David Peterman is a skilled dealmaker and business advisor with over 30 years of experience guiding clients through buying and selling companies, raising money, day-to-day operations, complex projects, stockholder deadlocks and disputes, and securities offerings and compliance. Companies of all sizes and buyers, sellers, issuers, and investors rely on David to negotiate and structure a variety of transactions and corporate projects, including acquisitions and dispositions of stock, assets, and business divisions, carve-outs, and public and private securities transactions, and to solve and achieve operational challenges and objectives. He also has deep experience handling offerings, periodic reporting and providing strategic advice to public company boards and management.
David’s clients include major corporations, small and middle-market companies, closely held businesses, family-owned businesses, private equity funds and investors across every industry sector, from energy, manufacturing and industrial services to retail, media, hospitality, technology and many more.
Counseling clients on everyday legal and business concerns is also a significant strength of David’s practice. He provides strategic guidance on general commercial deals, corporate governance, employment issues, regulatory matters and proactive dispute resolution to avoid litigation. When a problem or opportunity falls outside of his practice focus, David gives clients access to the best resources available, whether it involves making a referral to an experienced lawyer in the firm or managing a versatile team of professionals that can achieve a positive outcome.