Richard Lane

Partner at Farrer & Co

Speaker

Richard Lane is an experienced corporate lawyer. His expertise spans fundraising and mergers and acquisitions for ambitious and fast-growing private businesses and corporates; and the legal needs of family-owned businesses including transactional matters, governance and succession planning, drawing on both his long professional services career advising clients across a variety of sectors and his previous experience operating in both New York and London at a senior level in industry with Reuters Group plc (now Thomson Reuters).

Richard acts for both owner-managed businesses and corporates. He leads on transactions for owners seeking to sell businesses, both to UK and international corporate purchasers. Acting for corporates, Richard is often called upon to work closely with in-house counsel, for UK-based and international companies, on significant transactions, reorganisations and the implementation of strategic change.

Over his career he has advised clients working across a range of sectors, including natural resources, education, financial services, healthcare and media.