Richard Boulton KC

• Ian Hannam v Financial Conduct Authority [2014] UKUT 0233 (TCC)
  Richard appeared for the Financial Conduct Authority in a reference brought by Ian Hannam challenging a decision of the FSA to impose a penalty of £450,000 for market abuse. The decision of the Upper Tribunal provides the most extensive analysis to date by any judicial tribunal of the market abuse provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, including the definition of “inside information”.
• The Co-Operative Bank Plc
  Richard advised the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation authority in connection with its investigations into Co-op Bank.
• FSA v James Corr, Peter Miller, John Blake, Cattles plc and Welcome Financial Services Ltd
  Appeared on behalf of FSA Enforcement and Financial Crime in proceedings before the FSA's Regulatory Decisions Committee against Cattles plc, its major trading subsidiary (Welcome) and three senior officers of those two companies.

• GDF Suez Teeside Ltd v The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs
  Appeared with Jonathan Peacock KC and Julian Ghosh KC for the Appellant in appeals before the First Tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal and the Court of Appeal.  
• BNP Paribas, London Branch v The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs
  Acted for the Appellant in an appeal before the First Tier Tribunal.
• Fidex Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs - First-tier Tribunal (Tax) [2013] UKFTT 212 (TC)
  Appeared for the successful appellant with Michael Flesch KC. Examination and cross examination of four expert accountants.

• Counsel in an arbitration governed under the rules of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association.  The dispute concerned the non-renewal of an automobile distribution agreement. 
• Counsel for the Claimant at a PCA arbitration in The Hague in relation to the expropriation of real estate in Crimea. 
• Sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration relating to the effect of fare changes on rail operators. 
• Party appointed arbitrator in an ICSID arbitration.
• Counsel in an LCIA arbitration in London relating to a contract to provide retail services in two airports.
• Lead counsel on a $25 million insurance arbitration (UNCITRAL rules) arising out of employee fraud (Hong Kong law). 11 day hearing in Hong Kong 2014. 
• Lead counsel in a $50 million UNCITRAL arbitration in Cairo (Egyptian law) arising out of the termination of a hotel management agreement. Seven day hearing in Dubai in May 2013.
• Lead counsel on a US$5 million SIAC arbitration under the Singapore Arbitration Act relating to a dispute arising out of a coal transhipment agreement.
• Lead counsel on an arbitration arising out of a professional partnership dispute (English law). Several hearings in London. 
• Drafting and conducting cross examination of forensic accountants and other expert witnesses in numerous international arbitrations, including ICSID and other BIT arbitrations.
• Sole counsel in an arbitration in Singapore under ICC Rules relating to the functioning of an industrial boiler (Thai law). Three hearings in Singapore.
• Counsel in arbitration governed by Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.  The dispute relates to the preparation of the termination accounts and the calculation of performance fees following the termination of an investment advisory agreement, and involves consideration of International Financial Reporting.
• For the Claimant in a dispute with an Asian State concerning the termination of a supply agreement following the construction of a bauxite refinery and smelter in the country.
• Instructed in a multi-billion dollar arbitration in the SCC concerning an alleged breach of the Energy Charter Treaty in a European State.

• Noble Resources SA & Anor v Gross [2009] EWHC 1435 (Comm)
  Lead counsel for the claimant who was awarded $37 million in damages arising from deceit, conspiracy and breach of contract. The Defendant and his co-conspirator in Switzerland had taken a large unauthorised speculative trading position in aluminium futures, and concealed that from the Claimants' management by entering false transactions in the accounting records. The case involved approximately 20 contested hearings, a two day hearing in Switzerland pursuant to Letters of Request, and a five week trial in the Commercial Court.
• Pell Frischmann Engineering v Bow Valley & Anor [2007] JRC 105
  Assisting Jersey counsel (with Ian Geering KC and Anthony de Garr Robinson KC) in a seven week civil fraud trial in the Royal Court of Jersey (2006), with primary responsibility for all aspects of the case on remedies (damages, account of profits, constructive trust).
• Sole counsel for the defendant to a claim alleging fraud in connection with an investment fund (pro bono).
• Counsel to one of the principal parties in a long drawn out and complex accounting dispute before the Supreme Court of the Bahamas (the parties are confidential).
• Bank of Ireland v Pexxnet & Ors [2010] EWHC 1872 (Comm)
  Representing the only party seeking to defend proceedings brought by the Bank of Ireland alleging cheque fraud. Oral representation at hearings in the High Court and Court of Appeal.

"A class act who's good to work with and excellent on the figures as he used to be an accountant. He is so effective at cross-examining witnesses because he understands the process." (Chambers UK 2022: Commercial Dispute Resolution)

• Lead counsel for Pfizer and Warner-Lambert in the damages enquiries arising from the long-running pregabalin/Lyrica patent proceedings.
• Instructed in £200 million breach of accounting warranties claim on behalf of the former CEO and CFO of an international fleet and asset management company.
• Lead counsel for the Arcadia Group and 11 other retailers in the planned damages enquiry arising from the setting of interchange rates which form the largest part of the service charges levied on retailers in relation to MasterCard and Visa payment card transactions.
• Counsel for the Claimant at a PCA arbitration in The Hague in relation to the expropriation of real estate in Crimea. 
• Katsouris Fresh Foods v Katsouris Brothers Ltd.
  Counsel in Commercial Court proceedings for breach of contracts (supply of salmonella-contaminated houmous), leading to nationwide product withdrawal.
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals v Kymab Ltd.
  Acted for Regeneron, a proprietor of EP (UK) I ,360,287 (287 Patent) and a divisional EP (UK) 2,264, 163 patents (163 Patent and together Patents) relating to its Veloclmmune®  transgenic mice technology. Lead counsel on the damages enquiry.

