Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
David became a partner in Freshfields in 2004, focusing on the financial services sector. He has advised many of the world’s largest finance firms across the range of their activities.
He co-authored ‘A Legal Framework for Impact’, an international report prepared for the UNEP FI, PRI and The Generation Foundation and published by Freshfields in 2021 which answers the question, are investors permitted or required to tackle sustainability challenges. He is due to publish some follow up UK analysis updating it in the light of recent cases.
He is also the author of the book, The Social Licence for Financial Markets: Reaching For The End And Why It Counts.