A sophisticated corporate transactional lawyer with nearly 25 years of experience, David Adams has represented hundreds of companies and individuals in financing transactions, mergers, acquisitions, and expansions. His experience includes leading over 200 completed mergers and acquisitions. When working on deals, contracts, and other financing transactions, David goes beyond the basic details. He gets to know his clients’ markets, business operations, competition, new market trends, and pricing agreements to help them find the best solutions to any business challenge.
Notably, David has completed hundreds of international and domestic transactions and regularly counsels manufacturing clients on all aspects of their domestic and international business expansion plans. David also represents individual executives in negotiating public and private compensation packages as some of the largest companies in the United States.
David has published over 30 articles in various publications, including the Fulton County Daily Report, The Corporate Board magazine, and a number of banking journals, including the Banking Lawyer. He has been listed as a Georgia Super Lawyers “Rising Star” and named to GeorgiaTrend magazine’s Legal Elite. In 2014, he was named to the University of Georgia Alumni Association’s 40 Under 40. He is also a graduate of Leadership Georgia. David was a 14-year member of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee for the State Bar of Georgia and chaired the subcommittee that revised the introduction to the law school programs used by all the law schools in the state. He regularly publishes industry updates on his LinkedIn bio.
Prior to earning his JD at the University of Georgia College of Law, David graduated phi beta kappa with a BA from Centre College in Danville, KY. He is licensed to practice in both Tennessee and Georgia.
When he is not working, you can find David running or enjoying time at the beach with his family.
B.A., Centre College, cum laude
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, Law School
All Georgia Courts
All Tennessee Courts
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
“Blocking and Tackling: Contract Basics for Transactional Lawyers.” Webinar with the Associate of Corporate Counsel (December 2021).
Presenter and Author “Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements in Commercial Real Estate Finance,” Strafford National CLE Webinar (December 2018).
Co-presenter, “Legal and Business Issues in the Purchase and Sale of Hotels and Franchises – What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You,” Podcast (May 2017).
Presenter “Real Insights on Real Estate: How to Review an SNDA,” Podcast (April 2017).
Co-presenter, “Legal and Business Issues in Real Estate Development and Ownership, a Beginners Guide,” Podcast (March 2017).
Author, “The Hidden Cost of Chips,” Fulton County Daily Report (July 2015).
Speaker, “Financing Your Transaction in a Recovering Economy,” Fulton County Daily Report Seminar to In-House Counsel, (October 2015).
“Your Company’s Role in Public Policy Battles,” The Corporate Board, (September/October 2015).
“Does the Business Judgment Rule Really Exist in Georgia?” Law360 (Largest Legal Media Publication in US), (April 2014).
“Early 2014 CFPB Activity Signals Tough Times,” Law360, (March 2014).
“Federal Regulators Set to Name Firms as ‘Systemically Important,” Client Alert, (June 2013).
Speaker “Data Breach Symposium,” Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, (March 2013).
Speaker “Dodd-Frank, Where Are We Now?” CLE Presentations to various Georgia and national Association of Corporation Counsel Committees, (January 2011) and (August 2010).
“The Small Business Lending Fund,” Client Alert, (December 2010).
“FDIC Issues Final Rule Establishing Deposit Balances of a Failed Institution,” Client Alert, (February 2009).
“FDIC Expands Bidder List for Troubled Institutions,” Banking Client Alert, (December 2008).
“OCC Action Aides Private Equity Investment in Failed Financial Institutions,” Client Alert, (December 2008).
“Closing Out Derivative Trades with Lehman Brothers,” Client Alert, (September 2008).
Selling a or Buying Businesses
Cyber Security
Draft Loan Agreements
Technology Contracts
Vendor Agreements
Business Transactions
