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Richie Clark
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Richie is head of Fox Williams’ corporate team and specialise in M&A, venture capital and capital markets transactions across a number of industry sectors.
As head of corporate, Richie advises UK and international companies and financial institutions on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, AIM listings, public takeovers and corporate governance, shareholder engagement and activist investor situations.
He advises clients in a variety of industry sectors with a focus on technology, financial services, FinTech and natural resources and has particular expertise in understanding the issues facing international companies entering the UK market to seek funding or make investments and acquisitions.
He is a long-time director of the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce, and co-chair of its SME Forum. Richie is also a member of the Quoted Companies Alliance Corporate Governance Expert Committee and recently served on the judging panel of the UK Private Business Awards on two occasions.
Career
Articled Blake Cassels & Graydon, Calgary 1995-96; qualified Alberta 1996; Ashurst Morris Crisp 1997-2001 (admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales 1998); McCarthy Tétrault 2001; partner 2004; partner Fox Williams LLP 2007. Publications include: ‘On Par: The Takeover Panel’s review is designed to level the playing field for London-listed mining companies’ in ‘Mining Journal’ December 2010; ‘Takeover Panel’s review encouraging for AIM companies but still work to be done’ in ‘Dealmonitor’ September 2010; ‘How to prepare for a London IPO in 2010’ in ‘International Resource Journal’ January 2010; ‘Getting your IPO right in 2010’ in ‘Director on Finance Online’ 23 November 2009; ‘All that glisters – London’s AIM: Some Canadians think again’ in ‘FTSE Global Markets’ June 2009; ‘Is the AIM market still a growth platform for natural resources companies?’ in ‘International Resource Journal’ May 2009; ‘What does the future hold for AIM: Evolution or Extinction?’ in ‘Dealmonitor’ April 2009.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales; Law Society of Alberta; Association of International Petroleum Negotiators; Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce (also a director and chair of SME forum); Quoted Companies Alliance Corporate Governance Experts Committee.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
AIM listings and fundraisings expert Richie Clark spearheads the ECM-focused team at Fox Williams LLP. The practice is experienced on the equity financing aspects of AIM transactions, as well as in public takeovers, private M&A, regulatory and corporate governance advice.
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
(Leading individuals)Lauded by clients for its depth of expertise and cross-border capabilities, the ‘excellent’ corporate team at Fox Williams LLP is well positioned to advise clients across the technology, financial services, media, travel and professional services sectors. Practice head Richie Clark focuses on private and public M&A, principally in the technology, financial services and natural resources sectors, and has continued to deepen relationships with the firm’s international client base. Mary Elliott, praised for her ‘practical solutions’, leads the firm’s publishing and digital media offering where she focuses on publishing and edtech M&A. Andrew Woolf is a key port of all for listed companies, private companies and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals, particularly in the financial services and technology sectors. The team has been strengthened by the arrival of VC and financial services expert Bryan Shaw, a dual-qualified (England and Australia) practitioner, who joined from MBM Commercial in December 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m London > Corporate and commercial
- Equity capital markets – small-mid cap London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Transport > Aviation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Transport > Aviation