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Clarion Offices
ELIZABETH HOUSE
13-19 QUEEN STREET
LEEDS
LS1 2TW
England
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Richard Moran
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Senior partner. Described as ‘exceptionally calm under pressure’ and having a ‘tough approach to negotiating’, Richard is a corporate finance lawyer with over 25 years’ experience. He works with a wide range of clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt transactions and management buy-outs.
Advising on strategy as well as delivering transactions, Richard’s focus is on long-term client relationships. He has particular experience in handling the delicate issues at the heart of succession planning for complex family-owned businesses and is comfortable dealing with large corporate businesses alongside those with limited previous experience of working with professional advisers.
Richard is also part of our International team and works with clients with interests around the world particularly international businesses with interests in the UK and Europe.
Career
Trained McCormicks; qualified 1996; partner Clarion 1999; senior partner Clarion 2015.
Languages
French.
Education
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Blackburn; University of Leeds (BA Hons French and Management Studies; LLB).
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Clarion‘s multidisciplinary sports practice is composed of lawyers with experience handling commercial contracts and sponsorships, contractual disputes, insolvencies, and M&A mandates for sportswear brands, clubs and sports venue clients. Led by senior partner Richard Moran, who handles transactional matters, the team has strong local connections with Yorkshire clients such as Harrogate Town. Commercial lawyer Charlie Smith is also recommended, as is IP specialist Esther Kirwan.
Yorkshire and the Humber > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
(Leading individuals)Clarion’s corporate and commercial team handles a full spectrum of matters. On the corporate side, it is particularly active in the digital and technology sector, as well as in the waste sector. Richard Moran heads the corporate group, with considerable expertise in handling M&A and private equity matters, and is supported by Jonathan Simms and legal director Tony Berry. Matthew Hattersley leads the commercial practice and handles IT and technology-related matters. Legal director Sarah Harrison is also noted for her expertise in the digital marketing sector.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Yorkshire and the Humber > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber > Corporate and commercial
- Sport Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Infrastructure and energy
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Employment > Health and safety
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Construction
- Real estate > Property litigation