David is a qualified solicitor with degrees in law from Warwick and Oxford Universities.  He joined BLG in 2009 as a partner and the firm's first Chief Operating Officer and became the firm's Chief Executive Officer in 2010. Prior to his role at BLG he was an associate director at Allen & Overy and in 2004 became the firm's Global Head of Knowledge Management, having originally joined the firm in 2002 as the Global Head of Knowledge Management for the firm's International Capital Markets practice.

David's earlier professional roles include being a member of the Board of Management of the College of  Law and the Director of the College's commercial training businesses. David was also a Director at Bird & Bird and jointly owned a company established by the partners of Bird & Bird to commercialise electronic learning in the legal sector.

David has written widely on these issues and formerly was a consultant to a number of law firms. He has also written on areas of substantive law and is a co-author of 'Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and the Law', published by Macmillan. David won an award from the Legal IT Forum for 'Contribution to Knowledge Management' in 2007. Also, in 2007 A&O won the Managing Partners' Forum European Practice Management Award for Best Management of Knowledge.

David was profiled in both KM Legal magazine and the Legal Technology Journal in 2007 and is often asked to speak at conferences all over the world.