David is a Partner and Head of the Corporate Team. He has been with Mayo Wynne Baxter since 1992 and is responsible for dealing with high value domestic and international transactions, large property development projects, corporate restructures and partnership law.
David has experience across many industries and is a prominent member of the firm’s Leisure and Travel Teams, having spent much of his career advising those in the leisure industry.
He remains a non-executive director of a chain of hotels and has years of experience in dealing with high value domestic and international transactions, large development projects, corporate restructures and partnership law. With years of industry experience behind him, David sailed through the BIIAB Level 2 National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders with a 100% mark.
At work David is respected for his pragmatic and “plain English” approach, and uses his vast experience to assist both clients and fellow colleagues.
Outside of work he enjoys all sports, particularly hockey and is captain of Mayo Wynne Baxter’s cricket team.
Q. I have agreed to take a 5 year lease on some retail premises and the Landlord has indicated that the lease “will exclude the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954”. What does this mean? Under the 1954 Act, subject to a few exceptions, if you are a business tenant then, at the end of the… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
I am often asked by clients what the advantages are to becoming a “Limited Liability Partnership” rather than remaining in a normal partnership. As a straightforward partnership, of say two partners, each partner is liable in full for all the debts and liabilities of the partnership. If things go badly wrong and one partner just… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
For most hoteliers the last couple of years have been more than a struggle. Indeed for some, including a number of high profile operators and suppliers, the pressures on the sector have proved too much and they have gone to the wall. For those that have survived, particularly in the “independent” sector, the combined effects… Read the rest of this post (No Comments)
