David Baybut

David has many years’ experience providing legal counsel for housing associations/ registered social housing landlords and Local Authorities.

David joined Stephonsons Solicitors in September 1993 having graduated from Keele University with a first class BSc Honours degree in law and computer science and then from Chester College of Law with a distinction. David qualified as a solicitor in February 1996, and has been specialising predominantly in commercial property law since. David was appointed as a partner in 1999. He is head of the over 60 strong real estate team, becoming a member of the operational board in April 2008.

Whilst David has been head of the real estate team, the department has become a national multi-award winning team. The team has won Law Firm Services Awards in the conveyancing field several years in a row and most recent, they were winners of the Modern Law Awards for property team of the year.

David is a founder member of the Business Growth Hub, a community for growing businesses in the North West. His previous appointments have included trustee roles for Wigan and Chorley Groundwork Trust and Co-opted member of Wigan Council regeneration committee.