Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

David Bonser focuses his practice on advising and representing public and private companies in a wide variety of corporate, securities, and partnership transactions.

He has extensive experience in public and private company merger and acquisition and joint venture transactions, serving as the primary counsel in M&A and joint venture transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $20 billion in 2006 and 2007. He has a broad range of M&A and joint venture experience having represented buyers, sellers (including special committees of public company targets), partners, and financial advisors.

David also regularly advises issuers and underwriters in public and private capital-raising activities, including public and private equity and debt securities offerings and fund formations, with a particular emphasis on capital-raising efforts by real estate companies. His public company practice involves advice on general business issues and general securities law and reporting compliance matters, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and NYSE and NASDAQ corporate governance standards.

He also serves as the Group Coordinator for the firm's worldwide capital markets and corporate governance coordinating group

Areas of Practice

• Corporate and Securities
• Capital Markets
• REITS
• Corporate Governance
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 1988
• Texas, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The District of Columbia Bar (Member)
• State Bar of Texas (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member, Corporation, Banking, Business Law Sections)

Honors and Awards

• Chambers USA, REITs, 2007

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1987
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  Law Review: Texas Law Review, Associate Editor, 1986 - 1987
• Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1984
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

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555 Thirteenth Street, NorthWest
Washington, DC 20004

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(202) 637-5868

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(202) 637-5910

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