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David Friedlander
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Lawyers profile | Asia-Pacific 2026: Capital Markets: Equity, Corporate/M&A
David Friedlander
Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Capital Markets: Equity

Australia

16 Years Ranked

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Band 1

Corporate/M&A

Australia

16 Years Ranked

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David Friedlander is King & Wood Mallesons' Chairman in Australia and a partner in our Melbourne and Sydney offices.

He regularly acts for both bidders and targets in takeovers and issuers and underwriters in securities offerings. He has also worked on the defence side of several high-profile shareholder activist campaigns. He is a member of several key corporate law bodies and a former member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.

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Capital Markets: Equity - Australia

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David Friedlander is chairman of King & Wood Mallesons' Australian practice and is a leading figure for ECM matters who often acts for clients on placements and IPOs.

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Corporate/M&A - Australia

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David Friedlander is a leading Sydney-based corporate practitioner who advises clients across a broad range of mandates including takeover bids, securities offerings and shareholder activism issues.
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Strengths

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David is one of the most experienced lawyers in Australia. He has exceptional commercial understanding of the key issues that drive equity capital markets activity.

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David is at the top of his game and one of our pre-eminent lawyers.

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David is very experienced and knowledgeable. In the Australian market, he is one of the leading practitioners. He helps with the tricky issues, is very client-centric and easy to deal with.

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David Friedlander is a fantastic practitioner.

Corporate/M&A respondent
Chambers Asia & Pacific

David Friedlander is so clever and has a very calm approach. He is very good at dialling down pressure.

Corporate/M&A respondent
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