Dave Felman has practiced banking, corporate, and securities law both in Tampa and in New York City. While with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York, his practice focused on acquisitions and public and private securities offerings, including representation of a major leveraged buy-out firm and several major underwriting firms. Since returning to Tampa in 1990, Dave's practice has principally involved securities offerings, venture capital investments, mergers and acquisitions, and general representation of established and emerging growth companies. Dave acts as counsel to a number of institutional venture capital investors, including Lovett Miller & Co., Incorporated, Ballast Point Venture Partners, Stonehenge Capital, and Inflexion Fund, L.P. He also acts as counsel to a number of “angel” investors. Several recent deals include representing Audio Visual Innovators, Inc. in its merger with Signal Perfection Ltd, a deal financed by equity from Silver Lake Sumeru, and representing Renew Life Formulas, Inc. in its purchase by Swander Pace Capital.

Dave also acts as counsel to public companies with respect to securities and governance matters, including Exchange Act reports, SRO requirements, audit and compensation committee practices, annual meetings, and general advice to Boards of Directors.

Dave has chaired The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section, its Corporations and Securities Law Committee, and committees responsible for drafting laws governing Florida corporations and guidelines for legal opinions. He continues to serve on the Executive Council of the Business Law Section. Dave serves as a faculty member of the annual Federal Securities Institute, a two-day program in Miami, and has spoken at seminars throughout the United States regarding securities offerings and compliance, private equity capital raising transactions, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and lending deals. Dave also serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Florida Venture Forum and is a founder and the principal organizer of The Florida Directors’ Institute, an annual full-day program on corporate governance for public company directors.