David Salisbury > Teacher Stern LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Teacher Stern LLP
37-41 BEDFORD ROW
LONDON
WC1R 4JH
England

Work Department

Corporate/commercial.

Position

Joint managing partner and head of the corporate/commercial department.
David’s broad transactional experience includes acquisitions, disposals, take-overs and mergers, asset sales/purchases, joint ventures and company restructuring. He also advises clients on a range of corporate and commercial matters, including company/partnership formation, partnership/shareholders agreements and employment issues.

David has particular experience in the field of sport, acting amongst others for prospective purchasers of Premiership and Football League clubs in takeovers. He is also at the forefront of the development in England of the investment in and transfer of the economic rights of sportsmen and women. For property investor clients, he has particular expertise in the disposal and acquisition of corporate and similar structures.

Career

Trained at Teacher Stern; qualified 1992; partner 1996.

Education

Bury Grammar School; London Metropolitan University (LLB Hons); Manchester Metropolitan University (Part II Commendation).

Leisure

Football, squash and travel.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m

Praised by one client for possessing ‘a level of technical knowledge unrivalled by any other’, the corporate team at Teacher Stern LLP  handles the full gamut of corporate transactions for a client base spanning from international corporates to entrepreneur-led companies. The practice is jointly headed up by David Ponsford and Kelly Whitfield, whose expertise includes limited liability partnership agreements. Other key figures include David Salisbury, who is particularly experienced in sports-based work, and Claire Rollo, who advises various SMEs across a range of sectors, spanning hospitality, real estate and security services.