David M. Kavanaugh
Associate
davidkavanaugh@andrewskurth.com
Suite 1700
Austin TX 78701
P: 512.320.9328
F: 512.320.9292
Download v-cardDavid's practice focuses on a wide range of general corporate and transactional matters with an emphasis on venture capital financings, public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate governance. David has also counseled general partners in the establishment of investment funds and limited partners in private equity fund investments.
Representative Experience
Since joining Andrews Kurth in 2006, David has advised companies and investors in raising more than $75 million in venture capital and has advised both acquirers and sellers in merger and acquisition activity with an aggregate deal value in excess of $350 million. He has particular experience in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries where he has advised clients on joint ventures, the acquisition of pharmaceutical assets and the negotiation of supply agreements. Prior to joining Andrews Kurth, David practiced with a major Chicago law firm where he gained experience in public securities offerings, including initial public offerings, and a variety of merger and acquisition activity. Additional detail on some of David's deal experience is as follows:
- Counsel to the acquirer in multiple acquisitions of pharmaceutical assets with an aggregate value exceeding $250 million
- Counsel to the seller in the computer hardware industry in the sale of the company to a publicly-traded corporation for $32.5 million
- Counsel to a company in the medical device industry in its $25 million Series C financing
- Counsel to a company in the thermal energy management industry in its $14 million Series C financing and $8 million Series B financing
- Counsel to a company in the semiconductor industry in its $3 million Series A financing
- Counsel to the investors in a $6 million investment in a company in the semiconductor industry
- Counsel to the issuer in a $200 million initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange
- Counsel to a court-appointed chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee in the $240 million sale of a commodities trading business
- Counsel to the debtor companies in a $65 million asset sale pursuant to section 363 of the bankruptcy code
- Counsel to a a private equity fund in its $24 million acquisition of a private company
Professional / Civic Affiliations
Member
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section
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Practice Areas
Education
- JD, 2004, with Honors, University of Texas School of Law
- BS, 2001, with highest distinction, Business Administration, University of Nebraska
Admitted
- Illinois 2004
- Texas 2007
