Overview
David is a trusted advisor to businesses, investors, financial institutions, and municipalities on their most significant corporate, real estate, and finance matters. He combines technical skill with practical judgment to help clients close complex transactions, manage risk, and achieve their strategic goals.
Corporate
David has extensive experience guiding clients through the full lifecycle of mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments. He represents buyers, sellers, private equity sponsors, venture capital funds, and management teams in a broad range of transactions. His work includes structuring transactions, negotiating definitive transaction documents, coordinating due diligence, and managing regulatory and financing considerations.
David also regularly serves as outside general counsel to both emerging companies and established enterprises on the full spectrum of day-to-day corporate matters ranging from entity formation and corporate governance to financing, commercial contracts, compliance, and employment matters. He provides practical guidance that supports immediate operational needs and long-term growth alike.
Real Estate
David advises developers, owners, investors, lenders, and municipalities on all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, permitting, and development. He brings experience across a broad range of property types, including commercial, industrial, retail, residential, mixed‑use, municipal, and environmentally impacted sites. He also counsels both residential and commercial common interest communities on governance and the drafting and amendment of association documents.
Banking & Finance
David advises both financial institutions and borrowers on the structuring and execution of a wide range of commercial lending transactions. His work includes real estate‑secured loans, asset‑based facilities, mezzanine financing, syndicated credit arrangements, debt restructurings, and intercreditor agreements. He delivers clear, commercially focused solutions that protect his clients’ interests and bring transactions to a timely and successful close.
Community Involvement
Outside of his legal practice, David is active in the community and serves on the Board of Directors, and the Executive Committee, of Liberation Programs, Inc., one of Fairfield County’s leading behavioral health organizations dedicated to substance abuse treatment and recovery.
Credentials
Education
Quinnipiac University, J.D., summa cum laude, 2006
• Quinnipiac Law Review, Lead Articles Editor
University of Connecticut, B.S., magna cum laude, 2001
Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
Honors & Awards
Best Lawyers in America®, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2025-2026
Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, 2023-2026
Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2025-2026
Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, Business, Real Estate, Finance, Securities, 2026
Connecticut Super Lawyers®, Business & Corporate, 2024-2025
Connecticut Super Lawyers® "Rising Star", Business/Corporate, 2013-2019
Lawdragon 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers, Real Estate, Finance, Transactions, 2025
Moffly Media's "Top Lawyers in Fairfield County", Business Law, 2021,2023-2024
Connecticut Law Tribune, "New Leader in the Law" Award, 2014
Newsroom
News
Publications
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association
• Business Law Section, Executive Committee
• Real Property Section
Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
Support Staff
Gina Sullivan
203.337.4163
gsullivan@cohenandwolf.com
Community Involvement
Liberations Programs, Inc., Board of Directors, 2008-present