01 Jun 2026
Fieldfisher appoints Richard Power as partner to bolster Disputes and Energy offering
"Fieldfisher appoints Richard Power as partner in its London Dispute Resolution practice; he will work on international arbitration and energy disputes, including power, renewables and oil and gas."
Richard joins from Clyde & Co, where he specialised in complex cross-border disputes with a particular focus on international arbitration and energy disputes. He brings more than 25 years' experience advising clients across the full spectrum of commercial disputes, acting in litigation, arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
He has particular expertise in disputes arising in the power, renewables and oil and gas industries, including matters relating to power purchase agreements, grid access, emissions trading schemes, energy transition projects and greenwashing claims. He has represented a range of clients including Scottish Power, Community Windpower, TotalEnergies and Wipro.
Recent matters include acting in a London Court of International Arbitration claim for a Saudi Arabian investment bank concerning a joint venture dispute; acting for a Franco-Canadian aerospace and engineering company in a London Court of International Arbitration dispute arising from a contract for airliner cargo conversion kits; and representing a private jet hire company in a series of London Court of International Arbitration proceedings and English Court claims. He was also instructed by a UK renewable energy producer in a dispute concerning the pricing mechanism in a renewable power purchase agreement, and has challenged decisions of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the National Energy System Operator on behalf of oil and gas and renewable power companies in matters involving the UK Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations and grid access rules.
Richard joins Fieldfisher's UK dispute resolution practice, co-led by partners John McElroy and Daniel Hayward, and becomes part of the firm's international arbitration group, which comprises more than 30 partners across Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the UK.