- 为一家上市的卫生保健服务公司就其以 21 亿美元出售给一家竞争对手事宜担任法律顾问。
- 为一家 NYSE（纽约证券交易所）上市的不动产投资信托公司就其以 7.6 亿美元出售给一家竞争对手事宜担任法律顾问。
- 为一家地区银行控股公司就其以 18 亿美元与竞争对手合并组建成美国规模最大的前 25 家银行机构之一事宜担任法律顾问。
- 为一家大型无线电信提供商就其组建一家行业合资企业以利用智能手机和近场通讯 (NFC) 技术提供支付类服务事宜担任法律顾问。
- 为一家上市电信服务提供商就其以 26 亿美元出售给一家大型私募股权发起方事宜担任法律顾问。
- 为一家私营媒体公司就其以 35 亿美元出售特定资产给另一家媒体公司和两家大型私募股权发起方，以及同时将无关的业务拆分给其现有的证券持有人事宜中担任专门证券法律顾问。
- 为一家大型国防承包商就其多次收购私营工程与技术公司事宜担任法律顾问。
- 为一家大型农业公司就其抗辩一家竞争对手的敌意收购报价和代理权之争以及最终以 11 亿美元议定价格出售给竞争对手事宜担任法律顾问。
- 为一家日本汽车制造商的美国附属金融子公司就其 250 亿美元美国中期票据项目和 110 亿欧元中期票据项目事宜担任法律顾问。
- 为一家 NYSE 上市的瑞典公司就其同时公开发售 2.35 亿美元的普通股和 1.65 亿美元的托管性可转换股权单位事宜担任法律顾问。
- 在一家大型银行机构公开发售的 35 亿美元（之后再发行 2.5 亿美元）的优先票据中为认购方担任法律顾问，优先票据由 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation（美国联邦存款保险公司）提供担保。
- 就发售逾 22 亿美元的可任意转换的债务证券中为发行方和认购方担任法律顾问，包括赎回后强制兑换、余股包销及相关衍生产品套期保值约定。
合伙人,
Whether advising a special committee dealing with a conflicting interest transaction or advising a client seeking to negotiate a complex business relationship or execute a complex securities offering, David draws on decades of experience across a wide range of industries and transactions to craft creative solutions for difficult problems.
- Counsel to an NYSE-listed residential mortgage REIT in its $360 million reverse merger with a private commercial mortgage REIT.
- Counsel to a public hotel REIT in its $270 million merger of equals with another public hotel REIT.
- Counsel to an NYSE-listed health care REIT in its $760 million sale to a competitor.
- Counsel to a regional bank holding company in its $1.8 billion merger with a competitor to form one of the 25 largest banking organizations in the U.S.
- Counsel to a publicly traded telecommunications services provider in its $2.6 billion sale to a major private equity sponsor.
- Counsel to a major defense contractor in multiple acquisitions of privately held engineering and technology companies.
- Counsel to a major agricultural company in the defense of a hostile offer and proxy contest from, and eventual $1.1 billion negotiated sale to, a competitor.
- Counsel to a major wireless telecommunications provider in the formation of an industry joint venture to provide payments-related services utilizing smartphone and near-field communication (NFC) technology.
- Special securities counsel to a privately held media company in its $3.5 billion sale of certain assets to another media company and two major private equity sponsors, and a simultaneous spinoff of unrelated businesses to its existing security holders.
- Counsel to a public commercial mortgage REIT in its $120 million public offering of common stock, $100 million public offering of preferred stock, and $100 million public offering of NYSE-listed senior notes.
- U.S. securities counsel to a Swedish medical products company in connection with a global rights offering and its proposed spinoff of a subsidiary.
- Counsel to a major captive finance company in its $25 billion U.S. medium-term note program and €11 billion medium-term note program.
- Counsel to an NYSE-listed Swedish manufacturing company in simultaneous public offerings of $235 million of common stock and $165 million of mandatory convertible equity units.
- Counsel to the underwriters in a $3.5 billion (later reopened to issue an additional $250 million) public offering by a major banking organization of senior notes that were guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
- Counsel to numerous issuers in offerings of more than $4.9 billion of convertible securities, including forced conversions upon redemption, standby underwritings, and related derivatives hedging arrangements.
David Brown 是本律所的公司执业领域（包括公司、能源、金融、卫生保健、房地产、公共政策事业部）的联席主席，也是金融服务与产品事业部的合伙人，其之前曾任金融服务与产品事业部的负责人。他的执业范围集中于兼并与收购、公司治理、证券信息披露、支付系统和其他技术交易，重点是金融服务、房地产、技术和电信行业。David 经常在公开发售和私募股本、债务证券和混合证券中为发行方和认购方提供代理服务，在复杂的兼并与收购方面拥有丰富的经验，尤其是结合双方战略关系的交易方面。David 已在数百笔总交易金额超过 760 亿美元的并购交易和金额超过 570 亿美元的证券交易中为客户提供咨询服务。
David 因其在公司治理、企业、兼并与收购和证券/资本市场的专长而跻身美国最佳律师 (The Best Lawyers in America)之列，并列入世界杰出公司治理律师指南 (Guide to the World’s Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers)之中。他经常演讲，还著有与证券监管、公司治理、兼并与收购以及战略联盟问题相关的出版物。
David 因其在公司治理、企业、兼并与收购和证券/资本市场的专长而跻身美国最佳律师 (The Best Lawyers in America)之列，并列入世界杰出公司治理律师指南 (Guide to the World’s Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers)之中。他经常演讲，还著有与证券监管、公司治理、兼并与收购以及战略联盟问题相关的出版物。
律师资格
- 哥伦比亚特区
- Georgia
学历
- University of Kentucky (职业法律博士, 1986)
- Princeton University (A.B., 1983)
Memberships
- John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware 咨询委员会的会员
- Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report 的主编（1999 - 2008 年）
- District of Columbia Bar 律师协会会员；District of Columbia Bar Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Section 部门会员；State Bar of Georgia 律师协会的会员