- 為一家上市的衛生保健服務公司就其以 21 億美元出售給一家競爭對手事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 為一家 NYSE（紐約證券交易所）上市的不動產投資信託公司就其以 7.6 億美元出售給一家競爭對手事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 為一家地區銀行控股公司就其以 18 億美元與競爭對手合併組建成美國規模最大的前 25 家銀行機構之一事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 為一家大型無線電信提供商就其組建一家行業合資企業以利用智慧手機和近場通訊 (near-field communication, NFC) 技術提供支付類服務事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 為一家上市電信服務提供商就其以 26 億美元出售給一家大型私募股權發起方事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 為一家私營媒體公司就其以 35 億美元出售特定資產給另一家媒體公司和兩家大型私募股權發起方，以及同時將無關的業務拆分給其現有的證券持有人事宜中擔任專門證券法律顧問。
- 為一家大型國防承包商就其多次收購私營工程與技術公司事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 為一家大型農業公司就其抗辯一家競爭對手的敵意收購報價和代理權之爭以及最終以 11 億美元議定價格出售給競爭對手事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 為一家日本汽車製造商的美國附屬金融子公司就其 250 億美元美國中期票據專案和 110 億歐元中期票據專案事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 為一家 NYSE（紐約證券交易所）上市的瑞典公司就其同時公開發售 2.35 億美元的普通股和 1.65 億美元的託管性可轉換股權單位事宜擔任法律顧問。
- 在一家大型銀行機構公開發售的 35 億美元（之後再發行 2.5 億美元）的優先票據中為認購方擔任法律顧問，優先票據由 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation（美國聯邦存款保險公司）提供擔保。
- 就發售逾 22 億美元的可任意轉換的債務證券中為發行方和認購方擔任法律顧問，包括贖回後強制兌換、餘股包銷及相關衍生產品套期保值約定。
合夥人,
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 是本律所的公司執業領域（包括公司、能源、金融、衛生保健、房地產、公共政策事業部）的聯席主席，也是金融服務與產品事業部的合夥人，其之前曾任金融服務與產品事業部的負責人。他的執業範圍集中於兼併與收購、公司治理、證券資訊披露、支付系統和其他技術交易，重點是金融服務、房地產、技術和電信行業。David 經常在公開發售和私募股本、債務證券和混合證券中為發行方和認購方提供代理服務，在複雜的兼併與收購方面擁有豐富的經驗，尤其是結合雙方策略關係的交易方面。David 已在數百筆總交易金額超過 760 億美元的併購交易和金額超過 570 億美元的證券交易中為客戶提供諮詢服務。
David 因其在公司治理、企業、兼併與收購和證券／資本市場的專長而躋身The Best Lawyers in America 之列，並列入 Guide to the World’s Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers 之中。他經常演講，還著有與證券監管、公司治理、兼併與收購以及戰略聯盟問題相關的出版物。
David 因其在公司治理、企業、兼併與收購和證券／資本市場的專長而躋身The Best Lawyers in America 之列，並列入 Guide to the World’s Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers 之中。他經常演講，還著有與證券監管、公司治理、兼併與收購以及戰略聯盟問題相關的出版物。
律師資格
- 哥倫比亞特區
- Georgia
學歷
- University of Kentucky (法學博士, 1986)
- Princeton University (A.B., 1983)
Memberships
- Advisory Board of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware 的會員
- Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report 的主編（1999 - 2008 年）
- District of Columbia Bar 會員；Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Section 會員；State Bar of Georgia 會員