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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices

5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD
England
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Richard Ellis

Position
Senior Associate
Career
Richard is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Broking, Trading and Markets practice. He advises on the nature and scope of UK financial services regulation. He also regularly assists clients in the FCA authorisation process.
Richard’s clients include exchanges, multilateral trading facilities, organised trading facilities, broker crossing networks, investment banks, brokers, dealers, proprietary trading firms and investment managers.
Richard is also involved the firm’s FinTech practice and has a particular interest in crowdfunding.
Richard Ellis is admitted to practice in England & Wales
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Commended for its ‘unparalleled knowledge’, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is noted for its expertise in the private banking, wealth management and private funds sectors, in addition to advising on the structuring, establishment and distribution of financial products and services provided by private wealth institutions. Practice leader William Garner, who ‘combines deep expertise with a strong commercial awareness’, focuses on the establishment, operation and regulation of brokerage firms, trading platforms and asset and investment managers. Richard Ellis rejoined the team from McDonnell Ellis LLP in February 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition