Expertise

Dave is a Partner in the national Private Equity Team at Addleshaw Goddard. His home office is Leeds but Dave works and advises clients on a national basis.

Dave specialises in advising clients on all aspects of private equity transactions, including:

  • advising houses on new investments and exits;
  • managing portfolio companies through bolt-on acquisitions / buy and build process; and
  • advising founders and/or management teams on seeking private equity investment (whether via primary, secondary or tertiary transactions)

Alongside private equity, Dave also has significant experience advising clients in the Advanced Manufacturing and Energy & Utilities sectors.

Experience

A selection of transactions he has worked on includes:

  • Advising Key Capital on its investments into Darts Corner, TIS Group, Smarter Services and Regency Group;
  • Advising LDC on its investments into Sigmat, NBS and BCIS;
  • Advising Elysian Capital on its investments into United Infrastructure (formerly Fastflow Group) and Kinetic Solutions Group;
  • Advising the management team of William Blythe on investment by H2 Equity Partners; and
  • Advising United Infrastructure on multiple bolt-on acquisitions, including the acquisition of Wood T&D from the Wood Group.
Education
  • University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • BPP University (Law School) - 2012
  • University of Leicester - 2010