Richard founded Newgate Communications in Greater China in 2012. He has been based in Asia since 2000, after ten years in London in investment banking and financial communications.
Richard has advised literally dozens of companies, large and small, MNC and local, on their corporate communications and brand positioning in Asia. His clients span a wide range of sectors including asset management, banking, education, electronics and financial technology, hedge funds, insurance, the law, management consulting, natural resources, private equity, retail and sovereign institutions.
Richard has extensive experience in contested corporate situations, crises, litigation, domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, proxy battles, restructurings and IPOs. He has advised on transactions collectively worth in excess of US$200 billion.
His recent experience includes several high profile activist hedge fund engagements, numerous M&A deals for private equity firms, and several major strategic M&A deals for both Western and Asia-based companies. He has also advised on some of Asia’s highest profile IPOs as well as on major debt restructurings in China and South East Asia.