JUNIOR PROFILE

Richard Hanke

UK Bar 2026

3 Verulam Buildings

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Banking & Finance

London (Bar)

9 years ranked

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

2 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Richard is a leading commercial junior with expertise in a broad range of fields including Banking and Finance, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud, International Arbitration, Professional Negligence, Financial Services and Insolvency. He has significant experience of acting as a sole advocate and leading others, as well as part of larger counsel teams on substantial matters, with his involvement ranging from pre-action formulation of strategies through to trial or final hearing, appeals and enforcement. He has particular experience acting in retail and investment banking disputes relating to derivatives and complex financial products and arrangements. He has previously been shortlisted for Banking Junior of the Year and Commercial Junior of the Year.

Career

Called 2006 (Lincoln’s Inn)

Education:

Cambridge University (MA law); Oxford University (BCL)

Publications

Editor of Byles on Bills of Exchange; Consultant Editor of Halsbury’s Laws: Financial Instruments and Transactions; Contributor to Banking Litigation; Contributing editor to Bullen, Leake and Jacob’s Precedents of Pleading.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Banking & Finance - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Richard Hanke is a well-renowned practitioner with expertise in acting for prominent financial institutions with multinational branches. His practice frequently covers the commercial fraud, insolvency and financial services regulation sectors, giving him a broad perspective when handling banking disputes.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Richard has been excellent: clear, precise, collegiate, responsive, decisive and always intellectually superb.
Banking & FinanceUK Bar
He is very client friendly and gains the confidence of all stakeholders very quickly.
Banking & FinanceUK Bar
He is very bright, works incredibly hard, is very responsive and his written work and advocacy is very good.
Banking & FinanceUK Bar
Richard Hanke's laser-like focus and logical approach mean that both his written and oral advocacy are very clear and compelling.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Richard is amazing. He is very easy to work with, supremely intelligent and great with clients.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Richard Hanke is brilliant. He is a superb advocate who has a deft ability to get to the heart of a case.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar