David's practice includes significant experience in general corporate and securities work with an emphasis on capital markets, merger and acquisition and venture capital transactions for technology companies; specifically formation and organization of start-ups, venture capital financings, public offerings of debt and equity securities, public and private mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and other corporate partnering arrangements, and counseling regarding, among others, general corporate matters, financings, mergers and acquisitions and securities law compliance for public and private corporations.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Representative venture capital transactions include:
Counsel to Monitor110, Inc. in connection with $11 million Series C Preferred Stock financing
Counsel to United BioFuels Europe Cayman Holdings Ltd. in connection with �10 million Series C Preferred Stock financing
Counsel to Monitor110, Inc. in connection with $5 million Series B Preferred Stock financing
Counsel to United BioFuels Europe Cayman Holdings Ltd. in connection with $25 million Series B Preferred Stock financing
Counsel to UR Power GmbH in connection with �12.5 million Series C Preferred Stock financing
Counsel to George Soros in connection with $14 million Series A Preferred Stock financing of LabNow, Inc.
Counsel to Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Fund, L.P. in connection with $48 million Series C Preferred Stock financing of Avera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Counsel to Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Fund, L.P. in connection with $8 million Series B Preferred Stock financing of ArgiNOx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Counsel to Currenex, Inc. in connection with $3.75 million Series B-1 Preferred Stock financing
Counsel to Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Fund, L.P. in connection with $37 million Series A Preferred Stock financing of CardioKine, Inc.
Counsel to TL Ventures and affiliates in connection with $15 million Series B Preferred Stock financing of Circadiant Systems, Inc.
Representative capital markets transactions include:
Counsel to Hydrogenics Corporation in connection with $84 million initial public offering of common shares
Counsel to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as underwriter in connection with $90 million initial public offering of common stock of Adolor Corporation
Counsel to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as underwriter in connection with $240 million initial public offering of class A common shares of Iridium World Communications Ltd.
Counsel to RightChoice Managed Care, Inc. in connection with $35 million initial public offering of common stock
Counsel to Vanguard Airlines, Inc. in connection with initial public offering of common stock
Counsel to American Safety Razor Company in connection with $60 million initial public offering of common stock
Merger and Acquisition Transactions:
Counsel to Currenex, Inc. in connection with its $564 million cash sale to State Street Corporation
Counsel to Agricapital GmbH in connection with spinoff of its vegetable-oil fueled power plant division
Counsel to Agricapital GmbH in connection with spinoff of its Hungarian ethanol-biogas power plant division
U.S. Counsel to Apax Partners in connection with �173 million asset purchase of Regent Biogel and Hibi businesses from SSL International plc.
Counsel to PSINet Consulting Solutions Holdings, Inc. in connection with its sale of the assets of its Enterprise Solutions Division
Counsel to BevAccess.com, Inc. in connection with acquisition of The Beverage Media Group, Ltd.
Counsel to Axsys Technologies, Inc. in connection with divestiture of Beau Interconnect division
Counsel to Forstmann Little & Co. in connection with $2.4 billion cash sale (stock) of Ziff-Davis Holdings Corp. to Softbank Corporation
Counsel to Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation in connection with the $1.4 billion cash acquisition (tender offer) of Value Health, Inc.
Counsel to Forstmann Little & Co. in connection with $1.4 billion cash acquisition (tender offer) of Community Health Systems, Inc.
Counsel to Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Ltd. in connection with $1.2 billion cash acquisition of ING US P&C Corporation
Counsel to AEA Investors Inc. in connection with $70.0 million stock purchase of Manchester Tank & Equipment Co.
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
Author - Option Exchange Programs: Practical Considerations in Implementing Programs After the SEC�s Exemptive Order, M&A Lawyer (May 2001)
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
Speaker - Representing High-Tech Clients, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (September 2001)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
New York State Bar Association
New York New Media Association
American Bar Association
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