Charles Russell Speechlys continues to develop its Financial Services and Funds practice with the appointment of Racheal Muldoon

Charles Russell Speechlys today announces the appointment of Racheal Muldoon as Partner to the Firm’s Financial Services and Funds team. Racheal is an award-winning, internationally recognised barrister, known for her expertise at the intersection of law and new and emerging technologies.

Racheal joins the team in the UK and is an internationally recognised leading practitioner in the field of digital assets, including cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens, and tokenised real-world assets such as art and real estate. Racheal’s work across decentralised finance includes advising on initial coin offerings (ICOs), drops, network support issues, cyber-attacks leading to data breaches and smart contractual disputes. In relation to centralised finance, she advises banks, investment firms, family offices, wealth management firms, insurers, and litigation funders.

Racheal has a diverse practice that encompasses both contentious and non-contentious work. Her clients include start-ups, SMEs, large multi-national businesses, regulators and high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals. She has significant experience advising UHNW clients and private wealth ecosystems, on matters relating to luxury goods such as wine, cars, and yachts, as well as the digitisation of artwork.

David Collins, Partner, who is responsible for the Firm’s Business Advisory & Transaction Services Division, which includes the Corporate, Commercial, Employment, Immigration, Financial Services and Banking teams, comments: 

Technology and Financial Services are key sectors for our Firm and represent areas in which we have developed practices across corporate, commercial, contentious, and regulatory over many years.

"From cryptocurrencies and digital assets to data privacy and artificial intelligence, our clients are having to navigate increasingly complex and wide-ranging issues. Racheal has extensive experience in these fields and brings welcome firepower to the Firm as the world – along with the issues faced by our private capital clients – continues to evolve.

Racheal Muldoon, Partner, adds:

The Firm has strong practices at the intersection of the law and new and emerging technologies, which makes it a great fit when considering my own practice. I am excited to collaborate with new colleagues doing great work in these areas across commercial, financial regulation and dispute resolution. The Firm also has an impressive client base and intermediary network and I look forward to exploring synergies that will benefit the Firm’s existing contacts and my own.

Racheal’s appointment follows ten other Partner hires into the Business Advisory & Transaction Services Division in 2024, in one of the thriving years for senior lateral hires for the Firm to date. Two were into the Financial Services Regulation & Funds group – Richard Ellis, Partner, in February and Jeremy Bell, Senior Consultant, in March.