David Bennet

David Bennet is a senior equity partner at Clyde & Co LLP. He is a specialist in large cross-border bet-the-company complex litigation and arbitration. Such matters often arise out of frauds or disputes between joint venture parties. Clyde & Co has the largest team of specialist dispute resolution lawyers of any firm globally in over 60 offices which David can draw on.

His experience includes claims which require urgent interlocutory actions before the court or Tribunal including worldwide freezing orders, ship/rig arrests, or injunctions. He has on more than one occasion headed a team which has successfully expedited proceedings where judgements were required within an extremely tight timescale.

He works in all aspects of the oil and gas sector and has recently headed a team alongside Mark Walsh which has been involved in more decommissioning matters in the North Sea (a basin which is leading the world in decommissioning) than any other firm. His experience extends however to most other major basins in the world including in west Africa, the Middle East and in particular Egypt and Iraq, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia. That experience extends to JOA/PSC disputes, access to infrastructure issues and all matters relating to infrastructure and vessels at sea (which requires the maritime expertise held at Clyde & Co), drilling and offshore services. He is part of a team which also is involved in renewables including hydrogen, offshore wind and biomass.

Having worked in all issues of trading and shipping for a number of traders, including most notably TotalEnergies and World Food Programme, David is also recognised as a leading commodity trading lawyer with experience in all issues which arise in the international sales and transportation of goods.

In addition to directory recognition, David has been picked out as an individual with more matters before the Commercial Court in London than other top lawyers, has twice been nominated for Litigation team of the year in the UK, and has been identified as a top 10 shipping lawyer.