David McClellan Senior Associate, Corporate

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    Expertise

    David McClellan is an associate in the Corporate team at Memery Crystal. His practice concentrates on equity capital markets, M&A and corporate governance matters. David regularly advises both international and UK companies across a range of corporate transactions, including public company listings on both the Main Market and AIM, public takeovers, acquisitions and fundraisings.

    Prior to joining Memery Crystal, David practiced for several years at prestigious U.S. law firms and is dual qualified in England & Wales and New York.

    Outside of the office, David is an avid basketball player and endeavours to have always visited more countries than his age.

    "Great team at Memery Crystal. They are very experienced at equity capital markets. Very professional to deal with and give great advice. "

    Legal 500, 2024

    In detail

    Recent experience

    • Acted for Songtradr, a media company, in its conditional public takeover of AIM-listed 7digital Group plc
    • Acted for GSK plc, a global biopharma company, in its spin-off of its Consumer Healthcare business, Haelon plc
    • Acted for Blade Urban Air Mobility, Inc., a global urban air mobility company, in its business combination with Experience Investment Corp. and simultaneous private placement in public equity of $175 million as well as the subsequent registration of approximately $400 million of common stock on the NASDAQ
    • Acted for a private equity company in a private placement of $150 million in aggregate principal amount of non-convertible preferred stock plus warrants to purchase ordinary shares in a Latin American travel company
    • Acted for Grifols, S.A., a global healthcare company, in a $6.3 billion debt refinancing transaction
    • Acted for various public companies in a corporate governance capacity, including Grifols, S.A., GSK plc, Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Stamps.com, Douglas Emmett, Inc. and Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

    Career history

    • 2022 – Present: Corporate Associate, Memery Crystal
    • 2021 – 2022: Corporate Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (London)
    • 2018 – 2021: Corporate Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP (New York)
    • 2017: Summer Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP (New York)
    • 2016: Legal Intern, Federal Labor Relations Authority – Office of the General Counsel (Washington DC)
    • 2015 – 2018: Studied Law at the University of Virginia School of Law
    • 2009 – 2013: Studied Political Science, Global Security and Media and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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