People: David Warburg, Partner

David Warburg

Partner

New York
Direct: (212) 218-4653
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Biography

David M. Warburg is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the New York Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Mr. Warburg concentrates his practice on corporate finance, securities, and real estate financing transactions, with emphasis on public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity funds, real estate investment funds and joint ventures, PIPEs, SPACs, corporate restructurings, and international transactions. He has over 25 years of experience representing both sources and users of capital in private placements and initial public offerings by U.S. and foreign companies of equity and debt securities, formation of U.S. domestic and offshore funds, and private equity technology and real estate-related investments. He represents public and private U.S. and foreign companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, debt and equity restructurings, and general corporate, contract, and securities law matters. He has represented Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Israeli, Italian, Mexican, Russian, and UK companies, investors, and financial institutions in U.S. and international transactions. 

David M. Warburg is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the New York Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Mr. Warburg concentrates his practice on corporate finance, securities, and real estate financing transactions, with emphasis on public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity funds, real estate investment funds and joint ventures, PIPEs, SPACs, corporate restructurings, and international transactions. He has over 25 years of experience representing both sources and users of capital in private placements and initial public offerings by U.S. and foreign companies of equity and debt securities, formation of U.S. domestic and offshore funds, and private equity technology and real estate-related investments. He represents public and private U.S. and foreign companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, debt and equity restructurings, and general corporate, contract, and securities law matters. He has represented Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Israeli, Italian, Mexican, Russian, and UK companies, investors, and financial institutions in U.S. and international transactions. 

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law (1978)
  • B.A., Yeshiva University (1975)

Admissions

  • New York

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association

Representative Engagements

  • A mobile virtual network operator offering services across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa, in several rounds of private equity financing provided by venture capital funds and other institutional investors.
  • A Hong Kong-based content/data management technology solutions provider in venture capital financing and US acquisition transactions.
  • A US private equity and hedge fund sponsor in the structuring and formation of a new hedge fund focusing on publicly-traded investment grade and convertible debt and preferred equity securities.
  • A US/European-based real estate fund in its preferred equity and mezzanine debt investments, and in its workouts of certain investments.
  • A New York City-based sports, media and tourist attraction in its debt and equity restructuring efforts, including intensive efforts to restructure tax-exempt bonds, taxable bonds and equity.
  • A consortium of international investors including The Baugur Group, an international investment company focusing on investments in media in Europe and the U.S., and Acquire Media Corporation, a developer and operator of digital media distribution and filtering platforms for publishing and financial services, in their acquisition of the assets of U.S.-based news content provider NewsEdge, from The Thomson Corporation.
  • A Shenzhen, China-based company engaged in designing, developing, marketing and distributing fine women's apparel, in its reverse acquisition and concurrent PIPE financing in the United States.
  • Nice Systems, Ltd., a NASDAQ/NMS-quoted Israeli-based leading global provider of advanced multimedia digital recording platforms, software applications and consulting services, in its acquisition for cash of the assets of the CRS Division of Dictaphone Corporation.
  • An investor/management buyout group in a leveraged "going-private merger" with JLM Industries, Inc., a NASDAQ-quoted leading global marketer and distributor of performance chemicals and manufacturer and marketer of phenol and acetone, including a restructuring of its debt and equity and new asset-based financing.
  •  A European publicly-traded sponsor in the structuring, formation and syndication to U.S. and European pension plan investors of a $300 million fund targeting French real estate investment.
  • The U.S. sponsor in the development and formation of a U.S. small-cap special situation fund and representation of the fund in multiple PIPE and controlling interest investments in various public companies.
  • Various U.S. sponsors in the formation of several real estate funds targeting the acquisition of real estate assets throughout the US and Europe.

 

Publications

  • “Q&A With Seyfarth Shaw’s David Warburg,” Law360 (December 1, 2011)
  • “Current Challenges Facing an Investor in a Real Estate Fund or Venture, AFIRE News, Vol. 23, No. 5, Co-authored with Richard Crystal and Stanley Jutkowitz (September 2009)
  • "Sarbanes-Oxley Issues for Foreign Private Issuers Considering Listing in or Accessing Public Capital Markets in the United States - An Updated View after Four Years of Regulation and Experience," BNA International, Corporate Restructuring, Co-Authored with Wayne Kirk (May 2007)
  • "The Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley on Corporate Responsibility in Private Companies," Bloomberg Law Reports, Corporate Governance, Vol.2, No. 10, Co-Authored with Sarah Hewitt (November 2005)
  • "Letters of Intent in Global Deals," New York Law Journal, Mergers & Acquisitions (November 2004)
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