Richard Curtin is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales, and he is special counsel in the London office's finance and restructuring practice.

Prior to joining Faegre Baker Daniels, Richard was the head of Hextalls's insolvency practice. He has wide-ranging experience of administrations, restructuring and refinancing, receiverships, liquidations and bankruptcies. He acts for insolvency practitioners, asset-based lenders, banks, other financial institutions and creditors. Richard has dealt with assignments that include retail, restaurants, bars and food packaging. 

Examples of his work include:

Corporate Recovery

• Restructurings and refinancings
• Administrations (including many new-style appointments post September 2003)
• Obtaining judgment in the client's favour in BCCI proceedings up to and including the Court of Appeal
• Acting for the debtor company in the case of Structures and Computers Limited
• Advising the office holder in the cross-border case of Mazur Music Limited
• Advising on some of the high profile UK cases of 2009, including Lehman Brothers and three high profile national retailers which attracted major press coverage

Litigation—Banking and Commercial

• Acted for a range of financial institutions and insolvency practitioners in all aspects of enforcement of securities and a wide range of recovery work and disputes (including fraud, negligence, breach of duty, conversion and money laundering)
• Handling debt recovery both nationally and internationally at all different levels
• Advice on the enforcement of guarantees
• Advice on all types of enforcement both internationally and nationally, including injunctive relief

Professional Associations

• Law Society of England and Wales
• Institute of Credit Management — Fellow
• Insolvency Lawyers Association
• Association of Business Recovery Professionals — Fellow
• Insol International