Dave is an experienced commercial and property lawyer, who has worked with prominent and specialist firms and in sole practice over a period of close to 20 years.  He is highly regarded for his commerciality, which is underpinned by strong technical skills and a careful, thorough approach.

Dave speaks fluent Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese and (conversational) Japanese.  His ability to understand the language and business cultures of Asia has enabled him to build a strong following of corporate and high net wealth clients which have been loyal to him over many years.

Dave’s practice has considerable breadth and depth.  He has acted on a range of commercial and residential property developments for large national clients and overseas investors.  He has also acted on a solar farm joint venture for an international power company, on mining transactions for an ASX-listed company, and on various purchases and sales of a broad range of businesses.  In addition, he has acted with counsel on several significant litigation matters in the Queensland Supreme and District Courts.

Dave is based in Brisbane.