• Sole counsel for the Applicant making an ex parte application for a freezing injunction in the sum of £17.8 million in support of an arbitration in the Phillippines. Sole counsel at the return hearing.
• Sole counsel on a successful application to vary the terms of a worldwide interim injunction.
• Sole counsel for a respondent to a worldwide freezing injunction brought by the Law Society alleging fraud by a firm of solicitors.
• Sole counsel to the respondent to a worldwide freezing injunction.
• Sole counsel for the Claimants at several hearings following the obtaining of a worldwide freezing injunction, concerning attempts by the Defendant to vary or discharge the terms of the order.
• Advising on a freezing injunction obtained in the Netherlands.
• Omega Group Holdings Limited & Others v Viktor Kozeny & Others
  Representing the sixth claimant (Pharos Finance Limited) in a successful application for permission for one of co-claimants to be separately represented and then to discontinue its claim. This case is a rare example of the circumstances in which the court may give leave that co-claimants should be separately represented following Lewis v Daily Telegraph (No. 2) [1964] 2 QB 601.
• Warner-Lambert Company LLC and Pfizer Limited [2021] EWHC 2182 (Ch) Acting for Warner-Lambert and Pfizer in defending claims (in excess of £700 million) arising from cross-undertakings in damages given by Warner-Lambert in support of injunctions it obtained in proceedings concerning the infringement and validity of the patent for the blockbuster pain drug, Lyrica. A first trial of preliminary issues was heard in June 2021 ([2021] EWHC 2182 (Ch)) and further trials are listed in 2022 and 2023.

• Advising on potential claims for professional negligence (accountants).
• Quayle v Rothman Pantall & Co [2012] All ER (D) 45 (Jun)
  Represented the Claimant in a professional negligence claim versus a firm of chartered accountants in respect of negligent tax advice.Richard appeared on behalf of the Claimant at approximately six hearings in the first half of 2012, including a full day contested application for permission to amend (reported at [2012] All ER (D) 45 (Jun)).

• Determination (with reasons) as to the appropriate level of compensation payable under a distribution agreement.
• Advising on various claims for Wrotham Park damages (damages calculated by reference to a notional sum that would have been paid by the defendant to be released from his contractual obligations).
• Advising on quantum in numerous claims for breach of warranty and economic torts.
• Advising on the cross examination of accounting and IT forensic experts in the High Court.

• In the matter of section 238 of the Companies Law and in the matter of Nord Anglia Education, Inc [Cause No. FSD 235 of 2017 (IJK)] Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, Financial Services Division. Acting, with Lord Grabiner KC, for Nord Anglia Education in a multi-billion dollar s.238 merger dispute which is the most significant fair value appraisal case of its kind in the jurisdiction, determining that the fair value of the dissenting shareholders' shares should be a blended value derived from the transaction price and an adjusted discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation. Mr Boulton appeared in three hearings in Cayman Grand Court including the final hearing (3 weeks) which was heard in Cayman Grand Court from 2 – 20 December 2019 before The Honourable Justice Kawaley. In the recent judgment Justice Kawaley commended Mr Boulton for his ‘admirable mastery of the expert materials’ during the cross examination of the Dissenters' Expert, Professor Gompers and likened the exchange to an ‘Olympian intellectual contest’.
• In the matter of the Companies Act and in the matter of FGL Holdings [Cause No. FSD 184 of 2020 (RPJ)] Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, Financial Services Division. Lead counsel alongside Mac Imrie KC and Malachi Sweetman of Maples for the successful company, where the Grand Court decided for the first time that the merger price represented fair value.
• Lead counsel for Zhaopin, eHi and 58.com in other past and ongoing s.238 merger proceedings in the Cayman Islands. 
• GBST Holdings Limited v Smith Hamilton Limited and others [2013] EWHC 1100 (Comm)
  Lead counsel in a claim for various breaches of accounting and other warranties arising out of the sale and purchase of Coexis, a company which provides software to customers operating in the global capital markets.
• Augean Plc v James Hutton and Ors [2014] EWHC 2972 (Comm)
  Lead counsel for the successful claimant in a claim for breach of warranty arising out of the sale and purchase of a company providing environmental waste management services. Ten day trial in the High Court, including cross examination of eight factual witnesses and two experts. Consideration of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Special Waste Regulations 1996 (as amended), Criteria and Procedures for the Acceptance of Waste at Landfills (Scotland) Direction 2005 and the PPC Regulations 2000.
• Teekay v DPIC (2014)
  Lead counsel for the claimant in an action arising out of the enforcement of a share pledge in the Chancery Division of the High Court. Significant expert issues relating to share valuation and shipping. Settled shortly before trial.
• Pell Frischmann Engineering Ltd v Bow Valley Ltd
  Advising on remedies available for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, breach of confidence and fraud in the context of an oil and gas joint venture (assisting Jersey counsel (with Ian Geering KC and Anthony de Garr Robinson KC)).