Richard Blakeley KC

Commercial; banking and finance; civil fraud; EU and competition.

Richard Blakeley KC is a commercial specialist with particular expertise in civil fraud and bribery, cross-border disputes, claims governed by foreign law, banking, and competition law. Richard was appointed King’s Counsel in 2024 and is described in the directories as a “mega star for the future”. He is noted for his advocacy, as “an absolute superstar who is not only on top of the law and the facts, but is also a fierce cross-examiner," and as a silk who is “tenacious, robust and capable of producing performances that blow you away."

Qualified 2007, Lincoln’s Inn. Publications of note: ‘The New Tribunals Handbook’ (Bloomsbury Professional (2010)) contributing author, ’Competition Litigation: UK Practice and Procedure’ (OUP (2010)); former visiting tutor in public law at Kings College London and constitutional law at the University of Cambridge; prior to coming to the Bar Richard spent time at Goldman Sachs working in the credit derivative and interest rate swaps documentation team within the operations division.

Conversational French.

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Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (2005 BA Hons Law, First Class); Harvard Law School (2006 LLM); Bar Vocational Course (2007, BPP (Outstanding)).