Former UK prime minister David Cameron is in talks to join DLA Piper. 

The talks, first reported by the Financial Times, could see Cameron take on an advisory role at the firm focused on geopolitical risk.

The firm’s 30-strong government affairs practice houses a number of former political leaders, including former home secretary, Labour’s Lord David Blunkett, who joined as an adviser last year. 

Cameron served as the UK’s prime minister between 2010 and 2016, resigning after losing the Brexit referendum to Vote Leave. He has since held a variety of roles, including as foreign secretary last year and as chairman of the advisory board of software company Afiniti, from which he resigned in 2021 after its founder was accused of sexual harassment and assault.

After leaving office, Cameron also lobbied for British financial firm Greensill Capital before it collapsed in 2021; the BBC later reported that Cameron recevied $10m from the company, partly from cashing in shares – a claim he rejected. 

His current portfolio of roles includes acting as an adviser to hedge fund Caxton Associates and Finback Investment Partners, the private equity firm founded by Jeb Bush. 

DLA Piper confirmed to the Financial Times it was in discussions with Cameron but declined to comment further. The Guardian reported Cameron’s role at the firm would not involve lobbying on its behalf. 

DLA Piper is the third-largest law firm in the world by revenue – its 4,500 lawyers brought in $4.2bn in 2024, up nearly 11% on the year before. 

Other recent political appointments in the UK legal market saw Sir Max Hill KC, the former Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales, join King & Spalding’s London office as counsel early last year. Around the same time, Kingsley Napley hired senior government litigator Natalie Cohen and Lord Carter, former general counsel at 10 Downing Street.