Richard Matthews

Richard leads the firm's pan-European product liability practice and is a leading partner in our contentious procurement team.

Richard has over 20 years' experience of advising major global businesses on their responses to product incidents and associated product liability actions, the defense of cross-border and multi-party proceedings as well as claims involving insurers, supply chain disputes, the implementation of product recalls and effective crisis management. Whether you are a consumer, B2B or food business, Richard can help you in minimising the impact of product defects or recovery of losses from suppliers or insurers.

Richard also supports businesses like yours with the preparation of product recall and incident management plans and associated training, so you can be well prepared to prevent an incident arising or limiting any brand damage.

Richard is also one of the firm's lead partners in the firm’s contentious procurement practice which is ranked Tier 1 in Chambers UK legal guide. He has worked extensively for utilities, central government departments and publicly-funded bodies. In particular, he has supported clients in relation to major IT and infrastructure projects to minimize the risk of challenge and, where necessary, defending procurement challenges and Judicial Review applications often under intense public scrutiny.

Richard is adept at securing the early and favorable resolution of cases. However, he is a very experienced and tenacious litigator, who brings a forensic eye and the full armory of contentious skills to the fore in securing the best outcome for his clients.

Outside of the office, Richard enjoys playing and watching sport, skiing and travel.

BA Hons Law, Durham University