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Provided by David Mendel
Practice Areas
David is a Partner specialising in executive remuneration and related governance matters, all aspects of share plans and employment law. He has acted for a number of FTSE 100 companies on the hirings and departures of senior executives, sensitive employment investigations, and on some of the largest public takeovers. He also maintains a broad spread of private company incentive and employment work, including with private equity clients. In recent years David has acted on cases in the Employment Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal. He also acted for Mars on its acquisition of Hotel Chocolat, GXO Logistics on its acquisition of Wincanton plc, CVC on its IPO and Flutter Entertainment plc on its additional listing in the US.
Chambers Review
UK
David Mendel assists significant clients with their management incentive arrangements and share schemes. He also has wider expertise across employment law matters.
David Mendel is a partner at Freshfields who is frequently called upon by clients across the financial and professional services sector to handle employment litigation, as well as non-contentious advisory work.
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"He's absolutely fantastic and provides pragmatic advice."
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"He had great commercial awareness and the ability to handle complex scenarios with ease."
"He's absolutely fantastic and provides pragmatic advice."
"David is very responsive, creative and knows what legal positions to take."
"David is a fantastic lawyer. He is commercially aware, practical and always very clear in his advice."
"David is always impressive and we are very confident that we will get excellent and timely advice."
"He had great commercial awareness and the ability to handle complex scenarios with ease."