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David Bates
David co-heads our business office in San Francisco and has over 20 years' experience in international mergers & acquisitions, venture capital investments, joint ventures, and other complex corporate & commercial transactions in the technology sector.
David concentrates on advising US clients in their time-zone and in assisting them on their M&A activity, investments and expansion plans to the UK. Additionally, David co-ordinates the advice of members of our international teams to our US clients across the breadth of sectors and geographies in which we operate.
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Career
| Since 2021 | Partner, Taylor Wessing |
| Since 2020 | Co-head, Silicon Valley business office, Taylor Wessing |
| 2015 - 2021 | Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing |
| 2014 - 2015 | Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing |
| 2008 - 2014 | Partner, Mayor Brown International |
| 1999 - 2007 | Associate, Mayor Brown International |
| 1997 - 1999 | Trainee Solicitor, Mayor Brown International |
Education
| 1999 | Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales |
| 1996 | Bachelors Jurisprudence, Oriel College, Oxford University |
Publications
5 Benchmarking Alternatives That Will Improve Outsourcing Relationships, CIO, 30 May 2014 |
Additional languages
| English |
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