Fox Williams LLP

Corporate

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.

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.

French.

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.