Richard Boynton
UK Guide 2025
Band 5 : Commercial and Corporate Litigation
Band 5
About
Provided by Richard Boynton
Practice Areas
Richard Boynton is a partner in the Firm's international litigation and arbitration group in London. Richard has extensive experience leading teams representing multi-national corporations, credit funds, private equity funds and international banks in litigation and arbitration throughout the world. Richard’s cases cover a variety of sectors and laws.
Career
2016 to present Kirkland & Ellis International LLP; 2004-2016 Clifford Chance LLP
Chambers Review
UK
Richard Boynton is noted for his representation of companies and private equity funds in high-stakes contentious matters. He is also recognised for his ability to handle litigation which contains an insolvency element.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard Boynton is always available and writes incredibly well. He is excellent."
"His advice is always straightforward, easy to understand and solution-driven."
"Richard is massively brainy with a very fine breadth of legal expertise. He is enormously hard-working and a fearsome opponent."
"Richard Boynton is always available and writes incredibly well. He is excellent."
"His advice is always straightforward, easy to understand and solution-driven."
"Richard is massively brainy with a very fine breadth of legal expertise. He is enormously hard-working and a fearsome opponent."