David practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial and corporate finance and securities law. David has extensive experience focused on advising private and public company clients on transactional and corporate commercial matters, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, as well as corporate governance issues. He works with clients at all stages of development, from senior public companies to startups and entrepreneurs, and represents clients across a variety of industries, particularly forestry, services and technology.

Bar Admissions
British Columbia (1987)

Education
University of Oxford (B.C.L., 1988)
University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1986)

Significant Accomplishments
David has represented and worked closely with significant businesses in a variety of industries, including forestry, technology, financial services and retail, as well as with emerging growth companies and entrepreneurs. Major representative transactional work includes the sale and purchase of numerous large scale manufacturing and processing operations and businesses; multijurisdictional structured sale transactions; private equity and venture capital investments; convertible debt financings; early stage financings and corporate restructuring transactions and proceedings.

Professional Associations
Recognition and Ranking
* Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024-2026: Recognized for Technology Transactions (Leading Practitioner)
* Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023-2026: Recognized for Mergers & Acquisitions (Leading Practitioner)
* Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023-2026: Recognized for Corporate Commercial Law (Leading Practitioner)
* Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023-2026: Recognized for Corporate Mid-Market (Leading Practitioner)
* Chambers Global 2026: Corporate/ M&A (Band 3)
* Thomson Reuters 2022-2026: Stand-out Lawyer
* Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada 2022-2026: Corporate Mid-Market
* Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers 2023-2026: Mergers & Acquisitions

Seminars/ Presentation
* World Services Group Meeting of the Americas (North, Central & South America and the Caribbean), Miami, Florida (February 2014), Co-Chair
* "Key Drafting Issues" and "Solicitors' Legal Opinions", Business Basics Discussion Group, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (October 3, 2013 and prior years), Course Chair and Speaker
* "Planning, Organizing, and Operating a Business", Business Basics Course, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (October 3, 2013), Course Chair and Speaker
* "Multijurisdictional Transactional Issues", Conference, World Services Group Annual Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 2013)
* "Indemnities", Mergers & Acquisitions 2012, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (June 21, 2012), Co-Presenter
* "Business Basics 2012", The Practice of Law, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (February 16, 2012), Course Chair

Professional Activities and Experience
* Law Society of British Columbia - Discipline Committee, Member
* World Services Group: Former Member - Board of Directors; North American Regional Council Chair (previously)
* American Bar Association, Member
* International Bar Association, Member
* Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Editorial Board Member

"Forest deals pick up steam", National Post (October 2, 2014), Quoted

"Advising British Columbia Business", Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (2008-Present), Member of the Editorial Board

"Checklist Manual (Share and Asset Purchase Transactions) (2008 - 2012)", Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia

"British Columbia Due Diligence Deskbook", Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (2010 - Present), Contributing Author

"Forestry Law: Recent Developments of Importance" (July 30, 2007)

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