• Share
  • Email
  • Print
  • Font Size

David G. Luther, Jr.

Partner
Dallas
+1.214.939.5535
Fax +1.214.939.5849

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • J.D., Stanford Law School, 1976, (cum laude, Book Review Editor, Stanford Law Review, Editor, Stanford Journal of International Studies)
  • A.B., Duke University, 1973, (summa cum laude)

Admissions

  • Bar of California (Inactive)
  • Bar of Texas
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work

Mr. Luther practices in the corporate and securities areas.  He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, including the antitrust compliance of same, and has provided legal support for several public and private offerings of corporate equity and debt securities.  He also regularly represents our clients in connection with information technology outsourcing relationships.  Currently, Mr. Luther has a particular focus on middle market entities.  He has also represented financial institutions including bank holding companies, commercial banks and thrift institutions in corporate/financial and regulatory matters. Mr. Luther has also represented private individuals or entities in the purchase or sale of aircraft.

Areas of Emphasis

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Public and private offerings
  • Technology companies
  • Mid-market companies

Achievements

  • Texas SuperLawyer, Law & Politics Magazine and Texas Monthly, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2009.

Professional/Civic Activities

  • American Bar Association, Antitrust Section Internet Committee, Host Committee, ABA Section of Business Law Spring Committee, 2008
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Texas Bar Foundation
  • Texas Business Bar Foundation
  • Co-Chaired Texas Host Committee, ABA Pro Bono Conference, 1992
  • Board of Directors, Theatre Three, Inc.
  • Advisory Board of Directors, TACA
  • Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Dallas Museum of Natural History
  • 500, Inc. Sponsor Member
  • General Counsel and Board of Directors, Dallas All Sports Association
  • North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts alumnus and Advisory Board Member
  • Outside independent counsel to Board of Directors to investigate various transactions and director independence
  • $70 million sale of a business forms company
  • Sale of a company involving a "superior proposal"
  • Financial advisor to a Board of Directors in connection with a fairness opinion in an interested transaction involving more than $100 million in oil and gas properties
  • BearingPoint, Inc. in agreements in various strategic alliances and investments
  • $250,000,000 tender offer for membership interests in dairy cooperative
  • Special Committee to the Board of Directors of a publicly traded company selling two of its three divisions
  • Affiliated Computer Services in the acquisition of over 20 companies, including a merger involving Computer Data Systems, Inc. and the tender offer for BRC Holdings, Inc.
  • Independent bottling franchise in the sale of its business and the dissolution of the company
  • Electronic Data Systems in the negotiation of outsourcing agreements and in the creation of a strategic alliance to create and market products and services to the mid-range telecommunications market
  • Global provider of technology-based business solutions in agreements to provide information technology services to companies involved in the healthcare industry
  • Represented an Asian-based company in the purchase of a Gulfstream aircraft from a seller in the United States.
© 2012 K&L Gates LLP. All Rights Reserved.  |