Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Finance Transactions

Associate - Corporate and Finance Transactions

David is an associate in the firm's Corporate and Finance Transactions Department and his practice focuses on commercial lending.  He advises financial institutions, banks, private equity funds and domestic and international corporate borrowers in the structuring, documentation and negotiation of a broad range of loan facilities, including secured, unsecured, single-lender, syndicated, bilateral, leveraged, asset-based, cash flow, mezzanine and acquisition financings.

Prior to joining BCLP, David worked as an associate in the New York offices of international and national law firms.  He began his legal career as an analyst at the New York Stock Exchange where he monitored merger and acquisition transactions and debt covenant compliance for a portfolio of hundreds of publicly-traded companies.

Before becoming an attorney, David led, trained and directed a team of intelligence specialists while serving in the United States Marine Corps.  He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal and Achievement Medal with Valor Device and is a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

David received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.  He also holds an M.A. from Columbia University as well as a B.A., cum laude, from Saint Louis University.  While in law school, David served as an Associate Editor of the Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law and a Board Member for the Fordham Law Students for the Education and Representation of Veterans.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Super Lawyers Magazine “Rising Stars” for Banking – Missouri and Kansas 2022-2023 Super Lawyers Magazine “Rising Stars” for Banking – New York 2020-2021 Awarded the Purple Heart Medal and Achievement Medal with Valor Device during service in the United States Marine Corps Member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Bar Association The Missouri Bar New York State Bar Association Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis