David Brown is a co-chair of the firm’s Corporate practice area, which includes its corporate, energy, finance, health care, real estate, regulatory and public policy groups, and a partner in the Financial Services & Products group, which he previously led. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities disclosure, corporate governance, and payment system and other technology transactions, with emphasis on the financial services, technology and telecommunications industries. David regularly represents issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of equity, debt and hybrid securities and has extensive experience in complex mergers and acquisitions, particularly transactions coupled with strategic relationships between the parties. David has advised clients on hundreds of M&A transactions with an aggregate deal value in excess of $70 billion and securities transactions with a value in excess of $55 billion.

David is a member of the advisory board of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. He is identified in The Best Lawyers in America for his corporate governance, corporate and merger and acquisition expertise and in the Guide to the World’s Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers. He served as editor-in-chief of the Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report from 1999 to 2008. David also served as chair of the board of trustees of The Sheridan School in Washington, D.C. from 2004 to 2009.  He is a frequent speaker and author of publications regarding securities regulation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic alliances issues.