Richard Shaw


Richard Shaw
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Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw

Partner


Richard Shaw
  1. People /

Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw

Partner

Richard Shaw

Partner

London

T: +44 (0) 20 3400 4154

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Biography

Richard advises on a broad range of strategic commercial and outsourcing contracts. He has extensive experience in the retail/consumer products, automotive and financial services sectors, particularly in advising on product distribution, manufacturing, franchising, concession and white labelling arrangements.

Richard is recognised as a leading individual by Legal 500 and is ranked by Chambers. He is also a member of the City of London Law Society Commercial Law Committee.

Client Story

Client Story

Getting vertiport pioneer Skyports off the ground in Dubai

London based start-up Skyports Infrastructure has announced its pioneering ‘vertiport’ operations in Dubai in collaboration with Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) and electric air taxi provider, Joby Aviation.

Admissions

  • England and Wales

Related Practice Areas

  • Commercial Contracts

  • Retail & Consumer Products

  • Litigation & ADR

  • Regulatory Franchising

  • Transactional

  • Franchise Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Financial Institutions

  • Food & Agribusiness

  • Franchising

  • Outsourcing

  • Technology Transactions

  • Corporate

  • Corporate Carve-Outs & Transitions

Experience

Richard has experience advising: 

  • Carrefour in relation to its long-term franchise arrangement with Electra Consumer Products and its subsidiary Yenot Bitan, which operates more than 150 supermarkets in Israel. The partnership will see Yenot Bitan’s existing stores and online channels converted to the Carrefour brand. Richard also advised on the long-term supply agreement under which Carrefour will supply Yenot Bitan with Carrefour private label products and other Carrefour sourced products and the licence under which Yenot Bitan is authorised to manufacture Carrefour branded products in Israel for sale in its stores and online channels; 
  • Tnuva, the largest food producer in Israel, on the grant to the Migros Group (Migros), the largest food retailer in Switzerland, of a licence for the use of Tnuva’s know-how and technology for the production of soy-based milk substitutes;
  • Estee Lauder on its distribution arrangements for its Aveda brand of beauty products in the Republic of Ireland; and
  • Tesco on the installation of an electric vehicle charging network, under which nearly 2,500 chargers will be installed at Tesco stores across the UK and on its sponsorship arrangements in respect of the chargers with Volkswagen, which will allow for various strategic and joint initiatives between Tesco and Volkswagen during the lifetime of the sponsorship.

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Major changes to consumer and competition rules, a new digital regime and more power to the CMA
On 23 May 2024, over a year since its introduction to Parliament, the DMCC Bill was rushed through before the proroguing of Parliament ahead of the July UK General Election.  It received Royal Assent the following day.
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