David Hunter
Bates Wells
United Kingdom
David Hunter at Bates Wells focuses his practice on helping businesses address climate change and biodiversity loss through their corporate operations, governance structures, and contractual relationships.
Acting for engineering consultancy Arup, Hunter advised on an investment to secure 10,000tCO₂e of future carbon removal credits. The mandate helps pursue the client’s nature protection ambitions through funding land restoration programmes in Lincolnshire.
A leading voice within the legal sector’s green transition, Hunter has served as a member of The Law Society Climate Change Working Group since 2020, where he helped draft its Guidance for Solicitors on Climate Change. Hunter also co-founded the Legal Charter 1.5 network.