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David J. Hirsch

David J. Hirsch is a Member of Keevican Weiss Bauerle & Hirsch LLC. Mr. Hirsch's practice is concentrated in corporate acquisitions, securities law and antitrust law. His general corporate experience includes negotiation, analysis and drafting of commercial contracts of all varieties; development of the capital structures of acquisition companies and operating companies; mergers and acquisitions negotiations; analysis of business issues relating to mergers and acquisition agreements and transactions; public offering and private placements of securities and compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; representation of lenders and borrowers in connection with bank financings and representation of boards of directors with regard to corporate governance and shareholders' rights matters.

Representative matters in which Mr. Hirsch has participated include:

• Represented a publicly-held manufacturer of rail and related transportation products in a merger, resulting in the creation of a $1.3 billion diversified railroad component and manufacturing concern. The representation included analyzing and resolving a number of issues regarding high yield debt instruments and negotiating and preparing the merger agreements, proxy statements and registration statements.

• Assisted a small privately-held staffing company's growth to a $500 million publicly-held company through mergers. The representation included the completion of 10 acquisitions over a two-year period, as well as a $100 million tender offer and merger with a public company that doubled its size.

• Represented two major insurance company plans in purchasing a provider of case management and utilization services for mental health care. Assisted in further expanding and capitalizing the business through the sale of equity interests to four other plans, and ultimately sold the business for a substantial profit to a for-profit public company.