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.
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.
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.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A |
Clark has advised, among others:
- Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. in its $8.3 billion acquisition by The Boeing Company
- CME Group in its:
- sale of OSTTRA to investment funds managed by KKR at an enterprise value of $3.1 billion. Mr. Clark previously advised on CME Group’s transaction with IHS Markit involving the combination of the parties’ post-trade services for OTC markets, which created OSTTRA
- $6 billion acquisition of NEX Group plc
- Ball Corporation in its:
- $5.6 billion sale of its aerospace business to BAE Systems
- $530 million sale of its beverage packaging business in Russia
- $6.9 billion acquisition of Rexam PLC
- AutoNation in its:
- $190 million acquisition of RepairSmith
- minority ownership stake in TrueCar
- Hillenbrand, Inc. in its:
- $3.8 billion sale to Lone Star Funds
- $2 billion acquisition of Milacron Holdings Corp.
- Sara Lee in connection with the spin-off and redomestication of its international coffee and tea operations in a transaction valued in excess of $13 billion
- InvenTrust Properties in its:
- $1.4 billion sale of its student housing platform, University House, to a joint venture that includes Scion and CPPIB
- $2.3 billion sale of a portfolio of net lease assets to AR Capital; and series of self-management transactions with the Inland Group for the $12 billion REIT
- Huron Consulting Group in its:
- $112 million sale of Huron Legal to Consilio
- $325 million acquisition of the Studer Group
- Black Diamond Capital Management in its:
- acquisition of GST AutoLeather, Inc.
- sale of its portfolio company Sun World International