David D'Amour

Mr. D'Amour is an associate in the Finance and Bankruptcy and Corporate Practice Groups in the firm's Orange County and New York offices.

Areas of Practice

Mr. D'Amour's practice focuses on real and personal property secured lending transactions, mergers and acquisitions, 363 sales, workouts, restructurings, bankruptcies and advising on structured products, swaps and other derivative transactions.  He frequently represents hospitality clients, lenders, borrowers, and indenture trustees in connection with corporate transactions and foreclosures, workouts and bankruptcy proceedings.

Mr. D'Amour is an active member of the firm's Clinical Contracting Team and regularly counsels clients with respect to various corporate and commercial agreements, including confidentiality agreements, clinical trials agreements, CRO agreements, master service agreements, laboratory agreements, manufacturing agreements and research arrangements.

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Mr. D'Amour was a participant in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Summer Honors Program.

Education

• J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2007, with high honors
• B.S., Boston University School of Management, 2004, cum laude

Admissions

• State of New York

Representative Corporate Finance and Lending transactions:

Represented Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc. in its $85 million acquisition financing for the purchase of Haverstick Consulting, Inc.

Represented boutique hotel chain in secured lending transactions, negotiation of hotel management agreements, construction and pre-opening agreements.

Represented pension fund in mezzanine finance lending to developers of tract-housing projects in Arizona.

Represented purchaser of approximately $1B participation interest in a pool of loans secured by hotel properties.

Representative Bankruptcy and Restructuring matters:

Represented a major hotel company in connection with portfolios of distressed properties, including in foreclosures and bankruptcies.

Represented a major tax credit syndicator, the general partner of a debtor in a chapter 11 proceeding involving a bond-financed low-income multifamily apartment complex.

Represented a major indenture trustee in the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy proceedings, analyzing and unwinding hundreds of swap, derivatives, mortgage-backed securities and other structured transactions.

Represented large bank in restructuring of $75 million dollar equipment leasing transaction.

Represented Goodrich Corporation in ATA and Frontier Airlines chapter 11 proceedings.