ArentFox Schiff

Corporate and Securities

Partner

Drawing on his experience counseling a wide range of companies, from startups to Fortune 500 businesses, David crafts legal strategy with a singular goal: achieving his clients’ business objectives. He regularly serves as outside general counsel to private companies, including clients from outside of the United States for their businesses inside the United States. David regularly collaborates with the firm’s other practice groups to find practical, forward-thinking solutions.

David has extensive experience advising public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters, including organizational, governance, and compliance issues. He combines deep legal knowledge with an entrepreneurial spirit to provide a fresh perspective on his clients’ challenges and helps develop comprehensive, cost-effective solutions. He then works with clients to adjust these solutions as they are implemented, ensuring successful outcomes that support long-term business strategies. In addition to his work with private and public companies, David has represented a variety of others in their business dealings. He has advised issuers and investment banks in equity and debt offerings; has been bond counsel for state and local political subdivisions; and he works with private equity sponsors and investors in their acquisition, divestiture, and financing activities.

American Bar Association, Section of Business Law Chicago Bar Association Florida Bar Association Vermont Bar Association Lurie Children’s Medical Center of Chicago, Director Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation, Executive Committee, Director Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Director Children’s Research Fund, Director, Executive Committee, Legal Counsel, Past Chairman; Past Treasurer Children’s Research Fund Junior Board Foundation, Legal Counsel, Past Co-Chair

Syracuse University College of Law, JD, cum laude; Certificate of Specialization in Law and Economics; Justinian Honorary Law Society, 1997 University of Vermont, BA, 1994