Overview

David is known as "a thorough, focussed and extremely commercial lawyer".

David is the Managing Partner in our Budapest office.

He has been practising in Central and Eastern Europe for over 25 years. David specialises in international and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, private equity and real estate transactions, and has particular expertise in the energy, health care and communications sectors. He is consistently recognised and ranked as a leading lawyer in his main practice areas by leading law firm ratings guides, including Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000, as well as Best Lawyers.

Before joining us, David was the Managing Partner of the Budapest office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges for over 15 years.

He has served as a guest lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University Law School in Budapest and at the Central European University Legal Studies Program.

A member of the Washington D.C. bar, David is registered as a Foreign Legal Advisor with the Budapest Bar and is a member of the International Bar Association.

Sector and Practice Information

Corporate
Retail and Consumer

News & Events

  1. 1906-2019

    Cybersecurity & Singapore - The role of HR as gatekeeper

    Cybersecurity involves more than just the 'technical' aspect of systems and processes involved in the digital landscape. Employees' actions (or inactions) also can have a significant impact on corporate liability.

  2. 1406-2019

    US-China Trade War: Re-negotiation strategies and danger zones under Singapore law

    In our previous article published here in March 2019 on the US-China Trade War and its implications for contracts which cannot be performed due to the imposition of tariffs or quotas, we focused on how force majeure ...

  3. 1306-2019

    New Prospectus Regulation – Final Implementation

    As reported previously, the new Prospectus Regulation (EU Regulation 2017/1129) ("Prospectus Regulation") will replace the existing Prospectus Directive and be directly effective across all EU member states, without any ...

  1. 3005-2019

    International team advises Chiesi Farmaceutici on in-licence of Raxone® from Santhera

    International law firm Bird & Bird has advised Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. ("Chiesi") on the in-licence of Raxone® -- an orphan drug used in the treatment of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy ("LHON")

  2. 2405-2019

    Bird & Bird advises FUJIFILM on the 100% acquisition of medwork

    International law firm Bird & Bird advises the FUJIFILM group on the acquisition of German medwork GmbH, a company that develops, manufactures and markets instruments for therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopy.

  3. 1704-2019

    Bird & Bird expands its Corporate practice with the appointment of Energy & Utilities expert Sibylle Weiler as a partner in Paris

    International law firm Bird & Bird today expands its Energy & Utilities sector group with the appointment of Sibylle Weiler as a partner in its Corporate practice, based in Paris.

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  1. 1207-2019

    Singapore Compliance & Investigations Conference 2019

    In recent years, there have been a growing number of multinational companies in emerging markets which suffer significant financial losses and reputational damage as a result of bribery, corruption, employee fraud and a lack of regulatory compliance

  2. 2606-2019

    China & APAC Investment Seminar

    Looking at China's investment law, supply chain management in Asia and the new energy landscape in Australia

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  1. David is "admired for his long-standing presence and reputation in the region, he possesses great legal and market knowledge and is not afraid to tackle big decisions or give advice in difficult situations"

    Chambers Global 2017
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