Richard heads Kimbells' litigation department, having joined from Allen & Overy in 1995. He is passionate in providing commercial and cost-effective solutions to clients' problems.

Career highlights include:

• The ground-breaking insolvency cases Re Atlantic Computers and Re Paramount Airways.
• Injunctions for a leading aircraft leasing company - the record being five aircraft recovered in one night!
• Acting in relation to a series of cases relating to pub companies involving competition law issues, including Passmore v Morland plc and Trent Taverns v Sykes; McKenzie-Smith v Scottish & Newcastle (application for judicial review of specific exemption); Scottish & Newcastle plc v Bond; Matthew Brown plc v Reid; Scottish & Newcastle International Ltd v Othon Ghalanos Ltd and Blackie Boy Limited v Scottish & Newcastle plc (declaration that terms of lease comply with block exemption, Regulation 2790/99).
• Defeating claims against a national brewer that it had wrongly terminated a contract for the distribution of MGD beer in Northern Ireland: James E McCabe Ltd v Scottish Courage Ltd.
• Acting on the first case in the House of Lords on the scope of EC Regulation 44/2001 (jursidictional).

Richard is an accredited mediator and has experience of being a client, both from working in the legal department of BL plc and as Chairman of Milton Keynes Community Properties Limited.

"Richard Brown has an exceptional track record for us in litigation and other dispute resolutions" Head of Legal FTSE100 Company

"Absolutely fantastic in the support given during a difficult case to staff, at a very distressing time for them  . . . . especially pleased that he had taken the trouble to write to the staff personally at the end of the case. He could not have handled the case better."
National chain of daycare nurseries.

Richard is also recognised in the Legal 500 (2009 edition) for his work in insolvency.