David Gartside
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Projects & Infrastructure: International
Band 1
About
Provided by David Gartside
Practice Areas
David Gartside heads our Seoul Office and is a member of the Global Projects, Energy and Infrastructure Group. He has been practicing in the Asia Pacific region for more than 15 years.
David has extensive experience advising sponsors, utilities, contractors, commercial lenders, infrastructure funds, export credit agencies, multilateral agencies and development banks on major international projects and project financings across a wide variety of sectors, including power, oil and gas (including LNG), petrochemical and transportation and social infrastructure. In addition to his project finance work, David regularly advises clients on corporate financings, acquisitions, restructurings and asset financings.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
David Gartside continues to impress as a counsel of choice for international project finance matters, representing a number of lenders and sponsors. He is well placed to handle mandates relating to power, oil and gas, and social infrastructure.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"David is incredibly experienced, approachable, commercial, practical and top-notch in law."
"David has always been outperforming the industrial standards with his enthusiasm and professionalism in meeting the expectations of challenging clients."
"He is very approachable and provides great feedback. He has a great understanding of South Korean culture and the market, which makes him a very Korean-minded person."
"David is incredibly experienced, approachable, commercial, practical and top-notch in law."
"David has always been outperforming the industrial standards with his enthusiasm and professionalism in meeting the expectations of challenging clients."
"He is very approachable and provides great feedback. He has a great understanding of South Korean culture and the market, which makes him a very Korean-minded person."