About Richard
Richard is an Associate in HFW’s Sanctions team, based in London. He advises on financial and trade sanctions, export controls, regulatory risk and compliance.
Richard helps clients manage sanctions exposure, particularly across the UK, EU and US regimes. He works with clients in our core shipping, insurance, commodities, and energy sectors, and also financial institutions, technology businesses and media organisations.
He advises on cross-border sanctions issues, licensing strategy and regulatory enforcement risk. This includes due diligence and ownership and control analyses, navigating US secondary sanctions risks, and supporting clients to assess and manage risk, structure corporate transactions and strengthen compliance frameworks.
Richard provides clear commercially grounded advice so that clients can make confident decisions in complex and fast-moving situations.
Prior to joining HFW, Richard worked at a US law firm, where he advised on regulatory investigations and complex commercial disputes involving parallel proceedings across multiple jurisdictions.
Richard is qualified in England and Wales.
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