Simmons & Simmons

David advises clients across all aspects of contentious and non-contentious EU and UK antitrust and competition law. His merger control work has included high profile UK and global transactions where he has managed the regulatory approval processes within the UK, the EU, and around the globe. His contentious work includes acting for clients subject to the European Commission interchange fee investigations as well as Competition and Markets Authority pharmaceutical probes.

David has experience of working within a broad range of industry sectors including financial services, retail and various consumer goods, technology media & telecommunications, energy and infrastructure.

David has spent time on secondment to the CMA where he was part of the policy team, and into the competition team of a multinational universal bank.

David trained as a barrister and was called to the Bar of Lincoln’s Inn before training, qualifying and spending many years in the competition team of a Magic Circle firm in London. He joined Simmons in 2020 before becoming a partner in the competition team in Simmons’ Disputes Resolution practice.