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David Watkins

020 7090 4362 david.watkins@slaughterandmay.com

Work Department

Capital Markets
Infrastructure and Energy
Corporate and M&A

Position

Partner; David’s principal areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions of both public and private companies, general corporate finance, equity capital markets and corporate governance. He advises clients across a broad range of sectors including financial institutions, insurance, media and IEN.

Career

Joined Slaughter and May in 2001. Partner since 2005.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
• Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
• Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
• Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
• Employment > Employee share schemes
• Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
• Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
• Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
• Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
• Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
• Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations

Firm Rankings

• Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
• Real estate > Commercial property: development
• Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
• Finance > Debt capital markets
• Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
• Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
• Industry focus > TMT
• Real estate > Commercial property: investment
• Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
• Finance > Derivatives and structured products
• Employment > Employers
• Real estate > Environment
• Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
• Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
• Finance > Securitisation
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
• Finance > Acquisition finance
• Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
• Real estate > Property finance
• Industry focus > Retail and consumer
• Real estate > Planning
• Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)