David Forney is a “company side” corporate lawyer specializing in corporate, strategic joint venture and M&A transactions. For nearly 30 years, David has represented industry parties in complex joint venture, M&A, and other strategic transactions. This experience allows David to have a greater perspective and understanding of company side concerns and processes, whether the other side in the transaction is a competitor, another strategic party or a private equity fund. His experience includes developing close working relationships with in-house counsel, in-house business development teams, internal due diligence teams, various internal legal experts and management. It has also given David insight into pricing models, internal approval processes, accounting and reporting concerns, competition concerns, and risk tolerances unique to company side participants. David’s nearly 30 years of experience representing public and private industry participants, on top of a four-year foundation at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) as a CPA, has made him particularly qualified to handle complex strategic transactions for middle market and large business clients.
David’s experience includes numerous domestic and international joint venture and alliance transactions for public and private clients, such as Carrier Corporation, PPG Industries, Inc., Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, World Wrestling Entertainment (the “WWE”) and the Voest-Alpine unit of Siemens. For more than 15 years, David has been approved M&A counsel for United Technologies Corporation (UTC) for transactions under $1 billion and has handled more transaction volume for UTC business units than any other attorney during the past 15 years. He has completed over 150 transactions for Carrier Corporation, UTC Fire and Security, Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand, UTC’s Innovation Business Development Division, and the UTC parent company in various M&A, joint venture, re-structuring, and commercial transactions.
More Legal and Business Bylines From David L. Forney
- Books and Records: Court Explains a Failure to Clear the Sometimes Deceptively Challenging Credible Basis Hurdle - (Posted On Tuesday, February 18, 2020)
- Chancery Court Reaffirms Protection Of Mandatory Advancement Rights - (Posted On Thursday, October 31, 2019)
- In A Reckless Re-Price, Results Are Not Realized - (Posted On Thursday, August 22, 2019)
- Chancery Court Requires All Sellers To Be Joined To A Rescission Claim Relating To Merger Agreement; Allows Unjust Enrichment Claim To Proceed - (Posted On Tuesday, July 02, 2019)
- Chancery Court Enforces Privileged Communications Provision To Protect Seller Following Merger - (Posted On Friday, June 21, 2019)
- Surgery Partners, Inc. Fails To Excise Conflicts Infecting Three Interdependent Transactions - (Posted On Friday, February 22, 2019)
- Chancery Court Denies Dismissal Of Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claims After Concluding That Stockholder Vote Was Not Informed - (Posted On Monday, January 14, 2019)
- Chancery Court Finds That Stockholders Have Standing For Direct Suit Relating To Unique Claims For Breach Of Fiduciary Duties - (Posted On Monday, August 20, 2018)
- Chancery Court Finds Credible Basis for Demand to Inspect Books and Records of UnitedHealth in Connection With Possible Medicare Overbilling - (Posted On Monday, April 16, 2018)
- Court of Chancery Holds That Corwin Defense Is Not Appropriate for the Limited Scope and Purpose of a Books and Records Action Under Section 220 - (Posted On Monday, January 29, 2018)