David is a Partner in our corporate tax practice and heads up our Private Equity Tax team. He has broad experience advising on UK and international tax issues. He joined Osborne Clarke in October 2017 having previously worked in a leading US law firm and has spent time on secondment to a private equity firm in Luxembourg.

David’s practice covers standalone tax advisory as well as transactional matters. He has a particular focus on advising private equity financial sponsors and senior management teams on all aspects of the private equity investment lifecycle from fund formations to structuring acquisitions, reorganisations, refinancings, management incentives and exits. 

David is also a Chartered Tax Advisor.

Birmingham NEC

Advised the senior management team of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Group on its acquisition by private equity fund Blackstone, read more.

Tenzing

Advised UK lower mid-market investor, Tenzing Private Equity, on its investments in Ticketer and Converge TS.

Mobeus

Advised leading equity investor, Mobeus, on its investment in Geotech and the MBO of Travel & General Insurances Services Limited (T&G).

Morgan Motor Company

Advised iconic car manufacturer Morgan on Investindustrial investment, read more.

Synova Capital

Advised Synova Capital on its growth capital investments in Merit Software (read more) and Mintec (read more) and on its sale of Clearwater Care (read more).

Kester Capital

Advised Kester Capital on its investment in DC Byte, a leading global market intelligence and analytics provider for data centre operators, developers, investors, advisers and suppliers.

Tenzing Private Equity

Advised Tenzing Private Equity on its investment in MetaCompliance.

LDC

Advised LDC on Sohonet investment.

Notonthehighstreet

Advised Notonthehighstreet and its management team on the sale of the company to growth equity firm Great Hill Partners.

TTC Group

Advised the senior management team of TTC Group on an investment from Pricoa Private Capital.

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