Partner · Thomsons
Melbourne, VIC
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David Schiavello is a partner at Thomsons in Melbourne, working in mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and equity capital markets and takeovers and schemes of arrangement. Doyle’s Guide lists David Schiavello as Preeminent among Victoria’s business and commercial lawyers in 2026, and Leading in its Corporate Lawyers, Victoria list. The Victorian register of lawyers lists David Schiavello as a current practitioner (Principal without Trust).
Firm
Thomsons
Role
Partner
Office
Melbourne
Doyle’s Guide
Preeminent 2026
Register
Principal without Trust
David Schiavello is a Melbourne partner at Thomsons who acts for listed and private companies on public and private mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and equity capital markets transactions, takeovers and schemes of arrangement. The firm says his clients come from technology, retail, professional services and telecommunications, among other sectors, and highlights his work on purchase price mechanisms in sale agreements. He also advises on corporate governance and on Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules compliance.
Doyle’s Guide lists David Schiavello as Preeminent among Victoria’s business and commercial lawyers in 2026, and Leading in its Corporate Lawyers, Victoria list.
Doyle’s Guide’s earlier editions name the firm Thomson Geer, which now trades as Thomsons.
David Schiavello’s most recent listings. Every edition we could verify is set out in the ranking history below.
Every Doyle’s listing we could verify for David Schiavello. Each list page was opened individually on doylesguide.com, one edition at a time, on 17 September 2026; no run of years has been inferred from a single page.
Years are the edition years Doyle’s publishes. Doyle’s listings over the years name Thomson Geer and Thomsons. We searched Doyle’s Victorian and national lawyer lists for commercial, corporate, property, leasing, insolvency, technology, employment, construction and estates work from 2015 to 2026.
As listed by Thomsons:
Sectors. Private capital, family offices and succession; Technology; Retail; Telecommunications; Professional services.
Listings in other directories, as published by the source shown. We have not independently verified these.
David Schiavello is listed on the Victorian register of lawyers kept by the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner. The entry is reproduced below as it appeared on 17 September 2026 (the address field is omitted).
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David Schiavello is a partner at Thomsons in Melbourne, working in mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and equity capital markets and takeovers and schemes of arrangement.
Doyle’s Guide lists David Schiavello as Preeminent among Victoria’s business and commercial lawyers in 2026, and Leading in its Corporate Lawyers, Victoria list. Each edition is linked in the ranking history on this page.
According to Thomsons: Mergers and acquisitions (public and private); IPOs and equity capital markets; Takeovers and schemes of arrangement; Private equity; Corporate advisory and governance; Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules compliance.
Through Thomsons. This profile is editorial; David Schiavello has not claimed it and has no commercial relationship with Lawyer Reviews.
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