David has practised for over 40 years in the field of corporate and commercial law.

He has advised on a wide range of transactions including share sales, asset sales, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, joint ventures and distributorships;  also corporate advisory and governance and partnership issues.

He has advised many different types of clients (with a particular experience in the education sector), including listed and unlisted organisations both in the UK and overseas, and works a lot with law firms around the world. He also advises on shareholder and partnership disputes.

He speaks French and advises on Anglo-French corporate transactions.

Experience

• Setting up the UK joint venture arrangements for an international firm of accountants
• Advising on a company buy-back of shares in the context of the end of a joint venture
• Advising on the UK restructuring of part of a quoted US high tech group of companies
• Advising on a shareholders dispute in an international aviation sector group
• Advising on an Anglo-Russian shareholders dispute