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David Wood
Partner, Head of Corporate
Corporate
Phone
0131 656 5682
Address
Caledonian Exchange 19A Canning Street Edinburgh EH3 8HE
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About David
David is a Partner and Head of our Corporate and Commercial group. He specialises in corporate sales, mergers and acquisitions, MBO’s, joint ventures, investments, fund raisings and all types of general commercial and contractual arrangements. He regularly gets involved in establishing corporate joint ventures, as well as significant collaborative partnerships, strategic commercial projects and documenting and negotiating shareholder agreements.
David also advises in relation to non-contentious IP and IT matters with an emphasis on IT focused contracts such as software and hardware procurement, software licensing, e-commerce terms and conditions and policies. He also has considerable expertise in matters such as IP licensing, research and development agreements, data protection and freedom of information.
David Wood is recommended in the Legal 500 2013 for intellectual property, education and corporate and commercial.
Expertise
Highlights
- Advising on the sale of a UK/French software company to a US purchaser in a multi million dollar transaction.
- Advising and assisting the University of Edinburgh in connection with the creation of a £100 million research centre that brings together the Roslin Institute, the neuropathogenesis unit of the Institute of Animal Health and the University's School of Veterinary Studies.
- Advising in relation to the sub-contracting arrangements between the University of Edinburgh, HPCX Limited and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in respect of services relating to a new super computer (>£50m).
- Advising a major Scottish University on its European collaborative and strategic IP projects.
- Advising on the establishment of a number of property and other joint venture vehicles.
- Advising the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow in connection with their shareholding arrangements in a new JV company with Scottish Enterprise regarding the IP collaboration with Wyeth, a significant US pharmaceutical company.
- Advising various Universities on their technology spin outs and IP matters, including in respect of IPR commercialisation and exploitation.
News & Insights
From the team
news 4 September 2018
Our corporate team provided the legal advice for the Falkirk-based book production company as it transitioned to employee ownership
news 27 July 2018
We are delighted to support Dare Academy, Abertay University’s games design competition, and to offer students business and legal advice
news 27 June 2018
The case of Persimmon Homes Ltd v Hillier is a relatively rare example of the court rectifying an SPA due to a mutual mistake between the parties regarding the warranties
insights 28 May 2018
A recent case offers a reminder that the Courts will interpret contentious clauses in a contract in context of the whole agreement
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The EU Commission has granted renewal of the state aid given to companies granting EMI options
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ECJ rules that although individuals have the “right to be forgotten” from the Company Register, public interests must be considered
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