David B. Bernsohn
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 2000
111 South Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-6114
USA
Phone: +1 410 949 2923
Fax: +1 410 949 2970
Email:
dbernsohn@duanemorris.com
David Bernsohn practices in the area of corporate law and commercial finance. Mr. Bernsohn has experience in a broad range of transactions, focusing on private equity and venture capital financing, commercial lending and corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bernsohn has acted as counsel to numerous private equity groups, venture capital groups, hedge funds, investors and public and private companies in connection with financing and other fundraising transactions, mergers and acquisitions, assets purchase and sale transactions, and general corporate representation. Mr. Bernsohn's commercial lending experience includes representation of lenders and borrowers in transactions involving asset-based financings, syndicated financings, distressed debt and special situations lending, subordinated debt and second lien financings, real estate financings and debtor in possession financings. He also has served as pro bono counsel for startup entities.
Mr. Bernsohn is a 2004 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a summa cum laude graduate of Towson University.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Finance
- Corporate
- Commercial Lending
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity/Venture Capital
- Services for Emerging Businesses/Entrepreneurs
- Services for Investors
- Services for Private Companies
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
Admissions
- New York
- Maryland
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2004
- Towson University, B.S., summa cum laude, 2000
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2007-present - Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
- Associate, 2004-2007
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "U.S. Senate Passes Massive Hedge Fund Managers Regulation Bill," Duane Morris Alert, June 7, 2010
- Co-author, "SEC Files Credit Default Swap Insider-Trading Case," Duane Morris Alert, May 12, 2009
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "The SEC Tackles Wall Street Meltdown," Legal Talk Network Podcast, June 17, 2009
