David's M&A and takeover experience includes advising:

• Beijing Capital on the sale of its entire stake in Waste Management for $1.9b.
• The Board of NZX/ASX listed Trade Me on its takeover by scheme of arrangement by Apax (the largest takeover in New Zealand in a decade and largest ever by scheme of arrangement), including managing the contested bidding process involving H&F.
• Infratil Limited on its partial takeover of Trustpower.
• Zhejiang Rifa Holding Group Co on its partial takeover and subsequent take private of Airwork Holdings.
• The board of Radius Properties Limited on the partial takeover offer made for its ordinary shares by Montagu Investment Holdings Limited and the subsequent going private transaction under scheme of arrangement.
• Trustpower on its demerger and NZX and ASX listing of Tilt Renewables. 
• Hancock as manager of Tasman Bay Forests Company on the sale of 24,000 ha of forestry to Sumitomo Forestry Group.
• Samling on the sale of Hikurangi Forest Farms with a 35,000 ha forestry estate to a consortium managed by New Forests.
• Healthscope on its acquisition of the Wellington pathology assets from Abano Healthcare and Sonic Healthcare.
• Retirement Villages Group on its three-way stock for stock merger with Metlifecare and Vision Senior Living.
• Pacific Equity Partners on the sale of Tegel Foods.
• Avis Budget Group on its acquisition of Apex Car Rentals.
• Fairfax Media on the acquisition of Trade Me.

David's capital markets experience includes advising:

• Macquarie and UBS as underwriters and joint lead managers of Ryman's $900m AREO.
• Citi and UBS as underwriters on Air New Zealand's rights offer and $2.2 billion recapitalisation.
• NZX (the New Zealand stock exchange) on its own AREO capital raising, underwritten by UBS.
• Allbirds on extending direct participation to New Zealanders based on the US prospectus in connection with its IPO and listing on the NASDAQ. 
• Fonterra on the initial public offering of NZX and ASX listed units in the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund as part of the 'Trading Among Farmers' programme introduced by Fonterra.
• Genesis Energy on its IPO as part of the New Zealand Government's mixed ownership programme.
• Origin Energy on the block trade sale of its entire control shareholding in Contact Energy.
• Zuellig on its block trade sale of shares in EBOS.
• Arrium on the block trade sale of its entire control shareholding in Steel & Tube.
• Fairfax Media and Trade Me on the initial public offering of NZX and ASX listed shares in Trade Me Group and advising Fairfax Media on its subsequent block trades of shares in Trade Me.
• Macquarie as underwriter and bookrunner of the block trade of shares in NZX listed Vista Group International.