David heads up the London employment team at Osborne Clarke. He undertakes all types of employment work, with particular experience in the HR implications of applying organisational change programmes and on the sale and acquisition of businesses, both within the UK and on cross-border transactions. He is very experienced in handling senior level terminations and dealing with discrimination issues. David has a strong reputation for providing pragmatic commercial advice to banks and financial institutions and to the technology and telecoms sectors.

He also has significant experience in advising US businesses on how to comply with employment law legislation and practices throughout Europe.

David is the joint author of the CCH Employment Contracts Manual and frequently speaks on employment law issues. In the latest edition (2006) of the Chambers Legal Directory, David is noted as winning respect for his "international flair", and is credited with building an "impressive team" that is "client oriented and solutions driven".

He qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and joined Osborne Clarke in March 2000.