David is an English-qualified lawyer with considerable experience of group actions and international collective redress.
His experience encompasses group securities litigation, competition class actions, and collective actions arising from product defects and other consumer protection issues. As well as litigation in England, he has also developed substantial experience of the class actions regimes in Australia and the Netherlands.
David is a member of the ICGN (International Corporate Governance Network) Future Leaders Committee.
David joined Woodsford from a major international law firm in London, where he acted on group actions in the automotive and agribusiness sectors and regularly advised clients on litigation risk arising from product liability issues.
David obtained a Bachelor of Laws from King’s College London, where he was a recipient of the Dickson Poon Scholarship – an academic scholarship.
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