David E. Lillevand

David also has extensive experience in representing public and private companies, as well as private equity and venture capital funds in a wide variety of mergers and acquisitions transactions.

In addition, David counsels emerging growth companies with respect to formation, angel and venture financings, strategic relationships and liquidity events; advises fund managers and investors on the structuring, establishment and operation of investment funds; and advises both publicly and privately held companies and their boards of directors regarding a wide range of corporate governance and compliance matters, including SEC disclosure and reporting obligations.

• Represented Asia Alternatives in the formation of investment funds in excess of $4 billion.
• Represented Chevron in the formation of the Chevron Direct Investment Fund, registered under the Astana International Financial Centre in Kazakhstan.
• Represented Lithium Power International in its acquisition of JV interests in the Maricunga Lithium Brine Project in Chile.
• Represented Organicgirl in its $142 million sale to Arable Partners.
• Represented Headwaters Incorporated in $240 million acquisition of Krestmark.
• Represented ABN AMRO Rothschild, Goldman Sachs JBWere and UBS in connection with “T3,” a A$15.5 billion secondary offering (including Rule 144A component) by the Commonwealth of Australia of its ordinary shares (in the form of installment receipts) in Telstra Corporation Limited.
• Represented Dyno Nobel Limited in connection with its $1.1 billion initial public offering/Rule 144A private placement.
• Represented Incyte Corporation in its Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings of $220 million of convertible senior notes.
• Represented Spark Infrastructure Group in connection with its A$1.6 billion initial public offering/Rule 144A private placement of stapled securities (in the form of installment receipts).
• Represented Headwaters Incorporated in its $328.2 million Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield offering of senior notes.
• Represented several underwriters in connection with the Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings by the Westfield Group of over $3.0 billion of guaranteed senior notes.
• Represented Lombard Investments and Lombard Asia in the formation of investment funds in excess of $500 million.