David B. Bernsohn

practices in the area of corporate law and commercial finance. Mr. Bernsohn has extensive experience in a broad range of transactions, focusing on private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, secured lending and other debt financing transactions and general corporate representation. Mr. Bernsohn has acted as counsel to numerous private equity groups, venture capital groups, hedge funds, investment banks, individual and other institutional investors and public and privately held companies in connection with private equity and venture capital financings and other fundraising transactions, mergers and acquisitions, assets purchase and sale transactions and has represented numerous corporate clients in a wide variety of day-to-day legal issues. Mr. Bernsohn's commercial finance experience includes representation of both lenders and borrowers in numerous transactions involving cash flow and asset-based financings, sponsor backed and strategic acquisition financings, syndicated financings, distressed debt and special situations lending, subordinated debt and second lien financings and real estate 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.

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2013-present
- Associate, 2007-2012
•Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
- Associate, 2004-2007

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, The SEC Tackles Wall Street Meltdown, Legal Talk Network Podcast, June 17, 2009

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

Honors and Awards

•Recipient of The M&A Advisor 2013 National 40 Under 40 Award

•Named a Super Lawyers Rising Star by Baltimore magazine for 2011-2018. Only 2.5 percent of lawyers in Maryland are named Rising Stars.