David C. Rieveschl

David Rieveschl has a diverse practice representing clients in a wide variety of transactional matters. His primary areas include corporate and business, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law. His clients include large and small companies, both public and private, as well as emerging companies, startups, and individual entrepreneurs. He also regularly counsels established and emerging companies on a wide variety of business issues including legal structure, financial transactions, contract negotiations, intellectual property rights, angel financing, venture capital, and private equity transactions. In addition, David leads the firm's Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Practice Group.

Notable matters David has handled include:

• Represented multiple investors as Louisiana counsel in their successful acquisition of a public utility holding company based in Louisiana. Involved in both the acquisition and financing of the deal, which spanned the course of multiple years and was valued at $4.7 billion.
• Served as counsel to emerging company in sports equipment industry in all aspects of its business and multiple financing rounds involving numerous investors, including a global top 50 venture capital firm. 
• Represented technology company serving the real estate industry and its sister company in sale of both companies to a Canadian public company for a combination of cash and stock.
• Served as counsel to company in plant-based protein industry in all aspects of its business, culminating in the sale of the company to one of the largest branded food companies based in the Philippines. 
• Represented cybersecurity company in convertible debt financing round. 
• Represented battery technology company through multiple financing rounds. 
• Represented medical device company through formation and seed stage financing round.
• Represented ownership group of professional rugby team in multiple transactions, including Series A financing and securing angel investor tax credits for investors in that financing round.
• Served as counsel to company engaged in the distribution, marketing, and sale of multiple brands of whiskey in all aspects of its business, including several rounds of financing.
• Served as counsel to healthcare technology company in multiple transactions, including equity financing and securing angel investor tax credits available for investors.
• Served as counsel to a group of national aggregates mining companies across all aspects of their business operations, including general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, transportation, real estate, minerals law, environmental law, labor and employment, and litigation.
• Served as counsel to early-stage venture capital fund focused on companies developing commercially promising life sciences technologies with emphasis on those originating in Louisiana or relocating to Louisiana.
• Represented leading Louisiana-based venture capital platform in acquisition of Series A Preferred Stock of technology company that helps non-profit organizations increase capacity and enable enterprises that deploy billions of dollars to scale impact.
• Represented medicinal marijuana pharmacy through all aspects of offering and sale of preferred equity to group of investors in first of its kind financing in the state of Louisiana.
• Represented marketing and advertising agency in its investment in life sciences company, including negotiation of terms of investment and marketing services agreement pursuant to which target company engaged services of investor following closing of investment.
• Represented leading medical and security services company as Louisiana counsel in connection with sale of business to provider of medical solutions and personnel to offshore oil and gas industry.
• Served as counsel to owner and operator of paddlewheel boats in multiple transactions, including the sale of equity to a strategic investor and the sale of a line of business to a strategic acquirer.
• Represented elevator services company in the sale of its business to a private equity buyer.
• Represented large private equity buyer as Louisiana counsel in $210 million acquisition of marine liquids terminals group of companies with operations in Louisiana and other parts of the United States.
• Represented publicly traded health care company in its $76 million initial public offering.
• Advised gaming company in: (1) restructuring of Louisiana subsidiaries through multi-step process of mergers, conversions and liquidations, producing projected Louisiana tax savings of approximately $3 million per year; (2) issuance of $500 million worth of senior notes in connection with corporate refinancing; and (3) amendment of credit facility extending existing facility by $1.5 billion.
• Served as counsel to continuing care retirement community in multiple transactions, including multiple bond financings to support construction of new facilities.
• Represented oil and gas exploration company in acquisition of multiple offshore oil leases located in the Gulf of Mexico and production payment purchase financing arrangement to fund workovers of existing wells.
• Counseled company engaged in the importation, distribution, marketing, and sale of wine, including its initial rounds of financing, trademark protection of brands created, and negotiation of wine supply agreements and trademark cross-licensing agreements with Chilean wine company.
• Represented leading global provider of on-demand electronic messaging and transaction services, including its $67 million acquisition of a major competitor and $70 million senior convertible debt offering.
• Represented telecommunications holding company, including its $201 million senior convertible debt offering and $81 million acquisition of a group of Louisiana-based cellular tower companies.
• Guided publicly traded energy company through tax-driven corporate restructuring.
• Represented specialized supplier of biofuel energy systems engaged in the design, manufacture and construction of biofuel combustion plants for the production of heat or combined heat and power for clients in North America.
• Represented startup venture engaged in the production and distribution of cellulosic ethanol.
• Advised developer of clean combustion technologies for biosolids and other organic wastes in its offering and sale of up to $42 million of Series B Preferred Stock to a group of United States and international investment funds.
• Represented leading provider of automated wide-area surveillance, guiding it through its sale to a leading provider of energy and environmental solutions, building controls, fire safety, and security systems.
• Oversaw bank holding company's $48 million sale to a publicly traded strategic acquirer.
• Represented publicly traded bank holding company, including its $23 million acquisition of a strategic target.
• Guided publicly traded bank holding company through going private transaction.
• Represented multiple nonprofit educational institutions in Louisiana government bond financing transactions.

• Louisiana Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG Louisiana) Board Member and Past President.
• Bureau of Governmental Research Board Member.
• Council for a Better Louisiana's (CABL) 2021-2022 Leadership Louisiana participant.
• Gulf South Angels member.
• David is also an active member of Louisiana's entrepreneurial ecosystem, and he works with several organizations that support emerging companies and startups, including the Tulane University Innovation Institute and the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University.
• American Bar Association member.
• Louisiana State Bar Association member.
• New York Bar Association member.
• State Bar of Georgia member.
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia member.
• He is also active in numerous other civic and community organizations, including the alumni associations of Tulane Law School, Tulane's A.B. Freeman School of Business, Duke University, and The Lawrenceville School.
• In his spare time, David competes in triathlons and is a member of USA Triathlon.

• New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law 2020 honoree.
• Best Lawyers in America 2015 – 2026.
  • "Lawyer of the Year" New Orleans for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) 2026.
• Chambers and Partners 2012 – 2024.
• Louisiana Super Lawyers 2013 – 2026.
• New Orleans Magazine "Top Lawyer" 2013 – 2026.

David regularly presents and publishes on multiple topics, including Mergers & Acquisitions, Emerging Companies, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Cannabis, and Nonprofit Organizations.