LAWYER PROFILE

Richard Harris

Asia-Pacific 2026

Gilbert + Tobin

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Dispute Resolution

Australia

13 years ranked

Financial Services Regulation

Australia

9 years ranked

About

Provided by Gilbert + Tobin

Practice Areas

Richard is a partner and the head of our Disputes and Investigations group, as well as a member of our Board of partners. He specialises in major disputes and contentious regulatory issues.

Richard's practice involves assisting large corporates and boards through significant disputes and litigation, class actions, major inquiries, regulatory investigations enforcement proceedings and corporate governance issues.

Richard also has a substantial practice in class actions, financial services investigations and enforcement proceedings, litigation and compliance issues and frequently advises large institutions on major regulatory issues.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Asia & Pacific

Financial Services Regulation - Australia

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Richard Harris is well-regarded for his contentious practice, frequently acting for banks and other financial services clients on disputes.

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Dispute Resolution - Australia

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Richard Harris heads the practice from the Sydney office and is personally best known for his representation of leading financial services providers, acting across an impressively broad range of class action, official inquiry and regulatory litigation mandates.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Richard is very good at highlighting and synthesising and very good at summarising things into a coherent argument. He has phenomenal attention and is good at managing his clients.
Financial Services RegulationChambers Asia & Pacific
He was able to take interlinked issues and deal with them one by one, but not lose sight of the end goal that we had in mind. He was empathetic but sure of himself, which gave me a lot of confidence.
Financial Services RegulationChambers Asia & Pacific
He is a market leader in litigation management, strategy, commercial advice and stakeholder management.
Dispute ResolutionChambers Asia & Pacific
Richard is empathetic, yet confident, which gives me a lot of confidence in what he and the team can achieve.
Dispute ResolutionChambers Asia & Pacific
Richard is very good at synthesising documents and providing a coherent argument. He has phenomenal attention to detail.
Dispute ResolutionChambers Asia & Pacific