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David Mendel

David Mendel

Global 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

David is a Partner specialising in executive remuneration and related governance matters, all aspects of share plans and also employment law. He has acted for a number of FTSE 100 companies on the hirings and departures of senior executives, sensitive employment investigations, and on some of the largest public takeovers. He also maintains a broad spread of private company incentive and employment work, including with private equity clients. In recent years David has acted on Comcast’s purchase for Sky, DWS on its acquisition of Stagecoach, Deliveroo on its IPO, GXO Logistics on its acquisition of Clipper, and is a long-standing adviser to the London Stock Exchange Group, Deloitte and CVC.

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Employment - UK

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial
David Mendel is a partner at Freshfields who is frequently called upon by clients across the financial and professional services sector to handle employment litigation, as well as non-contentious advisory work.

Strengths

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  • He is responsive, thorough, thoughtful and impactful in his work. He is also a lovely person to work with.

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  • David is an outstanding partner, who I trust and value. He expertly balances providing counsel, with his deep expertise and differentiated understanding of my business strategy and goals.

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  • David has always been responsive, his technical employment law knowledge is excellent. We trust his advice as well as his execution.

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  • David delivers pragmatic and creative solutions to complex employment matters. He is highly responsive, offering calm, considered advice that reflect both legal acumen and commercial insight.

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