David is Global Head of Markets Innovation Group (MIG), a group of lawyers and developers who are focused on the creation of innovative solutions for clients to meet large-scale legal and regulatory challenges.
Expertise
Industries
Experience
Representative matters
Various leading global institutions on the transition to new rates (LIBOR).
Devised BrexitMatrix, a system designed to implement a large financial institution’s Brexit strategy, covering core areas of a business, including lending, derivatives, stock lending, clearing and repos.
Devised Margin Xchange, a collaboration between A&O, IHS Markit™ and SmartDX™. Margin Xchange™ delivers an online platform to the derivatives market to aid with compliance with Initial Margin regulations. The platform drives greater cost and time efficiency in the process for agreeing documents and treats derivative documents as data, by using a document format that is human and machine readable.
Various leading global financial institutions on the regulation of derivatives (EMIR Regulation).
Pro bono
Published Work
- “Generative AI and Legal Risk” as a chapter of “Cyber Security: Law and Guidance (2nd Edition)”, London: Bloomsbury, publication end 2024
Speaking Engagements
- Media interview, The Economist, Don't fear an AI-induced jobs apocalypse just yet, March 2023
- Media interview, The Wall Street Journal, How Can Companies Use Generative AI? Here’s an Early Adopter, May 2023
- Media interview, Politico, How Lawyers Use AI, May 2023
- Media interview, Wired magazine, Generative AI is coming for the lawyers, February 2023
Qualifications
Admissions
Academic
BA (Hons), Law, University of Southampton, 1999