David Hall

David is the Head of the firm’s Disputes, Planning & Construction Department. Over a 30-year career he has helped an extensive range of clients in both the private and public sectors to deal with the disputes and strategic challenges faced by their operations. Acting both throughout the UK and internationally he has a considerable breadth of experience in litigation, arbitration, and investigations which can typically be faced by a commercial organisation or public body.

Playing a leading role in their Dispute Resolution team, David uses his experience to work with his colleagues to help clients arrive at the right solution to their issue, minimising impact and maximising success. He is supported by their extensive dispute resolution practice which has a proven track record of success in the highest-profile and value cases and cross-border, multi-sector expertise.

David is the firm's lead partner on financial and corporate fraud and has extensive experience of handling multi-faceted bribery and corruption, money laundering and fraud cases facing institutional clients. As such he leads the firms Business Crime & Regulatory Investigations practice which won the Legal 500 Crime & Fraud Team of the Year (National) in 2020. David has considerable trial experience, both in High Court litigation and arbitration, and is experienced in mediation and other ADR techniques.

Named as a Leading Individual in Litigation in the Legal 500 for many years, clients have commented in this year’s Legal 500 that David 'excels in commercial litigation. He stays close to the matter, leads the team with second-to-none skills, and exceeds clients’ expectations.'