David Bates - Taylor Wessing

David co-heads our business office in San Francisco and has over 20 years' experience in international mergers & acquisitions, venture capital investments, joint ventures, and other complex corporate & commercial transactions in the technology sector.

David concentrates on advising US clients in their time-zone and in assisting them on their M&A activity, investments and expansion plans to the UK. Additionally, David co-ordinates the advice of members of our international teams to our US clients across the breadth of sectors and geographies in which we operate.

CV

2015 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2015 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2008 - 2014 Partner, Mayor Brown International

Karriere

2015 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2015 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2008 - 2014 Partner, Mayor Brown International

Ausbildung

1999 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales

1996 Bachelors Jurisprudence, Oriel College, Oxford University

Publikationen

5 Benchmarking Alternatives That Will Improve Outsourcing Relationships, CIO, 30 May 2014

Fremdsprachen

Experience

The investment arm of a multinational consumer goods company

The investment arm of a multination consumer goods company on investment in a UK based internet retailer in the food sector.

An internet based services company

An internet based services company on the reorganisation and subsequent investment by a major growth capital fund.

A US chemical giant

A US chemical giant on the disposal of a business until by way of management buy-out.

A leading French retailer

A leading French retailer on the purchase of a world-famous London toy store.

A UK based private equity firm

A UK based private equity firm on the acquisition of a portfolio of investments and subsequent related investment and disposal transactions.

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USA

Analysis of the global impacts of the US election outcome

2. Dezember 2024

von mehreren Autoren

Gesellschaftsrecht/ M&A & Kapitalmärkte

Advising SEGA Europe on its sale of Amplitude Studios to MBO Consortium

8. November 2024

von David Bates und Richard Faichney

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Gesellschaftsrecht/ M&A & Kapitalmärkte

Eurofins divests its Digital Testing business

30. September 2022

von David Bates und Paul Thorpe

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