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 2012 and the three years immediately preceding 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

Acquisition of International Resource Partners for James River Coal Company
The firm assisted James River Coal Company (James River) in its acquisition of International Resource Partners (IRP) for $475 million in cash. We more
Securities counsel to Internet Security Systems Inc. in connection with its $1.3 billion acquisition by IBM
Served as securities counsel to Internet Security Systems Inc. in connection with its $1.3 billion acquisition by IBM. more
Security financing and exchange offer for National Vision Inc.
Assisted National Vision Inc., a national eyeglass retail chain, in issuance of $125 million principle amount of 12.75% senior notes with a Rule 144A more
Repurchase of $150 million of common stock for NYSE listed financial services firm
Represented Audit Committee of the Board of a NYSE listed financial services firm in its consideration of the optional usage of excess capital and more