Richard is a Partner in the Innovation Group. He brings an especially strategic and highly commercial approach to advising on wide range of commercial and corporate transactions, technology and regulation at the centre of industrial change in media and sport. His work includes:
- Media and sports rights exploitation and distribution, data, products and services, innovative projects and transformations
- M&A, joint ventures, partnerships and other corporate transactions
- Technology development, deployment, outsourcing and migration, with a particular focus on AI and other new technologies
- Media regulation including video (broadcast and non-broadcast), audio, online harms, advertising and sponsorship, digital identity
Richard specialises in working with innovators, founders and leaders of high growth, entrepreneurially run businesses. His clients span media, sport and technology including out of home advertising, sports rightsholders, content distribution, content technology and monetisation, data capture and exploitation, fan and end-user engagement, B2B and B2C platforms, product and service providers, broadcasters and digital media companies.