RICHARD PEAT

CONTACT

13 & 14 Old Square
Lincoln’s Inn
London
WC2A 3UA
DX 52 London - Chancery Lane
T: +44 (0)20 7831 4445
F: +44 (0)20 7841 5825
E: clerks@13oldsquare.com

We are open between 8.30am
and 6.30pm Monday to Friday.

Outside of office hours please
call Justin Brown, Senior Clerk
on 0777 578 1995.

Year of Call: 1993
Education: BA (Hons), LLM
Email: richardpeat@13oldsquare.com

Areas of practice
Richard has extensive practical experience of financial services regulatory, company and insolvency law, and he specialises in those areas.

Richard joined 13 Old Square in January 2005. He had previously been an Assistant Official Receiver in the DTI’s Insolvency Service, a Senior Examiner in the DTI’s Companies Investigation Branch, Enforcement Counsel at the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation, and an Advanced Associate, Litigation Counsel and Enforcement Counsel at the Financial Services Authority.

At the FSA, Richard was involved in legal and policy work leading up to the introduction of the current regulatory regime in December 2001, and then in advising on, and managing, investigations and enforcement casework.

Appointments

• Visiting Lecturer (MSc Financial Regulation and Compliance Management), London Metropolitan University, 2000 - 2006

Publications

• ‘The Financial Services Authority – new regulator, new powers of investigation’, Fraud Intelligence, issues 39 and 40 2001

• ‘Making ends meet’, The Lawyer, 23 May 2005

• ‘A move towards public interest bankruptcy: individual insolvency as a regulatory tool’, Tolley’s Insolvency Law and Practice, issue 1 2006

Memberships
Associate, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Member, Chancery Bar Association
Member, Commercial Bar Association
Member, National Association of Data Protection Officers
Member, Society of English and American Lawyers