David Sylvester represents public and private technology companies and other general corporate clients in the areas of venture capital, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international technology licensing, and securities law.

In recent transactions, Mr. Sylvester represented:

• A multibillion-dollar networking products company in the multimillion-dollar acquisition of a public network access company and a software company
• A multibillion-dollar automotive supply company in the acquisition of substantially all assets of one division of a multibillion-dollar corporation
• A multibillion-dollar communications corporation in negotiations over the sale of substantially all assets of one of its divisions
• A leading office supply superstore chain in its acquisitions of another chain of office supply superstores and a regional office supply store
• National underwriters in initial public offerings of equity securities
• Various technology companies in domestic and international technology-transfer matters and in public and private offerings of securities
• Various other companies in the receipt of debt financing from large U.S. financial institutions
• The foreign subsidiary of a large U.S. mutual fund in the receipt of project financing from domestic and international financial institutions
• The U.S. subsidiary of a multibillion-dollar foreign corporation in the acquisition of a harbor cruise company
• Three public technology companies in respective multimillion-dollar acquisitions of private technology companies
• Venture capital funds investing in technology-oriented and other companies

Mr. Sylvester has lectured on topics relating to intellectual property, the reporting obligations of insiders of public companies, and venture-capital financing. His "Annotated Series A Convertible Stock Purchase Agreement" has been published since 1986 in the Practicing Law Institute's course materials on venture-capital financing, and is included in the venture-capital financing section of the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers' Business Document Drafting Series .

Mr. Sylvester is a member of the National and American Bar Associations. He is admitted to the Virginia and District of Columbia bars. He belongs to several practice groups at Hale and Dorr, including Antitrust, Biotechnology, Computer Law, International, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Securities.

Beyond his law practice, Mr. Sylvester is committed to a number of community efforts in the Washington, D.C., area. He serves as pro bono general counsel to the Midnight Basketball League, Inc., and to the National Association of Midnight Basketball Leagues, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Heads-Up Incorporated, a private, non-prifit after school enrichment progrm in Washington, D.C. and is a former president and member of the Board of Directors of AHC (formerly Arlington Housing Corporation), a private non-profit organization that provides low and moderate income housing to over 4,000 residents of Northern Virginia. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the mid-Atlantic Venture Association ("MAVA").

Mr. Sylvester received a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia Law School, and a B.A. degree from Stanford University.