Avocats – England

David Wallis

David is a partner and Head of private equity at RPC. He has particular expertise in private equity, M&A, both domestic and cross-border, and joint ventures.

RPC

David Wardle

Bevan Brittan LLP

David Wareing

David is the chairman of the firm with responsibility for representing the best interest of the business from both an internal and external perspective.

Hill Dickinson LLP

David Warman

David advises on all aspects of planning, compulsory purchase and highways law. His clients include property development and investment companies, sporting and educational institutions, high-net-worth individuals, charities, and local authorities. He provides strategic advice on major and complex development projects and negotiates Section 106 agreements, including in respect of viability and affordable housing provisions, and related highways agreements. David also represents clients on planning appeals, including public inquiries, as well as judicial review and statutory challenge proceedings in the High Court. David frequently advises on heritage issues, the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations, planning enforcement matters, permitted development rights, Bio-Diversity Net Gain, and Environmental Impact Assessment matters. His expertise extends to the compulsory purchase process and related compensation disputes, and he also advises landowners affected by Development Consent Orders and other infrastructure projects. In addition, David provides planning due diligence to support property and corporate transactions. He works closely with the planning bar, planning consultants, architects, surveyors and other property professionals as part of multi-disciplinary client teams.

Keystone Law

David Watkins

Partner; David’s principal areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions of both public and private companies, general corporate finance, equity capital markets and corporate governance. He advises clients across a broad range of sectors including financial institutions, insurance, media and IEN.

Slaughter and May

David Watson

David leads the Nottingham property team and has extensive experience in a broad range of property transactional work. He acts for numerous regional commercial and residential property developers in relation to site assembly, development and disposal, and has been involved in a number of regionally important development projects. David manages the team’s lease renewal group, a multi-disciplinary team which provides a dedicated and highly cost-effective service, and which has generated significant cost savings for clients in recent years. Those clients include Boots UK Limited and associated companies (which have a portfolio of 3,000 plus properties) and the Eurocell group of companies. David also advises a number of local and regional investors in relation to portfolio acquisitions and disposals, and other portfolio management transactions.

Geldards LLP

David Weare

Partner – Head of Construction & Engineering

Fladgate LLP

David Webster

David is a partner in the corporate and commercial team. He advises on a variety of corporate and commercial legal matters, with a particular focus on the sale and purchase of companies and businesses, company law and governance issues, and lending and security. He advises clients across a range of sectors (including real estate, financial services and family businesses).

Russell-Cooke LLP

David Wedgwood

Partner specialising in commercial litigation, including contentious trusts and probate, inheritance act claims, professional negligence, private client litigation, financial and welfare and property and affairs deputyships, contentious property and affairs deputyships, contentious Court of Protection proceedings and civil and commercial fraud.

Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

David Wells

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

David Whincup

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

David Whitworth

David is an Associate in the Private Client department. David advises a broad range of UK and international clients, including individuals, families and trustees on tax, trusts and succession planning issues. David is involved in the preparation of wills and has experience preparing and registering Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

David Whyte

Partner Before joining Harris Hagan in September 2019 as a Senior Associate, David worked in-house at a large land-based casino operator and as General Counsel for an online operator, gaining first-hand experience of both sectors and the commercial needs of operators. Prior to moving in-house, David trained and worked at the Gambling Commission for nine years in both the enforcement and legal departments. This provided him with a unique insight into the regulatory framework in Great Britain. Specialising in all aspects of online and land-based gambling law, David advises land-based and online gambling businesses (B2C and B2B), as well as many start-ups. He advises on legal classification, non-remote and remote licence applications, personal applications, advertising requirements, terms and conditions, data protection, general compliance and reporting requirements, compliance assessments, regulatory investigations, corporate evaluations, operating and personal licence reviews, and developing associated remedial compliance programmes and action plans

Harris Hagan

David Wigy

Principal Associate

Gowling WLG

David Wilkinson

Partner

Fieldfisher

David Wilkinson

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

David Wilkinson

Senior Knowledge Lawyer - Family

Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)

David Willbe

I work with startups and investors at every stage of the corporate finance cycle, from early rounds through to exit. I'm a tech early adopter and tinkerer outside of work so getting fully stuck into the UK's startup scene as part of my day job is a perfect match for me. My clients cover a wide spread of the UK tech sector, from hardware and life sciences to fintech, martech, and game development. I'm a regular speaker at startup events, breaking down legal pitfalls for startups on everything from investment rounds to co-founder relationships and exit sales. I am co-head our Technology sector group, and am one of the leaders of our Startup initiative, providing user-friendly advice to startups across the full scope of services that Lewis Silkin has to offer.

Lewis Silkin

David Williams

Partner

Fox Williams LLP

David Williams

Legal Director

Broadfield Law UK LLP

David Williams

Senior Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

David Wilson

David is a consultant in the Dispute Resolution team at Carpmaels & Ransford. He previously led the team and has over 30 years’ experience of handling complex patent disputes involving multi-jurisdictional litigation between major science and technology companies, in particular in the pharmaceutical and telecommunications sectors. He has a wealth of experience defending and bringing claims for corporations in patent infringement and revocation actions both in the UK and across Europe. A source describes him as “scientifically strong and an experienced and tough litigator.” (Chambers UK, 2020). David has represented clients in some of the UK’s largest patent cases both at first instance and appeal (including successfully acting for his clients all the way up to the Supreme Court in what is now the leading UK case on claim construction). David is also registered as a legal representative at the UPC and hence able to represent clients in pan-European patent litigation at this new court. He has particular expertise in litigating patent-related disputes where they arise in the context of existing license agreements and in negotiating high-value licenses and settlement agreements for his clients. “[David] is entrusted by science and technology players to assist with multi-jurisdictional litigation”…and “has a proven track record in negotiating high-value licenses and settlement agreements.” (Legal 500 UK, 2024). He is known for “regularly engaging in multi-jurisdictional litigation between companies in the pharmaceutical and telecoms sectors, David makes even the most complex patent disputes look easy” (IAM Patent 1000, 2020). Clients in Chambers UK, 2021 comment that “he has amassed a lot of good experience working for innovators” and they were “impressed by his calm demeanour.” During his career he has advised on ground-breaking cases which include securing victory for his clients in Kirin-Amgen, Inc. v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd, the UK’s leading authority on claim construction and achieving success for his client FibroGen in the Court of Appeal case of FibroGen v Akebia – the leading case on the assessment of sufficiency of functionally limited claims. He was awarded IP Lawyer of the Year: Pharmaceuticals in the 2020 LMG Awards and European SPC Litigator of the Year in the 2021 LMG Awards.

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

David Wise

David is a property litigation lawyer and Solicitor Advocate with more than 20 years’ experience advising in disputes involving land and property within both the private and public sector. As a former transactional property lawyer, David has detailed knowledge and understanding of land transactions and the landlord and tenant relationship – proving invaluable in quickly and decisively identifying solutions for his clients. David readily undertakes advocacy, having many years’ experience of cases in the courts and tribunals. In addition, David’s practice extends to representation at mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Whilst David’s practice incorporates a very wide spectrum of disputes concerning property and land, he has developed a particular expertise in business lease renewal litigation (1954 Act claims) and in trespasser (‘squatter’) evictions. In addition, his practice extends to defending environmental prosecutions and to professional negligence claims and contentious probate.

Keystone Law

David Withers

Partner

Irwin Mitchell