Allen & Overy bolsters its U.S. Corporate M&A practice with Partner David Ingles

David brings nearly 30 years of experience providing counsel across transactional matters in a broad range of industry verticals, with particular expertise in the banking, financial services and financial technology sectors. He has advised public and closely held companies and private equity sponsors in the full range of public and private M&A, financing transactions, consortium deals and other complex corporate transactions.

"We are thrilled to welcome David to A&O. His vast experience and deep understanding of the M&A market will be invaluable to our clients as we continue to advise them on their investments in the U.S. and globally," said Tim House, U.S. senior partner. Bill Schwitter, Chair of the A&O U.S. Corporate practice, added: “David’s experience with the full range of sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions, including in the public M&A space, is another important step in our strategy to combine a full-service U.S. practice with our unrivaled global M&A capabilities.”

David commented: “It is an honor to join A&O, as the firm continues to grow its Corporate M&A practice, and I look forward to working alongside highly collaborative global teams on a broad range of market-leading transactions".

David joins A&O as part of the firm’s continued expansion across all of its practice groups in the U.S. market.  He is the 43rd U.S. lateral partner hire in the last two years.

Prior to Pillsbury, David was a partner in the financial institutions M&A practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law.