David is a senior junior whose practice spans commercial, construction, and financial services disputes, professional discipline and regulation, and public law. David is regularly instructed in proceedings in the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) and the Administrative Court and before regulators’ disciplinary tribunals. A substantial proportion of David’s practice has an international element, particularly in the field of international arbitration, where he has acted in disputes subject to the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) rules. He is a Technology & Construction Bar Association (TECBAR) accredited adjudicator and accepts appointments via the TECBAR adjudication scheme.
David is recommended as a leading junior in Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, Chambers Global, and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. He was nominated for professional disciplinary junior of the year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024. David is a contributing editor of the Auction, Bailment and Banking and Bills of Exchange volumes of Atkin’s Court Forms (2023 and 2018 issues), Dovar and Sawtell on the Building Safety Act (forthcoming), The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive (forthcoming), Making Lawful Decisions (2024) and Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts (5th edn, forthcoming; 4th edn, 2021). Prior to coming to the Bar, David worked in the City for five years as a foreign exchange and interest rates derivatives structurer.
Called 2013
2015–present: Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers
2017–2018: Secondee barrister, Clifford Chance Asia
2012–2014: Interest rates derivatives consultant, Barclays Capital, Lloyds, National Australia Bank
2009–2012: Foreign exchange derivatives structurer, Barclays Capital
English
ALBA, AllBar, ARDL, ChBA, COMBAR, FSLA, IBA, IPBA, LCLCBA, PNBA, SCL, TECBAR
MPhil (Oxon), BPTC (BPP), GDL (BPP), BA (York)