David Wall

David is an experienced private equity lawyer, having spent a decade practicing at Silver Circle and US law firms in London. At HWF, David’s practice primarily focuses on advising global private equity clients and their investee companies on M&A transactions, placement of W&I and contingent risk policies and guiding them through the transactional risk market.

Recent Experience

David’s recent experience includes:

• Advising CVC Capital Partners, alongside Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in structuring a W&I policy for CVC Fund VIII’s agreed acquisition of Away Resorts. Further advised CVC Capital Partners and Away Resorts on the structuring of W&I policies for the subsequent agreements to acquire Coppergreen Leisure Resorts and Aria Resorts.
• Advising Flutter Entertainment Plc and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on procuring a program of insurance for a buyer’s W&I policy in relation to the acquisition of Tombola Limited.
• Advising Intermediate Capital Group and Ropes & Gray on procuring a W&I policy in relation to ICG’s acquisition of Travel Chapter, one of the UK’s leading holiday rental platforms.
• Advising Bain Capital Credit alongside Willkie Farr & Gallagher on the placement of a W&I policy for the acquisition of the Gail’s Bakery chain.
• Procuring a seller-initiated buyer’s W&I policy for the sale of Pulsant Group Holdings Limited to Antin Infrastructure Partners. Advised Pulsant and its shareholders and Ropes & Gray on the sell-side as well Antin and their advisors, Goodwin Procter, on the buy side.
• Working with long standing advisory partner Addleshaw Goddard in structuring a W&I policy for Bridges Fund Management in respect of their acquisition of a majority stake in Evora Global.
• Advising Culina Group and their advisors, Eversheds Sutherland, on the placement of a W&I policy for the acquisition of GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions which comprises Eddie Stobart, Eddie Stobart Europe, iForce, The Pallet Network, and The Logistics People.
• Working with key clients CVC Capital Partners and advisors Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to place a W&I policy for the acquisition by CVC portfolio company, System C Healthcare, of Wellsky International.
• Advising a sovereign wealth client in connection with the acquisition of a North African generics pharmaceutical business and placement of a buy-side W&I policy.
• Advising a private equity client on the acquisition of an operator of a global sub-sea cable network and the placement of a buy-side W&I policy.

David spent 10 years as a private equity lawyer in London with Travers Smith and Willkie Farr & Gallagher. During this time he advised private equity and venture capital clients and management teams on domestic and international transactions including buy outs, co-investments, minority investments, restructurings and equity incentivizations.

David subsequently spent a year as in house M&A counsel with ION Group during which he was exposed to transactions in the financial technology sector.