Richard Dawson-Gerrard

Richard Dawson-Gerrard

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Richard is part of our leading food and agribusiness sector and is a GSCOP expert. He's also part of our government team and leads our government insolvency team.

Richard leads our reputation management practice, dealing with urgent reputational issues and longer term strategic reputational work.

What can Richard do for you?

Richard's focus is on a strategic approach and having strong sector knowledge to help clients navigate problems and reach the best available solution.

His specialisms include corporate disputes, including warranty claims, board room disputes, fraud, insolvency, and contract problems. He also has extensive experience in family-owned businesses.

Supporting your ambitions

Richard has:

  • Resolved a complex dispute for a multi-national food distributor covering misuse of confidential information, conspiracy, alleged breaches of the Competition Act and breach of contract.
  • Secured a tenacious victory for a multi-national drugs company, Phoenix, in relation to a high profile line of case law, saving it millions of pounds. Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd vs Woodward (2018).
  • Acted for a well known higher education institution in relation to the handling of a sensitive and extensively publicised reputational issue.
  • Worked to prevent, on short notice, many articles appearing relating to serious reputational matters.
  • Acted for a major multi-national business following the discovery of a huge fraud. He also dealt with investigation, regulatory, reputational and restructuring problems for the client, which was then able to move its business forward.

What do others say?

"Team head Richard Dawson-Gerrard is very intelligent, client focused, and tactically astute; he takes a realistic line but fights the client's corner." (Legal 500)

What else should you know?

Richard's family were historically butchers and market gardeners, and his family owns and runs a large ready-meal manufacturing business, so he has a strong grounding and experience in the food and agribusiness sector.

He is a keen collector of cars and motorbikes, and has spent many years racing them and rebuilding them.

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