David Evans
Business / Contracts, Business Formation, Copyrights, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, International, Mergers & Acquisitions, Startups, Trademarks, Trade Secrets (Transactional)
West Hollywood, California
Personal Introduction
Corporate Transactional Attorney (Simpson Thacher alum, Gibson Dunn alum, Admitted in NY and CA) David P. Evans is a 20+ year career (knock on wood;) practicing Yale-trained corporate and commercial transactional lawyer & media/entertainment/tech sector specialist with broad experience counseling premier companies in complex corporate (including, without limitation, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, equity investments and general corporate matters), commercial and intellectual property transactions, particularly those involving the development, acquisition, financing, production, advertising/marketing and distribution of theatrical motion picture, television and digital entertainment content. David has previously worked at Irell & Manella LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, starting his legal career as an M&A/corporate finance lawyer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York City. David is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Yale Law School. Prior to attending law school, David was an aide to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in Washington, DC. David is licensed to practice in California and New York.
Practice Composition
Transactional
Education
Practice Summary
David P. Evans is a Yale-trained corporate and commercial transactional lawyer & media/entertainment/tech sector specialist with broad experience counseling premier companies in complex corporate (including, without limitation, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, equity investments and general corporate matters), commercial and intellectual property transactions, particularly those involving the development, acquisition, financing, production, advertising/marketing and distribution of theatrical motion picture, television and digital entertainment content. David has previously worked at Irell & Manella LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, starting his legal career as an M&A/corporate finance lawyer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York City.
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1 day
Personal Interests & Charitable Work
Additional Interests: law teaching, improving access to legal education and the legal profession, pro bono, Yale and Dartmouth alumni service, economics/finance, law and economics, public service, public policy (esp. economic development/opportunity, housing, homelessness, trade and technology), improving the well-being and future of LA & CA generally.
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