David Wheeler
Expertise
David started his legal career with the Crown Prosecution Service and moved to the Serious Fraud Office as part of the initial team which set up the office. He assisted in cases involving multinational investigations such as Guinness, BCCI, Polly Peck, DeLorean and County Natwest. Moving to the civil law, his practice as a partner of our firm includes advising clients who have been defrauded by trusted advisers, asset recovery and commercial dispute resolution for both claimant and defendants.
He has appeared in the High Court of Justice, Court of Appeal, County Courts, the Technology and Construction Court, amongst others. He has also acted in numerous Mediations and Arbitrations.
Professional Experience
- Advising Insolvency Practitioner Regulator on debt collection with relation to fraudulent practitioners
- Defended clients from liability imposed by oppressive invoice factoring agreements
- Defending manufacturer in a distribution contract dispute
- Advising distribution company in respect to a systematic scheme to produce industrial numbers of fraudulent by its financial director
- Acting to exonerate a distinguished academic against misconceived allegations of professional misconduct
- Advised in relation to passing off and intellectual property infringement and other property disputes
- Defended a dealer in Vintage motorcycles against allegation of conversion
- Advising company directors on insolvency issues.
- Financial recoveries for commercial clients including a law firm in South Africa and a Trustee in Bankruptcy located in Belgium
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Assisted clients to set aside judgments and other Court Orders which were wrongfully obtained
- Advising on the effect of Deeds of Guarantee and Contractual Indemnities against institutional lenders
- In a claim against a dishonest accountant, headed up and led claims against a collection of 21 companies involved in property fraud, which resulted in recovery over 100 stolen properties valued at over £32m
- Asset recovery including obtaining Charging Orders and Orders for Sale
- Enforcing foreign Judgments
- Advised on and obtaining restoration of companies struck off the Register to allow the recovery and onward transfer of assets which would had been lost due to companies being dissolved
- Advised a Dutch company in an international arbitration with a Spanish company in dispute about the production and supply of electric generators
- Represented a Dutch shipping company in relation to the employment law aspects of their purchase of an English company
- Defending company directors of large cleaning company against allegations of conspiracy to corrupt
- David has also been successful in cases involving factoring, contract disputes, cheque fraud, institutional grievance and disciplinary procedures, passing off, property disputes, misrepresentation, insolvency and bankruptcy
- defending contractual indemnities against institutional lenders
Specialist Practice Areas
- Fraud, misrepresentation and conspiracy
- Business contract disputes
- Insolvency
- Bankruptcy
- Employment
Specialist Industry Sectors
- Shipping
- Manufacturing
- Data marketing
- Commercial property
- Academic and sport disciplinary proceedings
- Facilities management
Professional Advice
- consequences and effect of legal documentation
- preparation of contractual documentation
- regulatory compliance to new business, entrepreneurs and businesses engaging with information technology suppliers
- Infringement of trade marks, design rights and registered patents
- Striking balances in commercial contracts to mitigate risk
Qualifications and Memberships
- London Litigation Solicitors Association
- Law Society of England and Wales
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