David Bath
Senior Associate (Foreign Qualified) London
David is a Senior Associate in the London Corporate group.
David specialises in mergers & acquisitions, advising listed and unlisted clients across a range of industries including transport, mining and resources, education, retail, and financial services.
- Advising the majority owners of a reinsurance broking business in relation to the £350 million sale of their interests to the remaining interest holder who is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Advising the owners of a UK based hotel chain in relation to the £281 million sale of the group to a private equity buyer.
- Advising a Thailand based purchaser in relation to its proposed acquisition of shares in the entities which owned and operated a hotel in central London.
- Advising the purchaser in relation to the acquisition of shares in a Cyprus resident company which owned development site in West London.
- Advising the management team of an FMCG business in relation to a group restructure and management buy-out.
Education
- 2015 · University of Sydney (Master of Laws)
- 2006 · University of Technology, Sydney (Master of Law and Legal Practice)
- 1997 · Macquarie University (Master of Commerce)
- 1994 · University of Western Sydney (Bachelor of Commerce)
memberships and associations
- Law Society of New South Wales, Australia
- PressWFW advises CREDITAS on acquisition of InterGen
- PressWFW advises on US$15bn Simandou project, world’s largest mining and related infrastructure project
- PressWFW advises RIVE Private Investment, LCI and Turning Rock Partners on acquisition of 19 helicopters
- PressWFW advises Tenaz on all share combination with SDX