Richard Millington > Shoosmiths LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Shoosmiths LLP
THE XYZ BUILDING
2 HARDMAN BOULEVARD, SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3AZ
England

Work Department

Partner, Commercial

Position

Richard is an experienced lawyer who provides counsel on strategic projects across the technology, media and sports sectors. He is listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 2019 for his ground breaking work setting up the practice.

As well advising on some of the sporting world’s biggest deals his experience includes negotiating cross border joint ventures, developing and executing litigation strategies in multiple jurisdictions and working on key outsourcing, telecoms projects, IP exploitation (including content/broadcast rights), sponsorship, distribution and agency arrangements.

Lawyer Rankings

North West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester

The corporate team at Shoosmiths LLP regularly acts for large international companies, with significant experience in public company matters and cross-border acquisitions in the insurance sector. Co-heads Richard Millington and Elia Montorio focus on reorganisations, private equity and venture capital work. Fellow co-head Luke Stubbs leads the commercial offering with expertise in payment services and fintech. Andrew Millar provides corporate support across the retail, technology, media and sports sectors. Suzanne Taylor advises clients on financial services issues ranging from regulatory compliance and consumer credit issues to contractual arrangements.

North West > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms

Shoosmiths LLP has been significantly expanding its capabilities in the fintech and e-commerce space under Luke Stubbs, who specialises in these areas, taking on a number of new clients as well as providing fintech related services to existing clients of its corporate and commercial practices. He leads the team jointly with IP and sports specialist Richard Millington. The firm also handles IT outsourcing agreements and systems integration projects.