Wiggin LLP

Film and TV

David is Wiggin’s managing partner, and is widely recognised as one of the UK’s foremost experts in film and television financing law.

David specialises in media finance. He advises financiers, producers and distributors on all matters relating to the financing of the development, production and exploitation of films, television programmes, video games and music. In particular he advises on all production, financing and distribution documents including loan, security, completion guarantee, inter-creditor and distribution agreements and has extensive experience structuring complex international co-productions and financings (single picture, slate and library financings). David represents a number of the banks and funds active in the media sector.

David qualified at Stephenson Harwood in 1996 and joined the film group at Reed Smith (then Richards Butler) in 2000. He joined Wiggin in 2007.

Shrewsbury School; University of Reading (LLB); College of Law, York (LPC).

Skiing, running, football, music.