David McLeish's huge commercial awareness and experience means that he is a business adviser with legal expertise, rather than simply a lawyer.

Chambers UK, 2026

David McLeish provides legal advice within a broader business context. He understands the industry and how it functions, enabling him to offer clear, commercially informed guidance on both legal and operational matters.

Legal 500, 2026

David McLeish is great. He almost responds too much, such as when he is on holiday! He knows our business and gives a commercial input, not just legal; he points things out we may have missed.

Chambers UK, 2026

David McLeish is a super colleague, lawyer and adviser.

Chambers UK, 2026

David McLeish is a general counsel and brings another dimension of understanding to the issues we are facing. He is the person I would turn to out of any of the firms in a crisis situation.

Chambers UK, 2026

David is one of the top gambling lawyers in the UK. He has an extensive knowledge of the industry, and provides highly practical, commercial advice.

Chambers UK, 2025

David McLeish intuitively understands what we as a client need, giving us commercial, pragmatic advice.

Chambers UK, 2025

David is a first-class lawyer; he is dedicated, tenacious, impressive and also has very good knowledge and capability on the gambling regulatory side.

Chambers UK, 2025

David McLeish is a consummate business advisor, mixing legal advice with sound commercial judgement.

Legal 500, 2025

David McLeish is a superb all round advisor and is valued for more than just his legal advice. His scope of knowledge is unrivalled and he provides honest and direct advice.

Legal 500, 2024

He is able to advise on commercial, regulatory and compliance matters, offering both technical excellence as a lawyer and strong commercial awareness.

Chambers UK, 2023

David McLeish provides legal advice that is tailor-made for the client.

Chambers UK, 2023

David McLeish is a corporate specialist, but also has extensive regulatory and commercial experience. There is simply no-one better placed to guide a client through a complicated transaction or arrangement.

Legal 500, 2023

David McLeish is really excellent.

Legal 500, 2022

He is very tenacious, dedicated and impressive.

Chambers, 2022

David McLeish has unrivalled industry knowledge, is extremely practical and commercial and always available. We would be lost without David.

Legal 500, 2021

David McLeish is a first class lawyer. Dedicated, tenacious and generally impressive.

Legal 500, 2021

He is unflinchingly commercial, realistic and pragmatic.

Chambers UK, 2020

He understands our way of doing business. He's very dynamic.

Chambers UK, 2019

He's more than just a legal adviser; he offers practical and valuable advice on all aspects of an arrangement.

Chambers UK, 2018

David is very good at keeping communication very crisp. He can handle things in a pragmatic and easy manner.

Chambers Global, 2023