David Stürken

David specialises in equity capital markets (ECM), M&A, private equity and cross-border communications. He advises companies across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia, most recently on IPOs, shareholder activism, and strategic media engagement during high-profile transactions and crises.

Before joining H/Advisors, he spent over two decades advising global clients on stakeholder communications around capital markets activity, contested and agreed M&A, and long-term corporate positioning. He has worked on more than 50 ECM transactions – including IPOs, rights issues, privatisations and spin-offs – across Western and Eastern Europe, China, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, raising over $150bn. In M&A, he has advised on more than 150 cross-border transactions with a combined value exceeding $350bn. His experience includes developing sustained profile-raising and investor relations programmes for listed companies and supporting boards in activist defence situations across multiple markets.