David Ferris
Partner, Head of Bristol Corporate Team, UK
David is a Partner in the corporate practice and specialises in transactions in the Energy and Technology sectors.
David qualified at Osborne Clarke in 1997 and has been a Partner at the firm since 2004.
David handles M&A and joint venture transactions and projects.
He works for corporations, management teams, vendors, purchasers and funders on deals, and his clients range from start-ups to large established corporate groups and utilities.
David has a keen interest in power management and demand response technologies and their combination with technology platforms and smart infrastructure in Smart City developments.
He spent a number of years as international head of Osborne Clarke's Energy sector, helping develop an integrated practice spanning the firm’s offices and services clients across the value chain.
He has a particular focus on digital transformation and Legal 500 describe him as being "driven by a desire to help technical innovation" - Legal 500
Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world
I help lead the OC focus on Smart Cities which looks at how clients are bringing together innovation with infrastructure and utilities in the built environment to improve the way we live, work and get around.
Collaboration between stakeholders from different industries is key to the development of Smart Cities and I have enjoyed working with clients on joint ventures, investments and acquisitions to foster such collaboration, for instance between technology innovators and energy companies.
Work
Limejump
Advised the shareholders of Limejump on the sale of the Company to Shell Energy.
Innogy
Advised Innogy on their joint venture with Statkraft in relation to the up-to-900MW Triton Knoll offshore wind project.
Biffa
Advised Biffa on the its acquisition of Company Shop Group.
Techmodal
Advised the shareholders of Techmodal on the sale of the company to BAE.
RWE Innogy
Advised RWE on their joint venture with Statkraft in relation to the up-to-900MW Triton Knoll offshore wind project
Rotork Plc
Advised this market leading actuator manufacturer and global flow control company on its successful acquisition of Bifold Group Limited for up to £125m on a cash-free and debt-free basis.
West Coast Energy Group
Advised its shareholders on the sale of the wind project group to GDF Suez including 70MW of operational UK onshore wind farms and 200MW of future projects at varying stages of development
Expertise
Sectors
Services
Insights
Smart cities
There are a range of ways in which individual buildings can contribute to the "smartness" – whether digital, sustainable or...
26/04/2021
Read time
8m
Smart cities
Individual buildings can contribute to the digital, sustainable and green 'smartness' of a smart city, but this requires collaboration –...
22/04/2021
Read time
6m
Smart cities
Individual buildings are self-contained units operated by a combination of stakeholders, including occupants, owners and building management. But they can...
20/04/2021
Read time
8m
Smart cities
A smart city is a combination of the physical buildings and infrastructure that make it up, plus the management and...
19/04/2021
Smart cities
Our smart cities experts work alongside our clients from across the finance, technology, infrastructure, energy, transport, healthcare and public sectors...
13/04/2021
Energy and Utilities
This is the first episode in a new Osborne Clarke podcast series looking at Energy Innovation. We will look at...
24/03/2021
Urban Dynamics
First, it’s good to understand that, prior to Covid-19, various sources predicted that two-thirds of the world's population will live...
16/11/2020
Read time
2m
Urban Dynamics
The development of smart cities is multi-layered and multidisciplinary, comparable to a huge jigsaw of interlocking, dynamic parts. Artificial intelligence...
08/10/2020
Financial Services
On 22 January we hosted a thought-provoking debate on "Investing for a positive impact". Keynote speaker Maggie Loo (Bridges Fund...
29/01/2020
