Mr. David R. Yates

Mr. David R. Yates: Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Biography

David R. Yates advises clients on international and domestic public and private mergers and acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic transactions, including those involving cross-border complexities. He also counsels private equity funds and their portfolio companies on a wide range of middle-market complex business transactions. David’s clients include a broad range of publicly owned and privately held U.S. and foreign companies.

David regularly represents foreign clients regarding U.S. acquisitions, as well as domestic companies in relation to their international expansion and divestitures.

Concentrations

•Mergers & acquisitions
•Private equity
•Manufacturing and industrial sector
•Corporate law
•Latin America
•Buyouts & exits
•Auction processes

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-2026
•Member, Leadership Atlanta, Class of 2026
•Member, Winning Team, The M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards, “Restructuring of the Year ($100 MM - $500 MM),” for the restructuring of Vivus Inc., 2021
•Listed, The Legal 500 Latin America, “International Corporate/M & A,” 2012-2019
•Listed, Chambers USA, “Corporate/M&A, Georgia,” 2013-2016
•Team Member, Latin Lawyer Magazine, “Latin Lawyer 250 - International Category: Corporate and M & A,” 2006-2009; 2013-2016
•Recognized, Daily Business Review, “Dealmaker: Corporate/M & A,” 2008-2016
•Recipient, International Law Office and Lexology USA & Canada, “Client Choice Award, M & A-Georgia,” 2015
•Finalist, The M&A Advisor, International M&A Awards, “Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year (Over $100mm - $1 Billion),” 2015

Areas of Practice (7)

  • Corporate
  • Private Equity
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Automotive
  • Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
  • Venture Capital & Emerging Technology
  • Manufacturing & Supply Chain Industry

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Alabama, Manderson Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., 2001; Yale University, B.A., 1995
Law School Attended:
University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2001
Year of First Admission:
2001
Admission:
Georgia
Memberships:

Professional & Community Involvement

•Trustee, Ron Clark Academy, 2023-Present
•Member, American Bar Association
•Member, Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions
•Member, Committee on Private Equity and Venture Capital
•Member, State Bar of Georgia Business Law Section
•Member (multiple Board committees), Covenant House of Georgia
•Member, Yale Alumni Schools Committee

Birth Information:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1973
Reported Cases:
Experience: Representative Matters: Represented Entouch Controls, an IoT technology and services company, in its financing and strategic transaction with Respida Capital.; Represent Banneker Partners, a leading private equity fund focused on enterprise software businesses, in numerous transactions, including the acquisition of EFC Systems, Inc. by its portfolio company Dairy, LLC.; Represented the Monomyth Group in the joint venture formation of Anovion, LLC with JV partner Amsted Rail Company and the acquisition of Pyrotek's battery materials division, a manufacturer of synthetic graphite anode material critical for lithium-ion batteries. Anovion launched as a leader in the North American battery materials supply chain through the combination of key assets contributed by affiliates of Amsted Graphite Materials, a world leader in graphite materials science, and the acquired Pyrotek battery materials division and has the largest commercially operational production capacity of synthetic graphite anode material in the United States.; Represented Louisiana-Pacific Corporation in the sale of its CanExel Siding Business including its East River facility located in Nova Scotia, Canada to Maibec, Inc.; Represented American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVCT), a Georgia-based premier global cloud communications offering proprietary UCaaS, CPaaS, and CCaaS capabilities and its subsidiary Computex Technology Group., a Texas based IT solutions provider specializing in data centers, enterprise networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services, in the sale of Computex business to Calian Group Ltd., a Canadian based technology services consulting firm.; Represented Top Level Design LLC, a leading top-level domain owner and provider of registry services, in its sale of its '.design' top-level domain to GoDaddy Registry.; Represented Light Networks LLC, a provider of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), and network/telecom solutions to elevate digital interactions for their customers, employees, and partners, in its sale to Anexinet Corp., a portfolio company of private equity fund Mill Point Capital LLC.; Represented Louisiana-Pacific Corporation in its acquisition of BlueLinx's prefinishing assets at a Granite City, Ill. facility located in St. Louis strengthening LP's SmartSide Trim & Siding branded prefinished siding solution.; Represented SereneIT, Inc., an Engineering and IT solutions firm, managed services provider, and value-added reseller, in its sale to Anexinet Corp., a portfolio company of private equity fund Mill Point Capital LLC.; Represented American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVCT) and its subsidiary AVCtechnologies in the carve-out acquisition of Ribbon Communications Inc.'s (NASDAQ:RBBN) Kandy Communications, an industry-leading proprietary, multi-tenant, highly scalable cloud communications platform, in an all-stock transaction.; Represented ATL Data Centers LLC, a Mining as a Service (MaaS) company, in its acquisition of a crypto-mining data center.; Serve as counsel to sponsor Monomyth LLC in numerous investment transactions.; Serve as counsel to sponsor Fifth Lake Management in numerous investment transactions.; Served as counsel to OmniMax International, Inc. in multiple domestic and international transactions.; Represented Accordion Health in its sale to Evolent Health.; Represented Promerica Financial Corporation in multiple acquisitions, including the acquisition of Banco Citibank de Guatemala, S.A. and affiliate Cititarjetas de Guatemala Limitada, and the acquisition of shares representing 56 percent of Banco de la Produccion S.A., Ecuador's third-largest publicly traded lender.; Represented South Florida company in the disposition of its portfolio of over 100 U.S. service station assets to 7-Eleven, Inc.; Represented pharmaceutical marketing services company in its $65 million sale to a publicly listed company.; Represented multiple multinational financial institutions in acquisition and divestiture transactions of private banking assets under management and loans.; Represented a Danish company, one of the world's largest suppliers of frozen bread products, in its acquisition of a Florida-based company and on-going matters in the U.S.; The above representations were handled by Mr. Yates prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
ISLN:
916655028

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Peer Reviews

4.9/5.0 (17 reviews)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating Badge
  • Legal Knowledge

    4.9/5.0
  • Analytical Capability

    4.9/5.0
  • Judgment

    4.9/5.0
  • Communication

    4.8/5.0
  • Legal Experience

    4.9/5.0
  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 09/13/23 in Corporate Law

    David is an excellent corporate and M&A lawyer and a true counselor to his clients.

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Officer on 09/05/23 in Corporate Law

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Attorney on 08/30/23 in Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

    David possesses every quality one could want in a lawyer. Were I in need of counsel, David would be the first call I would make.

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Founder on 08/23/23 in Corporate Law

    David is an outstanding lawyer and businessman.

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Attorney on 08/22/23 in Corporate Law

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 08/22/23 in Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Senior Partner on 08/14/23 in Corporate Law

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 08/09/23 in Corporate Law

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 08/08/23 in Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

    David is well connected and extremely well regarded. We have served as co-counsel on deals together, and I very much enjoy his thinking and approach to doing deals.

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 06/13/14 in Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

    David is one of the best mergers and acquisition lawyers in Atlanta.

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Location

  • Atlanta, GA
    Terminus 200 , Terminus 200, 3333 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 2500
    Atlanta, GA 30305

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