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David Clark

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

David Clark advises public and private companies, private equity firms, founders and boards of directors on complex mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and other significant corporate, commercial and securities transactions and matters.

Mr. Clark has represented clients in a broad variety of U.S. and international transactions, including public company acquisitions, negotiated and contested sales, management buyouts, going-private transactions, auctions, carve-outs, divestitures, joint ventures, spin-offs and recapitalizations. He also advises on the full range of SEC reporting and compliance aspects of clients’ ongoing public disclosure and shareholder communication obligations.

Mr. Clark’s practice spans a range of industries, with experience counseling clients in aerospace and defense, automotive, industrials and manufacturing, financial services and market infrastructure, retail and consumer, real estate, and health care and life sciences.

Personal

J.D., Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, (summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Managing Editor, Indiana Law Review)

B.A., Ohio State University

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Corporate/M&A - Illinois

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

David Clark advises household-name clients on complex M&A transactions across a broad range of industries.

Strengths

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  • David is simply one of the best advisers in this field that I have used. He is highly responsive with full knowledge of our business.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA

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