Richard Temple
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Work Department
Business law – energy.
Position
Richard Temple is a leading expert in energy and infrastructure projects with over 20 years experience of advising on major international and domestic, oil and gas, power, nuclear, water, and renewable projects. He has advised on a number of groundbreaking energy and natural resources projects, including the first project financing in Bulgaria, the Sofia Water Project, the largest municipal concession project in Central and Eastern Europe, the RGAB privatisation and one of the path-finding UK PFI deals, Project Aquatrine and recently led the legal team closing KazmunaiGaz’s acquisition of an interest in a North Sea oil and gas field from BG Group. His team has also won a number of awards for advice in the energy and natural resources sector, including ‘Consultancy Firm of the Year’.
Career
Trained Lovells, qualified 1989; partner McCarthy Tetrault 2011. Publications of note: ‘The World Bank Water and Sanitation Toolkit’ 1997 and 2006.
Languages
French.
Member
Vice president Europe, Africa and Middle East International Private Water Association; Association of International Petroleum Negotiators; Project Finance Law Sub-Committee of the International Bar Association; International Nuclear Lawyers Association.
Education
King’s School Worcester; University of Keele (1985, BA, hons, law and French); University of Birmingham (1986, LLM).
Leisure
Tennis, running.
