Richard Ward

Partner
London
Tel: +44 20 7786 9070
Overview
Richard Ward is Chair of the firm’s UK Tax practice. A broad-gauged UK corporate and transactional tax lawyer, Mr. Ward has advised an array of multinational ... Read Full Biography

Publications

  • Practising Law Institute: Insurance and Investment Management M&A Deskbook
    21 April 2025
    Practising Law Institute
    Megan K. Arrogante
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Jan Buschmann
    ,
    Matthew Dickman
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Gregory V. Gooding
    ,
    David Grosgold
    ,
    Andrew G. Jamieson
    ,
    Satish M. Kini
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Marilyn A. Lion
    ,
    Gregory J. Lyons
    ,
    Kristen A. Matthews
    ,
    Timothy McIver
    ,
    Edwin Northover
    ,
    Matthew B. Parelman
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Nicholas F. Potter
    ,
    Daniel Priest
    ,
    William D. Regner
    ,
    Jeff Robins
    ,
    Peter F.G. Schuur
    ,
    Paulina Stanfel
    ,
    Dr. Clare Swirski
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Sam Whitaker
    ,
    Olivia Coral Daniels
    ,
    Alexandra Grady
    ,
    Laura Jackson
    ,
    Katie Power
    ,
    Thomas M. Santella
    ,
    Niusha Tavassoli
    ,
    Alexander R. Cochran
  • 2023 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
    27 July 2023
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Mark P. Goodman
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Ted Hassi
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Emily F. Huang
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Timothy McIver
    ,
    Frank Mitchell
    ,
    Maura Kathleen Monaghan
    ,
    Edwin Northover
    ,
    Brett M. Novick
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Kristin A. Snyder
    ,
    J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
    ,
    Patrick Taylor
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Erica S. Weisgerber
    ,
    Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
    ,
    Brett Adam Bush
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Sergio Torres
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Elie J. Worenklein
    ,
    Colleen B. Bernaiche
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Christopher Gossage
    ,
    Yiran Ji
    ,
    Maryam Kanna
    ,
    Rekha Korlipara Kreider
    ,
    Adriana Kranjac Rielly
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Megan MacDonald
    ,
    Harshil Mehta
    ,
    Stanley G. Seckler
    ,
    Sheng Shao
    ,
    Massy Vainshtein
    ,
    Kimberly Anker
  • 2022 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    1 August 2022
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Emily F. Huang
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Satish M. Kini
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Marilyn A. Lion
    ,
    Peter J. Loughran
    ,
    Nicole Levin Mesard
    ,
    Brett M. Novick
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
    ,
    Michael C. Godbe
    ,
    Christopher Gossage
    ,
    Sheng Shao
    ,
    Matthew Mrozek
    ,
    Yiran Ji
  • A Close Look at the UK’s New Qualifying Asset Holding Company Tax Regime
    May 2022
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Paul Eastham
  • Private Equity Report Spring 2022, Vol 22, No 1
    May 2022
    Catherine Amirfar
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    Alexander R. Cochran
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Ted Hassi
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Matthew E. Kaplan
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Ina Popova
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Kristin A. Snyder
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Erica S. Weisgerber
    ,
    Charu A. Chandrasekhar
    ,
    Nick S. Kaluk III
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Christopher Rosekrans
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Christopher S. Ford
    ,
    Christine Shu Gilleland
    ,
    Michael C. Godbe
    ,
    Matthew C. Rametta
    ,
    Kate Saba
  • 2021/2022 Private Equity Year-End Review and Outlook
    January 2022
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Catherine Amirfar
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Alexander R. Cochran
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Nicholas P. Pellicani
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Emily F. Huang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Matthew J. Sacco
    ,
    Sheng Shao
    ,
    Sergio Torres
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Christopher Gossage
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Lukas Ott
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Luke Dembosky
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Ina Popova
    ,
    Samantha J. Rowe
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Eric Dinallo
    ,
    Marilyn A. Lion
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Nicholas F. Potter
    ,
    Melissa Runsten
    ,
    Matthew Mrozek
    ,
    Michael C. Godbe
    ,
    Christel Y. Tham
    ,
    Lisa Wang Lachowicz
    ,
    Yiran Ji
  • 2021 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    22 July 2021
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Matthew Dickman
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Zachary H. Saltzman
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Franci J. Blassberg
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    David J. Hotelling
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
    ,
    Robert Maddox
    ,
    Sergio Torres
  • European Funds Comment: Fundraising in the EU: The Challenges Ahead
    15 March 2021
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
  • 2020/2021 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
    7 January 2021
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    William D. Regner
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Luke Dembosky
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Jim Pastore
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
  • Cayman Islands Removed from EU Tax “Blacklist” — But Have All the Consequences of Its Blacklisting Been Removed?
    23 October 2020
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Tom Berry
    ,
    Paul Eastham
  • 2020 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    31 July 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Nicole Levin Mesard
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Edward M. Rishty
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Almas Daud
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
  • European Funds Comment: The UK Budget
    13 March 2020
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward

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