David is Head of Real Estate, Asia-Pacific for Dentons. His practice focuses on complex real estate private equity and financing transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, financings and hospitality matters, and the acquisition, disposition, financing, development, and construction of significant office, hospitality, and other commercial, mixed-use, and residential projects.

David routinely represents private equity funds, financial institutions, investment banks and other capital markets clients in multi-jurisdictional equity and debt transactions, and China in-bound and out-bound real estate acquisition, joint venture, and financing transactions, including platform and portfolio level deals. He also represents equity investors throughout Asia in hospitality transactions ranging from joint venture development platforms to individual development or repositioning transactions.

Based in Asia for over 15 years, David has been ranked as an Eminent Practitioner by Chambers & Partners.

Prior to joining Dentons, David was a senior partner and Chair of the Asia Real Estate practice and Asia Hospitality practice of an international law firm.