David is a Partner in Capital’s Commercial Disputes Team.
David is a litigation and regulatory investigations lawyer with a specialism in financial services litigation.
He has extensive experience of resolving complex, high value disputes in a broad range of sectors, including financial services, healthcare, public sector and manufacturing.
David’s primary area of expertise lies in claims arising from breach of contract, negligence, sale of goods and services and post M&A work. David also has extensive experience of regulatory investigations in the financial services sector, having worked on two of the biggest FCA led remediation projects in the UK in recent years.
Expertise
- Business Crime and Investigations
- Commercial Disputes
- FCA Investigations
- Financial Services Investigations
- International
- Complex contractual disputes
- Post completion disputes
- Sale of Goods and Services claims
- Negligence claims
- Regulatory Investigations
- Professional Negligence
Recent work
Multi-national Bank
Working for the Global Banking and Markets division of a multi-national Bank in relation to the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products.
£100million breach of contract claim
Breach of contract claim relating to a multi-party dispute involving a £100million energy from waste plant.
Care home provider
Representing a large care home provider in relation to the closure of a care home due to the discovery of legionella bacteria, in addition to managing the reputational issues arising.
Car manufacturer
Acting for the manufacturer of a fleet of 25 refuse collection vehicles sold to a local authority which were alleged to be defective.
Welsh Assembly Government
Advising the Welsh Assembly Government in relation to investigations into a UK wide multi-million pound fraud on the NHS in conjunction with the NHS Counter Fraud team.
Local Authority
Successfully defending judicial review proceedings brought against a Local Authority due the award of a transportation contract to a company with links to the Middle East.
Major UK retail Bank
Working for a major UK retail Bank in relation to PPI remediation work.
Regulatory investigations
Involvement in several regulatory investigations ordered by the FCA into conduct at financial and banking institutions based in the UK and the US.
Health Authority
Conduct of injunctive proceedings brought by a Health Authority against a Consultant dismissed for gross misconduct but who had taken sensitive patient data regarding the success of cancer operations prior to his departure.
Canadian cloud computing supplier
Pursuing a breach of contract claim against a Canadian cloud computing supplier in relation to actions that threatened to shut down a power station in the east of England.