Contact:
312.224.1229
dmorris@fhslc.com
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Education

• UCLA Law School
  (J.D. 1991)
• University of Illinois
  (B.S. 1988)
• UCLA Law Review

Practice Areas

• Corporate and Securities
• Corporate Finance

Memberships

• Association for Corporate Growth
• Economic Club of Chicago
• Committee of Hearts of Hedge Funds Care

Admitted

• Illinois
• Missouri

David J. Morris

David is a capital partner practicing in the areas of corporate and securities law and corporate finance. He concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities, banking and finance, trading and commodities law, emerging growth companies, and general corporate matters. He has significant expertise in the investment management, proprietary trading and commodities law areas, including the representation of hedge funds and other private investment vehicles, broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, commodity pool operators, commodity-trading advisors, and other investment management and trading industry participants. David also serves as outside general counsel to emerging growth companies in a wide variety of industries.

Prior to entering private practice, David worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. He has been recognized by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois in Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities & Venture Finance Law, and Small, Closely & Privately Held Business Law.

David received a B.S., with highest honors, from the University of Illinois in 1988. He studied at the London School of Economics, and earned a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1991, where he was an Associate Editor of the Law Review. Prior to joining FHSLC, David was general counsel and managing director of a private equity, investment banking and proprietary securities trading firm. Previously, he was a partner at Ungaretti & Harris.