Richard Offord

Richard Offord

Partner

Richard is a partner in our Technology & Commercial Transactions Department.

Richard specialises in high value and complex contractual projects, outsourcings and commercial transactions.

Richard has experience advising in relation to a wide variety of high value contractual arrangements, including, supply, outsourcing, joint venture, management, brand licence, agency and franchising agreements.

He has a particular focus on the financial services sector, where he specialises in technology focused contractual and regulatory projects and the energy and infrastructure sector, where he regularly advises on the contracts that underpin major long-term investments by infrastructure funds and other investors.

Richard helps lead our sports sector group and is experienced in successfully structuring and implementing the carve-out elements of complex M&A deals.

Richard is ranked in the Chambers UK guide for his work in the Commercial Contracts space.

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WORK HIGHLIGHTS

Advising on the contractual issues impacting upon a proposed new payments architecture for the UK retail payments industry

Advising various alternative investment firms on technology focussed regulatory and contractual projects

Brooks Macdonald plc on its major platform outsourcing arrangements

DIF Infrastructure on its investment in Hemiko, a leading UK district energy provider

Metropolitan on its district energy schemes at King's Cross and Wembley Park

Ancala on its carve-out acquisition of Avincis, the European aerial emergency services business, from Babcock International Group plc

The University of Oxford on various contractual arrangements in the context of its joint venture with Legal & General

Safestore Holdings plc on its joint venture arrangements with leading global asset manager, Nuveen

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