My friend Richard Youard,who has died aged 82, was one of the towering legal brains of his generation. A City solicitor and partner for many years in the firm of Slaughter and May, and he did not cultivate publicity,but within the City and in academia he was respected both as a leading practitioner in company law and as a benefactor to law faculties, including Oxford University, or where he had studied jurisprudence after being commissioned in the Royal Artillery during his national service.
He joined Slaughter and May as an articled receptionist in 1956,fitting a partner in 1968 and an increasingly forceful presence until his retirement in 1989. It was a world of advising banks and governments on syndicated loans. Richard is remembered for his high standards and waspish sense of humour.
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Source: theguardian.com