Richard Reichman

12Oct2023

BCL Solicitors LLP recognised as a leading firm in The Legal 500 UK 2023-2024 Guide

BCL Solicitors LLP are pleased to be once again recognised as a top-tier firm with an extensive team of outstanding individuals in the new Legal 500 United Kingdom 2023-2024 Guide. We have been identified as a leading firm in six practice areas and 14 of our lawyers commended for their standout contribution in their respective practices.

31Mar2023

The UK risks falling behind on ESG regulation, but it is no time for complacency

31st March 2023

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

Richard Reichman writes for Global Investigations Review highlighting the upsurge of ESG risks through strengthening regulatory requirements, novel legal claims and severe reputational damage. It is a crucial time for companies to digest the warnings and act.

20Feb2023

Richard Reichman speaks to The Guardian on greenwashing

20th February 2023

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

BCL partner, Richard Reichman has been quoted in The Guardian’s article on greenwashing, discussing the potential fines that UK companies could see for misleading claims.

17Feb2023

ESG harms and supply chain due diligence – is the UK falling behind?

17th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Insights, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

Novel claims for alleged environmental and human rights harms in the operations and supply chains of household name companies are mounting. They highlight a gap in the UK’s regulatory regime and the risk of falling behind where it once proclaimed its lead.

17Feb2023

Richard Reichman writes for City AM discussing how ground-breaking claims for alleged environmental and human rights harms in the operations

17th February 2023

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

BCL partner, Richard Reichman writes for City.AM discussing how ground-breaking claims for alleged environmental and human rights harms in the operations and supply chains of household name companies and a string of recent high-profile supply chain concerns highlight a gap in the UK’s regulatory regime and the risk of falling behind.

20Oct2022

BCL top ranked in Chambers and Partners UK Guide 2023

20th October 2022

Karen Peacock

Commendations, Daniel Jackson, David Hardstaff, Ellen Peart, Greg Mailer, Hannah Raphael, Harry Travers, Ian Burton, John Binns, Mark Haslam, Michael Drury, News, News & Insights, Richard Reichman, Richard Sallybanks, Shaul Brazil, Shula De Jersey, Tom McNeill

BCL Solicitors LLP has once again been ranked as a top tier firm with leading individuals in our fields by Chambers & Partners in the 2023 edition of Chambers UK Guide. This is one of the leading independent directories of UK legal services, identifying the leading firms and lawyers in the UK.

7Oct2022

Environment Agency to issue £250 million civil penalties to polluting water companies

7th October 2022

Karen Peacock

Environmental Protection, News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman, Tom McNeill

Following the Environment Secretary’s announcement at the Conservative Party Conference this week that he will bring forward proposals for the Environment Agency (EA) to have the power to issue significantly higher civil penalties of up to £250 million to water companies that pollute the environment, BCL’s Richard Reichman and Tom McNeill analyse the wider implications for this proposal.

29Sep2022

BCL Solicitors LLP recognised as a leading firm in The Legal 500 UK 2022-2023 Guide

BCL Solicitors LLP are pleased to be once again recognised as a top-tier firm with an extensive team of outstanding individuals in the new Legal 500 United Kingdom 2022-2023 Guide. We have been identified as a leading firm in six practice areas and 14 of our lawyers commended for their standout contribution in their respective practices.

12Sep2022

Richard Reichman and Tom McNeill to deliver Lexology Webinar on Defending regulatory investigations and prosecutions

12th September 2022

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman, Tom McNeill

BCL’s Richard Reichman and Tom McNeill with 2 Bedford Row’s Barristers Eleanor Sanderson and Shauna Ritchie will be delivering a webinar in partnership with Lexology, 10th November, 05:00 – 06:00 PM BST, titled ”Defending regulatory investigations and prosecutions.”

16Jun2022

Richard Reichman speaks to the Investors’ Chronicle on greenwashing

16th June 2022

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

BCL partner, Richard Reichman discusses with Investors’ Chronicle the likely approach UK regulators will adopt in an attempt to stop financial institutions suspected of making misleading green claims. This comes after a raid of a German Asset Management firm last month, that prompted a criminal probe following allegations of so-called ‘greenwashing’ by the organisation.