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David A. Gibbons
Partner, Baltimore, Washington, D.C.

David Gibbons focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities, and private equity transactions. He has more than 15 years of experience in transactional matters, including the acquisition and disposition of assets and securities, mergers and other business combinations, pharmaceutical and other technology licensing and development arrangements, and commercial exploitation of intellectual assets. David also represents clients in private equity investments, leveraged recapitalizations, and joint venture arrangements, and provides advice to issuers and underwriters on the registration and distribution of equity and debt securities, reporting and disclosure issues, and general corporate governance matters. David has substantial experience in the aerospace, defense and government services, and life sciences industries. 

Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson in February 2007, David was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of another international law firm for eight years. 

Representative Experience
Represented Lockheed Martin Corporation in the acquisition of numerous companies, including Management Systems Designers Incorporated, Pacific Architects and Engineers, Inc., Aspen Systems Corporation, Sippican, Inc., The Sytex Group, and OAO Corporation; and the disposition of Lockheed Martin's ILS International Launch Services, Lockheed Martin Intersputnik, Ltd., and Comsat General businesses.* 

Represented Accenture in its acquisition of Maxim Systems, an employee-owned company providing advanced engineering and technical services to government and commercial customers, and its pending acquisition of Gestalt, a leading provider of mission-critical command and control (C2), modeling, simulation and training and energy management solutions.

Represented Netstar-1 in its purchase of the federal government consulting services subsidiary of a NASDAQ-listed IT service provider* and the subsequent recapitalization of Netstar-1 with a private equity investor.

Underwriters counsel to a leading regional investment banking firm in connection with the registration and public offering of common stock by a NASDAQ-listed radio frequency identification company.*

Represented a global technology company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the merger of a development stage nanotechnology portfolio company into an Australian-listed pharmaceutical company.*

U.S. counsel to a privately owned Swiss pharmaceutical company on many matters, including the exclusive license, manufacturing, and distribution agreement with an oncology and acute care biopharmaceutical company in the U.S. and Canada.*

Represented a Canadian automotive parts manufacturing company in the acquisition of the North American body and chassis operations of a global provider of transportation technology.*

* Matters handled prior to joining Hogan & Hartson 

PRACTICES/INDUSTRIES
Aerospace and Defense
Government Services and Homeland Security
Life Sciences
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Capital Markets
Corporate and Securities
Corporate Governance
AREAS OF FOCUS
  • Public and Private Company Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Public and Private Offerings of Debt and Equity 
  • Intellectual Asset Management
EDUCATION
J.D., Emory University School of Law,1991 B.A., University of Virginia,1988
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Executive Committee Member, Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America
  • Member, American Bar Association
BAR ADMISSIONS District of Columbia Maryland