David Cunningham > Clarion > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Clarion Offices
ELIZABETH HOUSE
13-19 QUEEN STREET
LEEDS
LS1 2TW
England
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David Cunningham
Work Department
Commercial and IT.
Position
David is a partner in the commercial practice at Clarion and having spent 15 years working as a non-contentious commercial lawyer in a number of national and international practices. David has experience acting for both customers and suppliers across a number of sectors including the financial services, health and transport sectors each with an emphasis on technology and business process outsourcing. He specialises in technology and business process outsourcing in both the private and public sector and throughout his career has worked on a number of high profile projects for Transport for London (Congestion Charging Scheme), the Department of Health (National Programme for IT), Co-op financial services (Banking Transformation Programme) and the Highways Agency (National and Regional Traffic Information Services). He also works with InterSystems Corporation (a US based healthcare software provider) assisting with all their UK commercial legal work. In the past year David has advised The Highways Agency, The Ministry of Justice, Royal Mail and InterSystems.
Career
Trained Garrets (Anderson Legal); trainee and solicitor, Garrets Anderson Legal 1998-2000; associate and senior associate DLA Piper 2000-06; senior and principal associate Eversheds 2006-2012; director Bond Dickinson 2012-2015; partner Clarion 2015 to date.
Education
Newlands School, Middlesborough; University of Hull (1996 LLB (Hons) 2 (1)); College of Law, York (1997 Legal Practice Course).
Leisure
Cycling, football including football coaching (Licensed FA level 1 coach).
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
The highly regarded team at Clarion provides ‘commercially focused, pragmatic advice’ to a large roster of contractors and suppliers in the IT and fintech sectors, which instruct the team to handle key services arrangements in connection with the provision of technology solutions. The team is also active on transactional matters, acting on major acquisitions in the IT sector, and is also capable of advising clients on the procurement of new IT infrastructure. Matthew Hattersley, who advises on high-value procurements and outsourcing initiatives, co-leads the team with litigator Dominic Higham, who extends the firm’s offering to clients seeking advice in contractual disputes. Commercial IT expert David Cunningham is also highly recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Infrastructure and energy
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Employment > Health and safety
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Construction
- Real estate > Property litigation