David Webster > Russell-Cooke LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Russell-Cooke LLP Offices

2 PUTNEY HILL
LONDON
SW15 6AB
England
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David Webster

Work Department
Corporate and commercial
Position
David is a partner in the corporate and commercial team. He advises on a variety of corporate and commercial legal matters, with a particular focus on the sale and purchase of companies and businesses, company law and governance issues, and lending and security.
He advises clients across a range of sectors (including real estate, financial services and family businesses).
Career
- trained at Simmons & Simmons sept 2001-sept 2003;
- solicitor in corporate department 2003-2006;
- solicitor in corporate and commercial team at Russell-Cooke 2006-2012
- partner at Russell-Cooke 2012.
Education
Hatch End High School, Stanmore College (1989-1995); University of Bristol (1995-1998 – Law LLB – first class honours); University of Nottingham and University of Maastrict Netherlands (1998-1999 – LLM – Distinction); University of West of England (2000-2001 – LPC – Distinction).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Russell-Cooke LLP‘s corporate and commercial practice is capable of handling investments, sales of shares, and M&A transactions, among others, for an expanding client roster. Jonathan Thornton heads up the team and concentrates on acquisitions and disposals, reorganisations, and corporate finance matters. David Webster frequently leads on the sale and purchase of private companies, shareholder agreements, and refinancing, while Rachael Taylor focuses on mergers and demergers, as well as joint ventures.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Social housing: tenant
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Agriculture and estates