David builds long-term relationships by focusing on issues of strategic importance for his clients and acting as a trusted adviser to senior executives. He draws on his economics training and over 20 years’ legal experience advising a diverse range of companies around the world.
David’s transactional work includes acquisitions, disposals, takeovers, joint ventures, IPOs and restructurings in the telecoms, energy, B2B and other sectors in over 15 countries.
David is the Freshfields Corporate Country Partner for Ireland and has over 12 years M&A experience in Brazil. He is actively involved in many of the largest acquisitions, disposals and JVs in these countries and clients with an interest in Brazil or Ireland will benefit from his understanding of these markets.
David is highly regarded as an M&A and private equity lawyer in IFLR’s law firm guide and is recognised for this Brazil M&A work by Latin Laywer magazine.
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- Advising Rexam, the UK-listed global can manufacturer, on its £4.3bn cash-and-shares takeover by Ball Corporation.
- Advising Tesco on its £3.9bn cash-and-shares merger with Booker and strategic alliance with Carrefour.
- Advising Hong Kong-listed CK Hutchison on creation of its €22bn Italian mobile telecoms JV with Veon and €2.45bn acquisition of Veon's 50% JV shareholding.
- Advising Cosan, the Brazilian-listed energy company, on renegotiation of its €12bn Raizen sugar and ethanol JV with Shell.
- Advising Liberty Global on its €19bn Dutch telecoms JV with Vodafone, its €1.9bn disposal of UPC Austria to Deutsche Telekom, its €19bn disposal of UPC Germany and CEE to Vodafone and its 9.9 per cent stake in ITV.
- Advising Cinven on the €4.3bn sale of Avio, the Italian aerospace business, to GE.
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