Richard Blair

Richard Blair is a Senior Managing Director and Deputy Chief Legal Officer, International at Blackstone since August 2019, where responsibilities include serving on several firm boards, including The Blackstone Group (HK) Limited and Blackstone Singapore Pte. Prior to Blackstone, Richard Blair held various senior roles at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from February 2003 to August 2019, including Senior Managing Director and General Counsel for Asia Pacific. Additional experience includes a client secondment as Vice President in the Barclays UK M&A Team and a corporate lawyer at BT Global Services. Richard Blair holds an LLB with European Legal Studies from King's College London and a Diploma in European Legal Studies from Universität Heidelberg.