Lawyers

David Cummings

David Cummings

Work Department

Employment

Position

David is a Partner in the firm's Employment Department, practising across all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. His experience ranges from complex litigation in the specialist employment tribunals and superior courts, to corporate transactions, business restructuring, regulatory investigations, complex HR advisory services and international employment law (supporting both multi-jurisdictional commercial transactions and stand-alone cross-border HR projects).

David works across a variety of sectors, with particular expertise in Financial Services, Media and Life Sciences. In particular, David's practice across the Financial Services sector focusses on the intersection of employment law and conduct risk from a regulatory perspective. This relates to the high stakes employment aspects of regulatory enforcement issues and investigations from both employee conduct and remuneration perspectives, supported by David's expertise in sectoral remuneration regulation across the Banking and wider Financial Services sector. 

Career

Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP; Senior Associate, Allen & Overy LLP; Solicitor, Minter Ellison Lawyers (Australia).

Memberships

The UK Employment Lawyers AssociationThe European Employment Lawyers Association

Education

BPP Law School, London, Qualified Lawyers Transfer TestThe College of Law, Australia, Graduate Diploma in Legal PracticeUniversity of Queensland, Bachelor of Laws (Honours)Australian National University, Political Science (International Relations), HonoursUniversity of Queensland, Australia, Bachelor of Arts (Double Major in Political Science)