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David P. Baghdassarian

David Baghdassarian is admitted to practice in Florida. He is not currently admitted in North Carolina.

David Baghdassarian combines ingenuity and responsiveness in providing clients with corporate and transactional advice on a wide array of matters. He represents public and private companies on a broad range of commercial transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance and finance matters. David regularly represents clients across the globe in cross-border transactions.

His experience includes negotiating and drafting numerous types of commercial contracts including distribution agreements, vendor and supplier agreements, strategic alliance agreements, stockholder agreements, asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, independent contractor agreements, asset-based lending facilities, factoring agreements, management and consulting agreements, and employment agreements. David played a significant role on a team that served as the external legal department for the world’s largest distributor of wireless phones and provider of related services during the company’s most dramatic period of global expansion.

David also maintains a healthcare transactional practice advising clients on the regulatory aspects of healthcare transactions such as compliance, regulatory filings, due diligence, and licensure matters.  David has represented a broad range of healthcare clients including diagnostic imaging facilities, specialty pharmacies, compressed medical gas manufacturers, clinical laboratories, community mental health centers, physician networks, and physician groups.

David serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Disability Inclusion Task Force and is the Pro Bono Committee’s Office Coordinator for the Miami office.

David is a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice, which has been recognized with numerous awards including being named the 2022 Corporate Law Firm of the Year and ranked as National Tier 1 since 2010 in the Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” report.

David joined K&L Gates in 2006. Prior to joining K&L Gates, David was in-house counsel for a large medical group in Fort Lauderdale. David was also previously an associate in the International Tax Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers and is fluent in Armenian.

  • Finalist, “Top Dealmaker of the Year” 2015 - South Florida Daily Business Review
  • Named “Top Dealmaker of the Year, Corporate Finance” - South Florida Daily Business Review, 2011
  • 2011 Honoree, 40 Under 40 Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County, benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Listed in Florida SuperLawyers as a “Rising Star” (one of the Top Young Lawyers in Florida) for 2010
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Florida Bar Association (Health Law Section)
  • Dade County Bar Association
  • "Doing Business in the United States" presented at the Bolivian Trade Mission 2009, co-sponsored by the Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce, AeroSur, the Visit USA Committee, and the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia
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