David Berman Email & Phone Number

I lead Covington’s financial services practice in EMEA, advising a range of financial institutions on key regulatory compliance and investigations matters, and frequently counselling boards and senior management teams on significant regulatory issues. I specialize in tactical and strategic issue prevention, containment, and resolution.I have extensive experience across a wide spectrum of regulatory compliance, investigations, and transactional issues, including: market conduct, whistle-blows, culture and conduct, risk management, systems and controls, internal investigations, individual accountability, governance, conflicts of interest, inducements, regulatory aspects of transactions, remediation and redress exercises, and conduct of business regulation generally, as well as acting as a “skilled person” under Section 166 FSMA 2000.My representative clients include: institutional investment managers, integrated investment banks, central banks, hedge funds, private equity houses, stockbroking firms, credit funds, consumer credit firms, clearing banks and corporates.I am often consulted as a subject-matter expert by industry bodies and regulators and I am frequent speaker at financial sector conferences and events.

Listed skills include Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, and Commercial Litigation.