About David
David’s clients include major financial institutions, fund sponsors, institutional investors, investment advisers and commodity trading advisors. He regularly advises on fund formations, management company structure, incentive compensation arrangements, evergreen products, and managed accounts. His experience includes establishing venture capital and other alternative investment funds across the UK and Europe, counseling on placement and other distribution arrangements, and advising in connection with the establishment of new fund managers and family offices.
Before joining Cooley, David was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led the firm’s alternative investment funds legal practice in the UK.
Education
University of Minnesota Law School
JD, 2001
University of Virginia
BA, 1996
Rankings and accolades
The Legal 500: Leading Individual – Investment Fund Formation and Management, Hedge Funds