Clyde & Co

EMNR

David has wide-ranging experience of dispute resolution in oil & gas, international trading, shipping, construction and general commercial litigation. His clients include major oil & gas companies, rig, FPSO and vessel owners, offshore service contractors, oil, gas, products, chemicals, coal, metals, paper, and commodity traders, and Clubs.

As well as High Court/Commercial Court/Appellate Court litigation, David has significant arbitration experience particularly in large value cross-border arbitrations. David is available to accept appointments as arbitrator or mediator in oil & gas, shipping and trading matters. David also has extensive experience in matters ancillary to arbitration, including obtaining freezing injunctions in support of arbitration, enforcing Awards, obtaining and defending security for costs orders, obtaining final interim awards on an expedited basis, and challenging enforcement of defective awards.

In light of obtaining over 5 significant victories in Court or Arbitration in the year David was shortlisted for Litigation Team of the Year 2017 by each of Legal 500 and Legal Business.

David is Chair of the firm's Energy Practice Group, co-head of Oil & Gas, and has previously sat on the Marine and International Trade Executive.