David Walker

General Counsel UK

Main tasks
  • Responsible for the UK market, and head of Deminor’s arbitration practice.
  • Sourcing and assessing litigation funding opportunities in UK commercial litigation.
  • Assessment of litigation funding opportunities in international commercial arbitration and investor state arbitration.
  • Managing funded international arbitration and UK litigation cases.
Previous work experience
  • Investment Manager and Solicitor, Augusta Ventures.
  • Associate, International Arbitration, Withers LLP.
  • Associate, International Arbitration, Arnold & Poter.
Education
  • M.A., Law, University of Cambridge (2008)
  • M.A., History, Trinity College Dublin (2005)
Recognition
  • Ranked as a Thought Leader in Third Party Funding by Who’s Who Legal, 2019 – 2024.
  • Listed in LawDragon 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance 2023.
Publications
  • Co-author with Irene Lee: “The Enforcement of English Judgments in Mainland China, and the Reverse,” Lexology (July 2023)
  • Co-author with Olivia de Patoul: Introduction to GAP Report on DBAs, CFAs, and funding (September 2023)
  • “Yes and no: how funders decide”, Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog (2019)
  • Co-author with Hussein Haeri: “And you are…?” – Dual Nationals in Investment Treaty Arbitration,”  Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution International Arbitration Review (2016) 

Conferences and Courses
  • Regularly runs training sessions for law firms around the UK on litigation funding mechanics.
  • Guest lecturer on third party funding on LLM in International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary, University of London (June 2024)
  • Panellist on “Procedural Innovation: Enhancing the Litigation Toolkit”, British-Irish Commercial Bar Association Law Forum, Edinburgh (April 2024)
  • Webinar on Arbitration Funding hosted by PwC (November 2023)
  • Panellist on Arbitration and Third-Party Funding at Balkan Arbitration Days, Zagreb (September 2023)
  • Webinar on Contemporary and Emerging Issues on the Law of Damages in Investment Treaty Arbitration for FDI Moot Series (July 2023)
  • Panellist on Funding State Disputes at Thought Leaders 4 State Disputes Conference, London (January 2023)
  • Presented a Think Tank on Risk Analysis and Litigation at IQPC Corporate Counsel and Compliance Exchange (April 2022)

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