David is a corporate partner in Gunderson Dettmer’s Boston office. David has worked in the startup and venture capital ecosystem for over ten years. He has developed a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities entrepreneurs and investors face in numerous industries and markets.

David matches founders' and investors’ energy by bringing speed and creative problem-solving to multifaceted legal issues and deals. He is a counselor who supports soaring founder ambitions with pattern recognition gained from advising companies at all stages through a myriad of complex situations. He also brings pragmatism informed by years of engagements across from various counterparties, including investors, commercial counterparties, strategic and financial acquirers and joint venture partners.

David brings Gunderson’s industry-leading experience representing high-growth companies in their financings, IPOs and M&A transactions to every engagement. He also represents several well-known venture capital and growth equity funds in their investments and fund formation activities.

David is actively involved in the Boston startup ecosystem and has worked with a number of Boston-area accelerators and incubators, including the Harvard Innovation Lab, Techstars Boston, Greentown Labs, the Roux Institute, CiC and Venture Lane. 

When he is not working, David is a big-time hiker and mountaineer, a skier, an amateur chef, and a voracious reader, and he has volunteered for organizations such as Year Up and Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Massachusetts. David’s two fantastic dogs, Nala and Mo, have been known to occasionally make ill-timed appearances during home Zoom meetings.

David is a Boston University School of Law graduate, where he was a staff member of the Boston University Law Review. He is also a graduate of Tufts University.