Richard Siddle is a partner in the Finance and Corporate Group in Walkers' Singapore office.

Richard advises in relation to Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda law and has extensive experience of cross-border debt finance transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, structured finance, debt restructurings and general corporate lending. Richard has a particular focus on fund finance and regularly represents both lenders and sponsors with respect to capital call financings, NAV and hybrid facilities and GP/Management facilities.

Experience and recent work

Prior to joining Walkers Richard worked for Clifford Chance in London and Amsterdam and for Hall and Wilcox in Australia.

Qualifications

Admitted in:

Bermuda, Registered Associate
British Virgin Islands
England and Wales (not practising)

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, Leeds University
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, College of Law in Chester
Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School

2026 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Individual - 'Richard Siddle is a standout partner in the offshore legal market - extremely experienced, excellent at navigating complexity, commercial and responsive.'

2026 Chambers Asia Pacific - Notable Practitioner - "Richard Siddle's strengths are his market knowledge in the fund finance space. He has a great overview of the Cayman Islands market and so I can go to him on various issues."

2025 Chambers Asia Pacific – Up and Coming - "Richard Siddle is a reputable lawyer who is doing excellent work."

2025 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Individual

2024 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Individual – "The lead partner we work with is Richard Siddle. He is highly responsive, knowledgeable and has a keen transactional acumen."

2023 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Leading Individual

2023 Who's Who Legal: Recommended – Banking – Finance

2023 Who's Who Legal: Recommended – Southeast Asia (Banking)

2022 Legal 500 Asia Pacific – "unmatched in the market… an outstanding technical lawyer and easy to work with. Richard is always happy to do the heavy lifting on complex issues."

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