Richard Siddle
Partner
Singapore
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.
"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."
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 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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