SPEAKER

Richard

Power

Partner

Clyde & Co LLP

Richard is a partner in Clyde & Co's Global Arbitration Group. He has a special focus on clean energy and on climate change risk. As well as assisting clients with their international and domestic commercial, contractual, financial and investment disputes, Richard also advises on identifying and mitigating ESG risk, including “greenwashing” claims. Richard sits on the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance Steering Group and on Clyde & Co’s Environmental Sustainability & Biodiversity Steering Committee. He has spoken on climate change risk and the energy transition at London International Disputes Week and London Climate Action Week. He has also acted as a Senior Facilitator for The Chancery Lane Project’s “hackathons” to develop climate-conscious contractual provisions.

As well as authoring a series of articles on the energy transition, including the drive for decentralisation and digitisation, Richard is the author of the Energy Arbitrations chapter of Global Arbitration Review's European Arbitration Review for 2017, 2018 and 2019 and regularly contributes articles on climate change risk and the energy transition to newspapers such as The Times and industry publications such as Sustainable Views, Energy Voice, Energy Economist and Energy Global.