Richard Nelson

 

Senior partner

Richard qualified as a solicitor in 1975 joining Freeth Cartwright & Sketchley where he became a Partner in 1980. In 1983, Richard left to form Nelsons where, as Senior Partner, he led it to become one of the largest firms in the East Midlands and amongst the largest 50 firms in the country. He left Nelsons to set up Richard Nelson Solicitors in April 2003.

Richard has substantial experience and has gained a national reputation for criminal and regulatory work. In the course of his career, he has dealt with some of the largest cases presented in Court. The Legal 500 for 2008 has rated Richard joint number one for crime and fraud in the East Midlands and has described him as ‚'inspirational' and 'one of the best fraud lawyers with a truly national profile'.

He was a founder member of the Complex Case Practitioners' Group, is Secretary of the Serious Fraud Association and a member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.

He also has hands-on business experience and has held a number of non-executive directorships which have provided him with further practical insight of relevance to the firm' work.