A highly sought after transactional and corporate governance attorney with significant in-house experience, David supports clients in their complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, strategic investments, capital formation, joint ventures, debt and equity restructurings and securities offerings.
He has more than 25 years in private practice, including as a partner at Eversheds Sutherland from 2017 to 2023. He was previously a partner at another major international law firm, where he spent almost two decades.
David has also held senior legal officer roles, including as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Argos North America Corp. and as Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for a NYSE-listed manufacturer of chemicals and building products.
David has led transactions spanning many industries, including building products, chemicals, financial technology, communications, SaaS, media and consumer products. He also regularly represents private equity funds in their portfolio investments.
Latest News
- client newsEversheds Sutherland Advises Cox Automotive on Definitive Agreement to Acquire Fullpath, Bringing AI-Native Data and Marketing Infrastructure to the Industry’s Largest Dealer Network
- client newsEversheds Sutherland Advises Corpay in Investment Alongside TPG to Acquire AvidXchange for $2.2 Billion
- media mentionsEversheds Sutherland Brings Back Former CLO In Atlanta
- Represented Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY), a leading corporate payments company, on its investment in AvidXchange Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVDX) as part of a transaction to take AvidXchange private alongside TPG for $10.00 per share in a cash transaction that valued AvidXchange at $2.2 billion.
- Represented Cox Communications, Inc. in its acquisition of the commercial enterprise and carrier business of Segra, one of the largest independent fiber infrastructure bandwidth companies in the US.
- Represented Cox Enterprises in the sale of Cox Media Group's television and radio station portfolio and its CoxReps and Gamut national advertising businesses to Apollo Global Management.
- Represented Cox Automotive in its acquisition of FleetMaster, a provider of cloud-based fleet management software solutions.
- Represented Corpay (formerly Fleetcor), a leading global business payments company, in its acquisition of Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX), one of the world’s largest non-bank cross-border payment solutions providers.
- "Navigating ESG Risk in M&A ", Thomson Reuters Southeastern M&A/Private Equity Forum (October 5, 2023)
- “Overcoming Deal Challenges: A Corporate View”, Association for Corporate Growth M&A South Conference (February 8, 2022)
- “Corporate Development – Strategic Acquisitions are Zooming Along”, Association for Corporate Growth M&A South Conference (February 22, 2021)
- “M&A in a Time of Uncertainty”, Association for Corporate Growth Atlanta Capital Connection Conference (February 6, 2020)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of corporate/M&A (2022)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of and mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2021, 2018, 2022) and fintech (2022)
- Serves as Chair of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia.
- Adjunct Professor at the Emory University School of Law teaching M&A and transactional practice seminar classes to law students.
- Georgia
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, Notes Editor, Virginia Tax Review
- B.A., magna cum laude, Washington and Lee University, Phi Beta Kappa