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About
Provided by Richard Salter KC
Practice Areas
Richard’s practice covers all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, including civil fraud. He is equally at home making legal submissions before the highest courts as he is conducting long, fact-heavy trials and arbitrations.
Richard also has a particular speciality in matters relating to banking, (including digital assets and cryptocurrencies), corporate finance, financial services and insolvency, where he has a pre-eminent reputation both in court and in non-contentious advisory matters.
In addition to his extensive high-profile work in London, Richard is a member of the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and has appeared several times in the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands. He has been admitted pro hac vice for cases in the Bahamas, in the Cayman Islands and in the Isle of Man. He has been involved in substantial advisory and litigious matters (both assisting local lawyers in court and appearing himself before arbitral tribunals) in India, Hong Kong, Singapore and other common-law jurisdictions. Richard has also been involved in proceedings at the DIFC.
Richard sits as a Deputy High Court Judge in the QBD and the Commercial Court and as a Recorder. He also sits as an Arbitrator in ICC, LCIA and other types of arbitrations. He is a trustee of English Touring Opera chairman of the Comité d'Honneur and Honorary Counsel to The Musicians’ Company. He is currently Reader-Elect of the Inner Temple and will be Reader in 2024 and Treasurer in 2025.
He a Visiting Professor of financial law at Oxford
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Richard Salter KC is an excellent silk accomplished in handling banking disputes at all levels of court, both nationally and internationally. He has been called to numerous foreign Bars, including the Eastern Caribbean, the BVI and the Cayman Islands. Salter has additional noted expertise in commercial disputes and arbitration proceedings, and sits as an arbitrator in the ICC, LCIA and other arbitral forums. He is highly experienced in cases involving payment recoveries, confidentiality breaches and investment disputes, among others.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard is nice to deal with, charming and very helpful. In court, the judges have confidence in him, which is key."
"A skilful advocate with potent arguments, who delivers his submissions in a balanced, calm and persuasive way."
"Richard is absolutely excellent. He's really at the top of his game, nice to deal with, very charming and helpful."
"He is extremely experienced and his advocacy is superb. Richard has a real clarity of delivery in his oral advocacy, which goes down very well in court."
"Richard Salter deploys his expertise and acumen on complex and pressured matters in a commercial, client-friendly way. He is incredibly responsive and clear in his advice."
"Richard is nice to deal with, charming and very helpful. In court, the judges have confidence in him, which is key."
"A skilful advocate with potent arguments, who delivers his submissions in a balanced, calm and persuasive way."
"Richard is absolutely excellent. He's really at the top of his game, nice to deal with, very charming and helpful."
"He is extremely experienced and his advocacy is superb. Richard has a real clarity of delivery in his oral advocacy, which goes down very well in court."
"Richard Salter deploys his expertise and acumen on complex and pressured matters in a commercial, client-friendly way. He is incredibly responsive and clear in his advice."
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