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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD
England
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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.