David Roberts – Partner

David Roberts

5 New Street Square
London EC4A 3TW
United Kingdom
DX 41 London

Tel. +44 (0) 20 7300 4159
Fax. +44 (0) 20 7300 7100
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David has some 20 years' experience of advising clients on their M&A, joint venture, commercial and outsourcing activities (particularly in real estate, leisure and financial services industries).  He has also advised on a variety of tax related structures (including LPs, LLPs and LLCs).  He has experience of acting for several significant family controlled groups (including advising on equity incentives for the management of family controlled companies).  His clients include a number of European based groups.

David has a wealth of corporate and commercial experience advising recently:

  • a fund on their acquisition of German properties (totalling approximately €500m)
  • a restructuring of and private placement by a closed-ended hotel fund
  • advising on development capital projects and joint ventures in the leisure and support services industries. 

David has also advised on a wide range of financial services activities including corporate finance transactions.  He has recently advised on payment and prepayment card systems, credit card receivable disposals and the disposal of part of a bank.  In the past, he has also worked on a range of fund raising and M&A for several metals and mining companies.

David studied law at University College London and Cambridge University before qualifying as a solicitor with Linklaters.  He has also attended a course at the Harvard Business School and is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.  He has also previously been a member of an advisory committee to the Asian Development Bank on a legal project on the Indian subcontinent. He is named in Legal Experts 2008 for Corporate and M&A. 

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