Richard Semple > Goodwin > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Goodwin Offices
Sancroft, 10-15 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AZ
England
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Richard Semple
Position
Partner
Career
Richard Semple is a partner in Goodwin’s Real Estate Industry group. His practice focuses on real estate finance transactions, acting for a range of sponsor, borrower and lender clients.
Mr. Semple advises on all aspects and at all stages of domestic and cross-border real estate finance matters, including in respect of origination, lending, syndication, securitisation, refinancing, restructuring and distressed debt investing (acquisition, management and disposal).
He is one of the most experienced lawyers operating in the UK and European markets on acquisitions of portfolios of loans (secured variously by real estate and other assets) and financing such acquisitions.
Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, 2005, BPP Law School
BA, 2001, Kings College London University
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
Goodwin’s real estate finance team often advises on acquisitions, sales, and investments concerning real estate assets. Richard Semple – a seasoned transactional lawyer – leads the practice with a ‘very commercial and pragmatic approach towards driving forward a transaction’. Semple is particularly active on cross-border financing matters, spanning the UK, Europe, and US. Toby Young has strong experience in leading financing, refinancing, and development financing of property. Real estate debt finance specialist Paul Lyons is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition