Richard Henderson has over 20 years’ experience in advising lenders, ship owners and investors on ship finance transactions, vessel construction contracts, vessel and business sale and purchase agreements and debt restructurings. He has also advised clients extensively on shipping related commercial contracting, such as LNG project tenders, commercial contracts in the offshore industry and pooling agreements.

Richard Henderson is the author of two courses on ship finance for Lloyds Maritime Academy and an occasional lecturer on both courses. He was also one of the original authors of Euromoney’s book on shipping finance.

Short biography

Richard Henderson graduated from King’s College London and was admitted as a solicitor in 1989. Following his admittance as a solicitor Richard Henderson worked for several years with the law firms of Slaughter and May and Stephenson Harwood in London and Hong Kong, as well as spending a year in Copenhagen and Oslo with Danish and Norwegian law firms. After eleven years as a partner with Watson Farley & Williams Richard Henderson became partner with Ehlermann Rindfleisch Gadow in 2011 and established the firm’s London office.

E-Mail: henderson [at] erg-legal [dot] com