Profile
David Coull
David advises on M&A and other corporate transactions, the negotiation of commercial contracts and joint ventures, and regulatory matters.
David has particular experience in the oil and gas and natural resources sectors and regularly acts as a specialist adviser to participants in those sectors. This includes advising in relation to the acquisition and disposition of energy assets, joint ventures and farm-ins, and permit-related obligations (including royalty and work programme obligations). He is a member of the board of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand.
His international experience includes a three-year period at Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP, the leading U.S. corporate law firm, where he acted for corporates such as Nestle S.A., ConocoPhillips, Bristol Myers Squibb and Citigroup. He holds an LLM from Cambridge University.
David was named as one of four leading New Zealand energy and resources lawyers in the Australasian Legal Business Guide: Energy & Resources Law 2009, which commented that he "was knowledgeable and found robust commercial solutions". He is also named as a leading or recommended lawyer in the Asia Pacific Legal 500 2012 and The Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resources Lawyers.
Qualifications
BCA, LLB(Hons), Victoria University of Wellington
LLM, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Admitted
1997 New Zealand
International Career
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York and London
2000-2003
