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David Foster

Partner

Dubai

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David Foster

Partner

Dubai

David heads our Corporate and M&A practice in the Middle East and Turkey.

He specialises in M&A transactions, including public takeovers, private acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, strategic investments and VC/GC investments, and has been based in the UAE since 2008. David acts for a wide range of clients, including corporates, financial sponsors, investment funds and government entities, across multiple sectors and has advised on some of the most complex and high-value M&A transactions in the region (including a number of “market firsts”). David is recognised in the Hall of Fame in the Legal500 rankings for the UAE, as a Market Leader in the IFLR100 rankings for the UAE and is also ranked by Chambers & Partners in the UAE the wider Middle East.

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Expertise

Practices

Corporate and M&A

Private Equity

Sectors

Private Equity

Office

Dubai

11th Floor, Burj Daman Building, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai
PO Box 506678

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2006

Academic

LLB, Law with American Law, The University of Nottingham, 2002

LPC, Nottingham Law School, 2003

Recognition