Biography
David McKendrick is Counsel in Weil’s Private Equity Infrastructure team. He advises infrastructure funds, investors and corporates on M&A and corporate transactions across a broad range of infrastructure assets, including energy, power, renewables, transport, ports, logistics, telecoms, water and waste.
Prior to joining Weil, David worked at A.P. Moller-Maersk in Copenhagen, Denmark. Whilst in his previous role at a UK-headquartered law firm, David completed a client secondment at Vitol.
Representative experience as part of a team, including prior to joining Weil, includes acting for:
- Global Infrastructure Partners on the $3.9 billion consortium takeover offer for Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
- Global Infrastructure Partners on the sale of a 50.01% stake in Edinburgh Airport to VINCI Airports for £1.27 billion
- Vitol on its €583 million acquisition of a 35% stake in Saras S.p.A. and subsequent €1.7bn mandatory tender offer
- InfraBridge on the merger of Freedom Fibre and VX UK, two leading UK altnets
- APM Terminals on the divestment of Global Ports and its strategic partnership with Hateco in Vietnam
- ContourGlobal on its acquisition by KKR
- Green Investment Group on its investment in the Rampion offshore wind farm
- Maersk on various M&A transactions, including the acquisitions of LF Logistics and Senator International
- Maersk Growth on its investment in Einride
- Ørsted on its offshore wind farm projects at Westermost Rough, Race Bank and Hornsea
- Premier Oil on its merger with Chrysaor to form Harbour Energy
- Shell on its acquisition of BG
- Valaris on its Chapter 11 restructuring
- Värde Partners on the divestment of BizSpace
- Vitol on its acquisition of the Immingham combined heat and power plant and divestment of GeoAlliance
- Vodafone on the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular
- Wood on the divestment of its nuclear business to Jacobs
- GlaxoSmithKline on the formation of Haleon, its consumer healthcare joint venture with Pfizer