David Stockton advises businesses in all aspects of corporate finance. He has represented numerous issuers in initial and secondary public offerings and has extensive experience in private placements of securities. Mr. Stockton’s focuses his practice on the full range of securities regulations applicable to officers, directors, and principal shareholders of public corporations, including share resale restrictions, Section 16, and insider-trading matters. He has extensive experience in the legal aspects of mergers and acquisitions, particularly those involving public companies. He has represented audit, compensation and various special committees of public company boards and has dealt with all aspects of public company corporate governance.

Mr. Stockton has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® in each year since 1995, most recently in the practice areas of Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, and Securities Regulation. He has been listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Corporate Law/M&A Law each year since 2004. He has been recognized as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in Mergers & Acquisitions and Business & Corporate law in 2009 and in Securities & Corporate Finance in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by SuperLawyers magazine. Mr. Stockton is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

American Bar Association, Federal Regulation of Securities Subcommittee, Member

Atlanta Bar Association, Member and Past Chairman of the Business Practice Section

State Bar of Georgia, Member and Past Chairman of the Business Law Section, and Past Chairman of the Business Law Section’s Securities Committee

Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D. (1982)
    with honors
  • Emory University, B.A. (1978)

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia (1982)

Who We Are

What fully engaged means to me:

Being “fully engaged” on your client’s behalf means more than just confirming that every technical issue is recognized and addressed, that should be a given. More important is applying your experience to help foresee the challenges that your client’s position in a deal is likely to face and then guiding the transaction so these challenges are resolved in the most advantageous manner. That’s where we add real value to a client’s efforts in any kind of transaction.

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David A. Stockton

Experience Highlights

Initial public and follow-on stock offerings for Innotrac Corporation
Represented fulfillment and logistics provider Innotrac Corporation in its initial public offering of its common stock, including its pre-IPO more
Public notes offering for James River Coal Company
Represented James River Coal Company in public offering of $150 million senior notes.
more
Special committee representation for an Atlanta based building performance consulting company
Represented special committee of the Board of an Atlanta-based building performance consulting company in its negotiation of the settlement of a long more
Financing advice for a leading U.S. operator of jewelry stores
Represented a leading U.S. operator of jewelry stores in the investigation of refinancing alternatives, including loans from control shareholders. more