David is a partner in our Corporate practice, based in London. His practice focuses primarily on private M&A and joint ventures, mostly with an international flavour.

David’s projects have included advising:

  • Vaillant Group on its acquisition from Koç Group of a majority stake in Demirdöküm, the Turkish heating manufacturer, and on its disposal of the Hepworth Building Products business to Wavin;
  • National Bank of Greece on its acquisitions of Finansbank in Turkey and Vojvodjanska Banka in Serbia and various other projects in Central and Eastern Europe;
  • a significant, privately owned Bulgarian company on proposed investments by overseas financial investors and related shareholders’ arrangements;
  • E.ON on proposed asset swap arrangements relating to Russia and various other jurisdictions;
  • a leading international financial institution on separate structured investments in Turkish companies in the infrastructure and construction sectors;
  • Vinnolit on its acquisition of INEOS’ European E-PVC business, including the raw material supply and related offtake arrangements;
  • SIRVA on the sales of its Continental European moving services business, its transportation network for high value products in Europe and its UK records management and crate hire businesses;
  • PartyGaming on its acquisition of the Gamebookers internet sports betting business;
  • the Russian majority shareholders in Balkan Star on the sale to Altadis;
  • Ruhrgas and Gaz de France on the shareholders arrangements and other matters relating to Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel, the Slovak gas distribution business, in which they acquired a 49 per cent interest through a privatisation process;
  • ICI on various major international disposals, including each stage of its disposal of the Polyurethanes, Tioxide and certain petrochemical businesses to Huntsman; and
  • LVMH on a series of joint venture and other transactions relating to the Phillips auction business.

David is also co-head of the firm’s Chemicals Sector Group and worked in the ICI legal department from 1995-97.

David read law at Christ’s College, Cambridge and joined the firm in 1990. He re-joined the firm in 1997 after his spell with ICI and became a partner in May 2000.

 

Contact details

david.crook@freshfields.com

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