Richard became an independent international and domestic arbitrator in 2018, specialising in complex disputes, with a special focus on competition, antitrust, and IP cases. International arbitration has always been a substantial part of Richard’s practice throughout his career during his time with international law firms. With over 35 years of experience in cross cultural disputes, first as counsel and then as arbitrator.

Richard started his career after serving as a law clerk to the Hon. John C Godbold (United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit) later joining Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. It was here that he worked on complex international cases, mainly competition related.

Richard came back home to Dallas, Texas to work at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld joining as an Associate and later becoming a Partner in their litigation department for almost four decades. While at Akin Gump he was involved in cases at the cutting edge of the law.

Richard was counsel in one of the first disputes under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA Treaty, and one of the first competition related international arbitrations. His career has included representing companies in nationwide and global criminal antitrust/competition matters, as well as follow-on treble damage claims. It was due to his truly international presence globally that he was named Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, made a member of CIArb’s Presidential Panel of Arbitrators and later selected to be a Chartered Arbitrator in 2018, the highest designation by the Chartered Institute (C Arb). He is also a panel member across of international institutions around the world and has always held an exceptional reputation formerly as counsel and now as a full time arbitrator.

Richard has been appointed as sole arbitrator and as a panel of three in numerous arbitrations under a range of arbitral and ad-hoc rules involving most legal systems globally.

Whilst Richard exclusively concentrated on his arbitrator and mediator practice since 2018, he has continued to maintain his pro bono practice representing children with learning disabilities with their legal issues during their school careers.