David Lay represents companies and individuals in a broad range of matters, with an emphasis on angel and venture capital financings, debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, secured transactions and general corporate and securities matters. He has significant experience in the organization and ongoing representation of emerging growth and technology companies, including information technology, internet and high-tech research, development and manufacturing companies.
David Lay represents companies and individuals in a broad range of matters, with an emphasis on angel and venture capital financings, debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, secured transactions and general corporate and securities matters.
He has significant experience in the organization and ongoing representation of emerging growth and technology companies, including information technology, internet and high-tech research, development and manufacturing companies.
David is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Corporate Law (2013-present), and he is listed in Virginia Super Lawyers for Securities & Corporate Finance Law (2010-2017) and Mergers & Acquisitions (2018-present). He also has been named among Virginia’s “Legal Elite” for Business Law by Virginia Business (2009, 2014-2016, 2019-present).
David is a mentor at StartupVirginia. He is a former chair (2010), secretary (2009) and executive committee member (2007-2011) of the Richmond Bar Association’s Business Law Section. He serves as the secretary of the Legal Opinions Committee of the Virginia Bar Association (VBA), and he previously served on the VBA’s drafting committee for the Virginia Report on Third Party Legal Opinions in Business Transactions.
He earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Washington & Lee University, and he earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia.
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12.01.2020
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11.19.2020
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09.21.2020
SEC Expands the Definition of Accredited Investor
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08.20.2020
116 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©; Most Total Lawyers in Virginia
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04.07.2020
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04.03.2020
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12.04.2019
55 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2019
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08.15.2019
119 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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07.25.2019
Williams Mullen Adds Three Corporate Attorneys