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Richard Barham

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020 7246 7109 richard.barham@dentons.com

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Richard is a partner in Dentons’ London Corporate department. He has particular experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and privatisations. He also advises regularly on establishing and reorganising companies and businesses (both solvent and insolvent), other commercial agreements and associated regulatory issues.

Richard works across a number of sectors.  In particular he advises on transactions in the transportation sector (rail, road and air including a three-year period working on the UK rail privatisation), and the financial sector (such as a bank’s own M&A; and debt-equity restructurings of bank customers). He heads our sports practice, focusing on M&A, financings and commercial agreements.  He also regularly advises public sector clients, including the UK Government.

Most of the transactions in which he is involved are cross-border; and he has worked on deals involving 100+ jurisdictions.  In particular, Richard has advised on numerous matters in Russia and the CIS, the Middle East and Africa.  More recently he has worked on a number of transactions involving China, Japan and India.

Chambers feedback acknowledges that “working with Richard is a pleasure”; he is described as “calm, extremely knowledgeable” and having “an ability to defuse the confrontation inevitable in negotiations”.  Legal 500 have recognised Richard as having “huge corporate law experience”.

Career

Trained Wilde Sapte, qualified 1989; Wilde Sapte lawyer 1987-89, partner 1989-96; partner Dentons (formerly SNR Denton, Denton Wilde Sapte and Wilde Sapte) 1996-present. Articled clerk memberships held: solicitor, senior courts of England and Wales 1989.

Education

Trinity College (MA 1986); College of Law Chester(Law School Finals 1987).

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London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport

Dentons‘ sports team is headed up by corporate and M&A specialist Richard Barham. Supported by Matthew Tinger, Barnham regularly works with investors and owners of elite football clubs on acquisitions, investments, and sales, and also provides assistance to clients on the commercial and regulatory aspects of football event bids. Dan Bodle is a key contact for clients seeking advice on football club ownership arbitration disputes. TMT specialists Georgina Kirkwood and Rose McDowell are key names to note for their work on sports broadcasting deals.

London > Risk advisory > Corporate governance

The corporate governance team at Dentons is led by Richard Barham and Katherine Harle and is well placed to handle cross-border matters by virtue of its large global network and often advises large multinational clients on regulatory and governance matters, drawing on strength from its data privacy, employment, tax and regulatory practitioners. Barham is a corporate lawyer who handles transactional matters, shareholder and board processes, and governance issues, while Harle handles compliance, regulatory matters and interactions with regulators such as the FCA and Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Sarah Beeby advises on employment law and Dan Lund deals with sanctions, bribery and corruption and fraud. The team was bolstered in January 2023, with the arrival of James Vernon from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP.

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