Drew & Napier - Partners' Profiles

David is a Consultant at Drew & Napier LLC. He joined the firm in 1984, became a Partner in 1989 and was made a director and shareholder of Drew & Napier LLC when it was incorporated on 1 May 2001.

David is often cited in international publications. For the third consecutive year, he has been named as a leading individual in IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms 2010 in the area of banking and finance. He was also selected by his peers for inclusion in the inaugural Singapore edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 in the field of Banking.

David was recommended in Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer Survey 2008 in his field. David has been highlighted as a leading individual by The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2008/2009 in the area of banking, finance and capital markets work and given recognition in corporate and mergers & acquisitions work. He was recommended as a leading lawyer in the same field in the 2008-2009 edition of Chambers Asia: The World’s Leading Lawyers and Who's Who Legal: Singapore 2008.

David has also been consistently recommended as one of the leading lawyers in the field of banking and finance in the publication Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers and in the 2005-2006 edition, he was cited by the publication as one who is a ‘focused and intellectually gifted lawyer.’

David’s areas of practice are Banking (both regulatory & transactional), Mergers and Acquisitions and corporate real estate transactions.

David has handled a wide spectrum of transactions representing a variety of clients both locally and internationally. His clients include Far East Organisation, DBS, UOB, Singapore Technologies, Temasek Holdings and AIG.

Acting for local and foreign banks in loan transactions and asset related financing of various types
Mergers & acquisitions of banks, companies including insurance companies
Insurance related work including advising regulatory requirements
Corporate restructurings of listed and non-listed companies