David Walker

General Counsel UK

About

David Walker joined Deminor in January 2021 and leads the firm’s litigation funding activities in the UK. His work focuses on sourcing, funding, and monitoring high-value commercial disputes, with a particular emphasis on international arbitration and UK litigation. Before joining Deminor, David worked at another leading litigation funder and previously practised in the international arbitration teams at Withers and Arnold & Porter. He has experience representing parties in cases under ICSDI, UNCITRAL, ICC, SIAC, and LCIA rules.

Main tasks
  • Responsible for the UK market, and head of Deminor’s arbitration practice.
  • Sourcing and assessing litigation funding opportunities in UK commercial litigation.
  • Assessment of litigation funding opportunities in international commercial arbitration and investor state arbitration.
  • Managing funded international arbitration and UK litigation cases.
Previous work experience
  • Investment Manager and Solicitor, Augusta Ventures.
  • Associate, International Arbitration, Withers LLP.
  • Associate, International Arbitration, Arnold & Poter.
Education
  • M.A., Law, University of Cambridge (2008)
  • M.A., History, Trinity College Dublin (2005)
Recognition
  • Ranked as a Thought Leader in Third Party Funding by Who’s Who Legal, 2019 – 2024.
  • Listed in LawDragon 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance 2023.
Publications
  • Co-author with Irene Lee: “The Enforcement of English Judgments in Mainland China, and the Reverse,” Lexology (July 2023)
  • Co-author with Olivia de Patoul: Introduction to GAP Report on DBAs, CFAs, and funding (September 2023)
  • “Yes and no: how funders decide”, Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog (2019)
  • Co-author with Hussein Haeri: “And you are…?” – Dual Nationals in Investment Treaty Arbitration,”  Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution International Arbitration Review (2016) 

Conferences and Courses
  • Regularly runs training sessions for law firms around the UK on litigation funding mechanics.
  • Guest lecturer on third party funding on LLM in International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary, University of London (June 2024)
  • Panellist on “Procedural Innovation: Enhancing the Litigation Toolkit”, British-Irish Commercial Bar Association Law Forum, Edinburgh (April 2024)
  • Webinar on Arbitration Funding hosted by PwC (November 2023)
  • Panellist on Arbitration and Third-Party Funding at Balkan Arbitration Days, Zagreb (September 2023)
  • Webinar on Contemporary and Emerging Issues on the Law of Damages in Investment Treaty Arbitration for FDI Moot Series (July 2023)
  • Panellist on Funding State Disputes at Thought Leaders 4 State Disputes Conference, London (January 2023)
  • Presented a Think Tank on Risk Analysis and Litigation at IQPC Corporate Counsel and Compliance Exchange (April 2022)

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