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Richard Salter KC
Position
Richard Salter is regarded as one of the leading commercial silks at the bar. Richard’s practice covers all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, including civil fraud. He is equally at home making legal submissions before the highest courts as he is conducting long, fact-heavy trials and arbitrations, with a particular speciality in matters relating to banking, corporate finance, financial services and insolvency, where he has a pre-eminent reputation both in court and in non-contentious advisory matters. In addition to his extensive high-profile work in London, Richard’s practice has taken him all over the world. He is a member of the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and has appeared several times in the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands. He has been admitted pro hac vice for cases in the Bahamas (before the High Court and the Court of the Appeal), in the Cayman Islands (before the Grand Court and the Court of Appeal) and in the Isle of Man (before the High Court and the Staff of Government Division). He has also been involved in substantial advisory and litigious matters (both assisting local lawyers in court and appearing himself before arbitral tribunals) in India, Hong Kong, Singapore and other common-law jurisdictions. Richard has also been involved in proceedings at the DIFC.
Career
- Visiting Professor of Financial Law at the University of Oxford
- Deputy High Court Judge in the QBD and the Commercial Court
- A Recorder
- Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple
- Member of the Bar Council 2004 – 13; Chairman of the Bar Council Legal Services Committee 2010 – 13
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Richard Salter KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Knows the law, and knows his audience and tailors his drafting and submissions to meet them. This makes him very effective.’
3 Verulam Buildings are the ‘go-to set for banking litigation‘ with a ‘clear, demonstrable strength in depth‘ in their bench. Members of the set engage on some of the area’s defining cases involving major international banks and prominent individuals. One such example this year is the case of Re an application for directions by Golden Belt 1 Sukuk Company BSC in which Richard Salter KC led Sarah Tulip acted for the claimant bond trustee and its delegate on their application for a declaration that the limitations imposed by the declaration of trust and agency on the power of certificate holders to pass resolutions. Barristers from the set have also been regularly instructed on international and cross-border cases, such as Jonathan Davies-Jones KC and David Simpson representing Siam Commercial Bank in Suppipat v Narongdei, a large civil fraud claim concerning an alleged attempt to wrest control of a wind energy company. Alongside this, the set covers disputes covering all parts of the globe, with significant instructions received from global events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Juniors Ravi Jackson and Ryan Ferro are names to watch from the set, with both instructed on high-value, complex banking and finance disputes.