RICHARD
KEEN QC
LLB(Hons)
Edin
RICHARD
KEEN QC was called to the Scottish Bar ( The Faculty of Advocates ) in 1980.
As a
junior counsel his area of practice covered company and commercial advisory
work; commercial litigation and insurance / re insurance work.
In
the period from 1986 to 1993 he held the appointment of standing junior counsel
to the Department of Trade and Industry in
In
1989 he was instructed to represent the interests of contractors insurers and
re insurers at the Cullen Inquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster. Thereafter he
was engaged in the litigations which ultimately resolved the insurance and re
insurance claims arising out of the disaster.
Richard
Keen was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1993. Since then his principal area of
practice has been in commercial litigation, extending to banking, insurance,
engineering construction and offshore energy. His advisory work has included a
number of major financial restructurings including, more recently, British
Energy. He also advised on the introduction of SLP’s at the Society of Lloyds.
From
1999 to 2003 he was Chairman of the Appeal Committee of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in
In
2000 Richard Keen led the defence of the second accused ( Lamin Fhimah ) at the
trial in Camp Zeist, Holland, relating to the Pan Am / Lockerbie bombing which
concluded with the acquittal of Fhimah.
Richard
Keen QC is listed by the Legal 500 as preeminent or leading counsel in the
areas of commercial litigation, construction litigation and media law.
In
2006 Richard Keen was elected Treasurer of The Faculty of Advocates.