Next Generation City law firm, McCarthy Denning, welcomes David Cox as co-head
of its private equity real estate (PERE) practice. David is the latest lateral
partner hire for McCarthy Denning. He will join existing PERE co-heads, Michael
Wistow and Iain Morpeth. Before joining McCarthy Denning, David spent three
years as a partner at King & Spalding, and more than 15 years as a partner
at White & Case in London.
David advises on a wide
range of private equity real estate, finance, and joint venture matters. He has
extensive experience across a diverse range of asset classes including hotels,
logistics, data centres, retail, residential, and office developments.
David has worked on a
number of significant high-profile transactions for many family offices, real
estate private equity funds and investment banks including, Esas Holding,
Matter Real Estate, Exeter Property Group (now EQT Exeter), Cerberus, Deutsche
Bank, Oaktree Capital, Starwood Capital and BAWAG.
David's appointment comes
as McCarthy Denning celebrates the 10th anniversary of its founding as the
original Next Generation City law firm, offering clients senior-level advice
across a wide range of corporate, commercial, property and private wealth
practice areas.
Warren Wooldridge, CEO
at McCarthy Denning, said: 'David will be a
tremendous asset to the Firm and our clients. I think it’s safe to say that his
joining us is indicative both of our ability to attract the best lawyers, and
our ongoing commitment to providing market-leading advice to our clients. With
his impressive track record across 30 years of experience, David’s appointment
further augments the depth and strength of what it is already one of the very
best legal teams in private equity real estate and comes at a time of increased
client demand in this area.'
David Cox, co-head of
PERE, said: '
