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Slaughter and May Offices
ONE BUNHILL ROW
LONDON
EC1Y 8YY
England
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Richard Jeens
Work Department
Disputes
Litigation
Tax Disputes
Tax
Data Privacy
Cyber Pensions
Position
Partner; Richard has a broad, multi-jurisdictional disputes practice covering high profile commercial litigation, public law, pensions and tax disputes. He has experience advising clients at all stages of a dispute – from how to avoid potential challenges when planning and implementing transactions through to eventual proceedings.
Career
Joined firm 2005. Partner since 2016.
Richard is the contributing editor and UK chapter author of Getting the Deal Through: Tax Controversy 2021 and is recognised as a leading practitioner in the ITR’s Tax Controversy Leaders Guide. He is a regular contributor to the Tax Journal on all issues concerning contentious tax.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)The contentious pensions team at Slaughter and May is headed by ‘standout partner’ Richard Jeens, who is described by clients as a ‘reassuring presence‘. The practice is highly regarded for its commercial litigation-related work in pensions disputes contexts. It also offers trustees and employers assistance in part 8 claims, investigations by the Pensions Regulator, and member complaints. Pensions issues in M&A transactions are regularly dealt with by Chris Sharpe, who was promoted to the partnership in May 2022, while Daniel Schaffer’s recent experience includes advising on pensions investigations. The ‘very impressive’ Sandy Maudgil and associate Rachel Hunter are recommended for their recent work on judicial review proceedings for a major pension scheme, whilst associate Serina Lyons is complimented as an ‘up-and-coming’ member of the team.
London > Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
(Leading individuals)The ‘gold standard in tax litigation’, Slaughter and May is prominent in the full scope of contentious tax, including transfer pricing, diverted profits tax, and tax residence matters. The ‘very strong’ team benefits from a deep relationship with HMRC, significantly aiding in dispute resolution. Richard Jeens, who is experienced in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, co-leads the department alongside Dominic Robertson, whose practice includes EU tax state aid investigations as well as transfer pricing and DPT enquiries. Ewan Brown co-heads the global investigations group and acts in both litigation and regulatory investigations. Mike Lane advises domestic and international clients on a range of contentious matters. Sarah Osprey made partner in May 2023 and advises major multinational clients in a diverse range of tax matters. Steve Edge retired from the practice in May 2022.
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
Slaughter and May’s practice is, for one client, ‘responsive, creative, and collaborates well with other counsel to deliver extraordinary results’, and acts on many of the complex high-value inquiries, and major regulatory investigations. The team notably represents Credit Suisse in multi-billion-dollar claims and JP Morgan Chase Bank in high court litigation linked to global forex investigations. Richard Swallow is ‘preeminent with good reason’, and leads the team. ‘Very experienced, calm, measured, and strategic advisor’ Ewan Brown has a broad-based banking litigation and investigations practice, and is key to the team alongside ‘exceptional advisor’ Gayathri Kamalanathan. Also at partner level, Camilla Sanger and Richard Jeens both have expansive banking and financial services litigation practices, along with Jonathan Clark and Peter Wickham. At associate level, Edward Coles is singled out for his ‘ mastery of complex matters and attention to strategy‘.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking litigation: investment and retail London > Dispute resolution
- Leading individuals London > Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Leading individuals London > Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Tax litigation and investigations London > Dispute resolution
- Pensions: dispute resolution London > Employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)