David Kendall > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
31 CHERTSEY STREET
GUILDFORD, SURREY
GU1 4HD
England
David Kendall
Work Department
Corporate, restructuring and insolvency.
Position
David heads the business services division, with overall responsibility for its strategic direction, and is a member of the firm’s strategy board. Senior partner specialising in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity corporate restructurings and insolvency related transactions.
Career
Trained Stevens & Bolton LLP; qualified 2001; associate 2001-06; senior associate 2006-11; partner Penningtons 2011. Publications include ‘PLC – Share Buybacks: the importance of getting it right’ (30/09/08).
Languages
British Sign Language.
Education
Christleton High School, Chester (1984); Bath University (2005 biochemistry BSc 2(1)).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
(Leading partners)Fielding a ‘wide range of legal specialisms’, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP‘s corporate team is led by Matt Martin, based in London. Focusing on M&A, the firm advises corporates, HNWIs, owner-managed businesses and investors on deals, regularly involving a strong cross-border dimension. The Southeast practice is based in Guildford with key lawyers including David Kendall, described as ‘an absolute expert’, commercial specialist Oliver Kidd, and Simon Bickerdike, who ‘always has the right answer’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex South East > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Professional negligence