trials."
"Richard Eschwege is extremely bright."
"Richard's work is brilliant. He is efficient."
"Richard is extremely bright and he has stepped up to silk very well. He has a bright future ahead of him."
"Richard is extremely bright, even by commercial Bar standards, and has stepped up to silk very well."
"Richard is excellent. He has a mind like a steel trap and his submissions are wonderfully clear. He adds huge value, and I love working with him."
"Richard is going to be a star silk. He is massively hard-working and extremely smart. He's who you want in the trenches with you."
"Richard is incredibly hard-working and his ability to get on top of huge amounts of material is second to none in my view. He is an extremely good advocate."
"Richard is extremely quick and very experienced in long trials."
"Richard Eschwege is extremely bright."
"Richard's work is brilliant. He is efficient."
"Richard is extremely bright and he has stepped up to silk very well. He has a bright future ahead of him."
"Richard is extremely bright, even by commercial Bar standards, and has stepped up to silk very well."
"Richard is excellent. He has a mind like a steel trap and his submissions are wonderfully clear. He adds huge value, and I love working with him."
"Richard is going to be a star silk. He is massively hard-working and extremely smart. He's who you want in the trenches with you."
"Richard is incredibly hard-working and his ability to get on top of huge amounts of material is second to none in my view. He is an extremely good advocate."
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