David Wilson > Peachey & Co LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

David Wilson

020 7316 5204 daw@peachey.co.uk

Work Department

Corporate finance and antitrust.

Position

Head of corporate finance and competition law. Competition law cases include: BDB (Article 81 case) and FA Premier League Football (CA case), both for NTL; ATP/LTA Tennis (CA case) for Northern Vision; newspaper and magazines distribution (CA case) for Menzies Distribution Ltd; European Commission v Nintendo and others for John Menzies plc. Corporate finance transactions: company sale and purchases (including merger control), refinancing (private and public, debt and equity, including AIM), corporate restructuring for a range of industry sectors (energy (particularly renewables), aviation services, media and new media, telecommunications, shipping, sport and technology).

Career

Trained Peachey & Co; qualified 1986; partner 1988; head of corporate finance 2000. Contributor to articles in ‘The Sunday Telegraph’; ‘Ground Handling International’; appeared on BBC’s Newsnight and ITN’s Crosstalk (in connection with the Premier League Football case). Non executive director of Gulf Mark UK Ltd for 10 years, the largest offshore supply vessel operation in the North Sea. Company secretary of Verditek Plc (AIM: LSE VDTK)

Education

Marlborough College; Exeter University (1982 Politics and Economics); Law Society (1983 LPD; 1984 Solicitors Finals).

Leisure

Skiing, cricket (captain of village team), tennis, theatre.