Lawyers in England

David Inzani

Partner

Poppleston Allen

David Israel

David, a well-known and respected London employment lawyer, acts for companies and senior executives on their employment issues. David deals with the whole breadth of employment matters. His advice ranges from day-to-day employment issues that arise through to more involved matters such as whistleblowing, discrimination and equality issues, as well as confidentiality and the enforcement of pre- and post-termination obligations. David also specialises in large scale re-organisations and the employment aspects of corporate acquisitions, disposals and transfers of undertakings.

RWK Goodman

David Ives

Partner; David’s practice covers Intellectual Property, Technology, Outsourcing, and Sport. He is the firm’s Head of Intellectual Property and advises on IP protection, exploitation and enforcement, including a particular focus on franchising and sponsorship agreements. He also advises on strategic technology, telecoms and business process sourcing and on software licensing and development agreements, and is an active member of the firm’s Commercial Contracts advisory team.

Slaughter and May

David Jackson

David is Chief Executive of Shoosmiths. He is responsible for delivering the firm’s strategy and for driving operational excellence in the business to help serve our clients. Prior to being elected to the role in 2022, David practised as a specialist Technology & Outsourcing lawyer, leading Shoosmiths’ award-winning national Commercial Group for over ten years. He was recognised by the directories as a Leading Individual in his field, being described as ‘very pragmatic, very commercial and technically brilliant’. David is passionate about client service and innovating to create new ways of solving our clients’ problems. He won the prestigious Client Partner of the Year Award at the British Legal Awards following a survey conducted by Legal Week of over 1400 senior in-house lawyers who were asked to rate the client partner who’d impressed them most. David topped the poll in the UK. As Chief Executive, David combines leadership and management of the firm’s three core divisions (Corporate, Real Estate & Advisory Services) and its support directorates and is focused on uniting our people in the pursuit of excellence for the benefit of our clients and each other. David joined Shoosmiths in 2006 from an in-house counsel role. During his time with the firm, he served on its Partnership Council for six years and led the team responsible for creating connected services offering ‘Shoosmiths8’. In his role as CEO, David is committed to working hard to encourage more diversity of thought, perspective and experience in the firm and he has a personal passion to see improved social mobility across the profession.

Shoosmiths LLP

David James

Partner

HCR Law

David Janes

Senior Partner of Janes Solicitors. David is exceptionally highly regarded in the profession and one of the leading and most experienced criminal lawyers. He is considered to be ‘a brilliant tactician’ and has been involved in a number of the highest profile cases and leading authorities. David is continuously highly ranked in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. David has an unrivalled reputation in the field of serious and complex fraud and cases involving direct and indirect taxation. He has successfully represented clients in the most complex and difficult of cases many of which have attracted national media interest – such as his client’s acquittal in the Libor case. He also specialises in defending allegations of bribery and corruption, alleged corporate offences, and all aspects relating to the proceeds of crime. He is experienced in regulatory matters and civil recovery. Notable cases: Preddie (leading mortgage case), Operation Elveden (Deputy Editor of The Sun), SFO v Allied Deals Metal, Olympic ticket case, Fergal Lynch a defendant in the “horse racing trial of the century", R-v-Lunn (Operation Edgewood), GP Noble pension case, Operation Crystallite (major tax avoidance re: film investment scheme – 2 defendants), R-v-Goodman & others (acquittal of broker in Libor fixing scandal), Operation Aquamarine (£40 million mortgage fraud against well known banking institutes), Operation Amazon (largest HMRC prosecution – income tax deferral in R&D carbon credit scheme), Operation Lunar (dismissal of charges in complex tax scheme prosecution against ex partner of KPMG in Zeus tax scheme alleging £300 million tax avoidance), representing 9 senior executives in the SFO Rolls Royce investigation.

Janes Solicitors

David Jepps

David is a very experienced employment lawyer advising employers and employees in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters. He also advises on employment law aspects of corporate insolvency matters.

Keystone Law

David Jervis

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

David Johnson

David has broad experience in high value, multi-jurisdictional disputes with particular experience in disputes involving allegations of breach of duty and fraud; dealing with heavy interim and injunctive relief (including freezing and receivership orders and antisuit injunctions); coordinating parallel proceedings across various jurisdictions; and utilising insolvency proceedings as part of a broader litigation strategy. Drawing on his background as an insolvency lawyer, David also has a busy restructuring and insolvency practice, focusing on advisory and contentious mandates. In this respect, he has particular experience dealing with cross-border recognition and the coordination of insolvency proceedings across several jurisdictions; contentious restructuring, including challenges to Restructuring Plans and Schemes of Arrangement; advising stakeholders in the insolvencies of financial institutions (including under the Investment Bank Special Administration regime); and dealing with high-value mandates which involve complex regulatory issues, including under economic sanctions regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

PCB Byrne

David Johnson

Partner; David heads one of the firm’s corporate groups and has over 25 years’ experience advising on a wide range of corporate transactions, commercial agreements and governance matters. He has particular expertise in public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures and equity financings. David acts for a number of listed companies, including Arrow Global Group, BAT, BHP, Cineworld, GlaxoSmithKline, IAG, Marston’s, SEGRO and The Restaurant Group.

Slaughter and May

David Johnston

David has wide experience of acting for and managing client teams for funds, major property companies and developers including sales, purchases, lettings, refinancing, development and asset management advisory services. He has also been very active for foreign investors in the UK and charity sector asset management, development and regeneration portfolios. He also advises on the impact of the changing climate, both physical and political, on private and public sustainable initiatives. In particular, he has been advising on green development and leasing and the effects of the changing regulatory climate on the institutional real estate sector.

Wedlake Bell LLP

David Johnston-Keay

Partner Specialisms: Industrial Deafness Respiratory Claims RSI Claims VWF Claims Cancer - Occupational (non British Coal) Tinnitus Dermatitis Caused at Work

Irwin Mitchell

David Jones

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

David Jones

Associate Partner - Property

Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)

David Judah

Partner, Corporate Area of Practice – Corporate Law, Domestic and International Mergers & Acquisitions, Takeovers, Joint Ventures, MBOs, Commercial Disputes

Wallace LLP

David Kendall

David heads the business services division, with overall responsibility for its strategic direction, and is a member of the firm's strategy board. Senior partner specialising in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity corporate restructurings and insolvency related transactions.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

David King

Partner (National Deputy Head of Private Client Team) and Head of Private Client Team in Cardiff

HCR Law

David King

David joined Irwin Mitchell’s Neurotrauma team in 2013 and became an Associate in 2018. David has over 10 years of experience in PI and, for the last 7 years, has specialised in complex brain and spinal cord injuries, dealing with claims of maximum severity. In his relatively short career in this field, he has obtained damages well in excess of £50m and is highly regarded as having particular strength in complex liability cases. Equally adept in relation to quantum, David drafts his own Schedules of Loss in cases with values up to 8-figures, attracting descriptions such as ‘exceptional’ and ‘superb’ by Leading Counsel.

Irwin Mitchell

David Kitson

Bevan Brittan LLP

David Kitson

Solicitor Advocate

Sonn Macmillan Walker

David L Gray

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

David Lane

Member

Freeths LLP

David Laurence

David is a City trained real estate solicitor and his practice covers all aspects of property law. He has a proven track record of delivering high value and complicated transactions for both public and private sector clients. Before joining Freeths, David spent five years working in the Restructuring division of a major UK bank. Here, he advised on the acquisition, asset management and disposal of a £1.2 billion property portfolio covering all major asset classes.

Freeths LLP

David Leadercramer

Consultant

Osbornes