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.