O’Melveny Worldwide

David Carter

Partner

London Office
Areas of Focus
Areas of Focus
Corporate & Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Overview Experience Insights News Credentials

David Carter is an award-winning private equity and M&A partner who advises leading sponsors and their portfolio companies on corporate and commercial matters, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and investments, and corporate reconstructions.

He has acted for many of the best-known and most active sponsors across the United Kingdom and Europe, including Agilitas Private Equity, EmergeVest, and Oakley Capital, and is a frequent speaker and writer on private equity and legal topics.

David is recognized as one of the market’s top private equity practitioners—The Legal 500 UK and Chambers UK have both named him a leading lawyer in multiple years, and he has been named in The Lawyer’s Top 100 list.

Prior to joining O’Melveny, David served as Global Co-Head of the Private Equity Practice of a London-based, American Lawyer Global 50 law firm.

  • Agilitas Private Equity in its acquisition of Frontier Medical Group
  • Agilitas Private Equity in its DKK1.5 billion buyout of the IT infrastructure outsourcing business of NNIT
  • Agilitas Private Equity in its acquisition of Sanctuary & Seven Group
  • Amalfi Bidco, a founder-led and THCP Advisory-backed consortium, in its £870 million take-private of CareTech
  • Axiom Equity Partners in its recapitalization of Akixi Limited
  • Axiom Equity Partners in its growth equity investment in JobLogic
  • Certa Partners and its subsidiaries in the sale of a 49% stake to Markel Capital Holdings
  • EmergeVest portfolio company EV Cargo in its add-on acquisition of Fast Forward Freight
  • The management team of Kensington Mortgage Company in the company’s £3.4 billion acquisition by Barclays Bank
  • Sprints Capital in the US$250 million Series C financing of Revolut

Admissions

  • Law Society of England & Wales

Education

  • Warwick University, LL.B., 1990
  • University of Law—Guildford, Law Society Final Examinations, 1991

Honors & Awards

  • Named as a member of the “Hall of Fame” by The Legal 500 UK for Private Equity: Transactions - Mid-Market Deals (Up To £500m)
  • Ranked by Chambers UK for Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 million (2007-2024)
  • Recommended by The Legal 500 UK for Private Equity: Transactions - Mid-Market Deals (Up To £250m)
Related Practices
Corporate & Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Related Regions
United Kingdom