David Strong is a partner in the Palo Alto and Boulder offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments, restructurings, and distressed situations. He also has substantial experience with regards to the tax aspects of a wide variety of capital markets transactions for domestic and foreign issuers, including initial public offerings and convertible note offerings. Dave has worked on transactions across a broad range of industries, including consumer, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial services, media and entertainment, mining and natural resources, real estate, technology, life sciences, and internet and telecommunications.
Prior to joining the firm, Dave was a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s tax practice, a co-chair in that firm’s tax department, and a member of the firm’s board of directors. Additionally, Dave has experience as an investment banker with Deutsche Bank.
Dave is an adjunct professor and member of the faculty at The University of Denver Law School’s Graduate Tax Program, where he teaches a class on corporate reorganizations, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and restructurings. He is a former chair of the Corporate Tax Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, and a frequent speaker on corporate and other tax matters at local, regional, and national seminars and continuing legal education programs.
Dave is admitted in Colorado and New York. He is not admitted in California and is therefore not authorized to practice law in the state of California.
David Strong is a partner in the Palo Alto and Boulder offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments, restructurings, and distressed situations. He also has substantial experience with regards to the tax aspects of a wide variety of capital markets transactions for domestic and foreign issuers, including initial public offerings and convertible note offerings. Dave has worked on transactions across a broad range of industries, including consumer, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial services, media and entertainment, mining and natural resources, real estate, technology, life sciences, and internet and telecommunications.
Prior to joining the firm, Dave was a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s tax practice, a co-chair in that firm’s tax department, and a member of the firm’s board of directors. Additionally, Dave has experience as an investment banker with Deutsche Bank.
Dave is an adjunct professor and member of the faculty at The University of Denver Law School’s Graduate Tax Program, where he teaches a class on corporate reorganizations, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and restructurings. He is a former chair of the Corporate Tax Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, and a frequent speaker on corporate and other tax matters at local, regional, and national seminars and continuing legal education programs.
Dave is admitted in Colorado and New York. He is not admitted in California and is therefore not authorized to practice law in the state of California.
Recommended practitioner in the 2023 WWL: Corporate Tax report
Recognized in the Tax category of the 2021-2024 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Recommended practitioner in the 2023 WWL: Corporate Tax report
Recognized in the Tax category of the 2021-2024 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business