David J. Yovanoff

David Yovanoff advises companies and investors on the full spectrum of corporate transactions, with a practice spanning mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, venture financings, and day-to-day corporate counseling. He works closely with mid-market and emerging growth companies, both domestic and international, as well as private equity firms navigating complex transactions across a wide range of industries.

David brings a practical, business-oriented approach shaped by his experience managing deals from initial structuring through closing and beyond. He regularly leads private equity platform and add-on acquisitions, counsels founders and investors through venture financing rounds, and advises on strategic transactions that support long-term growth. His experience includes buy and sell-side M&A purchase agreements, rollover arrangements, and other core transaction documents, sophisticated financing arrangements, including convertible instruments and equity structures, as well as the full suite of venture financing documents such as SAFEs, convertible notes, and NVCA preferred stock financings.

In addition to his transactional work, David serves as outside general counsel to high-growth companies at various stages of development—from bootstrapped startups to venture-backed businesses—providing ongoing guidance on corporate governance, strategic planning, and operational matters. His clients span industries including digital advertising, technology, tech-enabled healthcare, consumer products, cannabis beverages, and industrial manufacturing.

David’s perspective is further informed by his role as a partner in a venture capital firm focused on investments in SaaS, consumer products, and tech-enabled healthcare. This dual vantage point allows him to advise clients with a strong understanding of both legal and investor considerations.

At PLG, David partners with clients to deliver thoughtful, efficient, and business-focused counsel across the lifecycle of their most important transactions.

Representative Experience

• Serves as outside general counsel to a high-growth Miami-based digital advertising and programmatic media company.
• Serves as outside general counsel to a California-based company that develops beverage formulas and recipes, logos, and trademarks for cannabis drinks and that licenses its intellectual property to a third-party manufacturer for bottling, distribution, and royalty collection
• Represented SS Beverages 1, Inc. d/b/a Uncle Arnie’s in its Series A fund raise led by Mindset Capital and Delta Emerald Ventures.
• Represented Inrad Optics, Inc. (OTCMKTS:INRD), a provider of optical components, assemblies and systems, in its merger with Luxium Solutions, an affiliate of SK Capital Partners and Edgewater Capital Partners, in an all-cash transaction. Led the deal team through all aspects of the transaction.
• Represented Computershare Limited and its subsidiary, Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC (“KCC”), a legal services provider specializing in corporate restructuring, class action, and trustee services, in its sale of KCC to GCP Capital Partners.
• Represented Cerity Partners in a merger with Touchdown Ventures, a provider of advisory services for corporate venture programs. Led the deal team through all aspects of the transaction.
• Represented Cerity Partners in merger with ARGI Financial Group LLC, a Kentucky-based investment and wealth management firm that oversees $4.8B in assets.
• Represented Cerity Partners in merger with Round Table Services LLC, a California-based investment and wealth management firm.
• Represented Catalyst Investors, L.L.C., a growth equity venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled and SaaS businesses, as the lead investor in a $12 million Series A financing round in Sevaro Health Inc., a provider of teleneurology and telestroke clinical support services to hospital networks.
• Represented Catalyst Investors and its portfolio company, Clinicient, Inc., in the sale of Clinicient to WebPT, Inc.
• Represented growth equity firm Catalyst Investors as lead investor in a $15 million Series B fund raise in Breezeway, the leading property care and guest experience platform for the vacation rental and hospitality industries.
• Represented Canadian SPACs in the acquisition of over a dozen U.S. dispensaries.
• Represented one of the largest Native American tribes in the promulgation of its adult-use cannabis regulatory framework.
• Represented Catalyst Investors as co-lead investor in a Series B funding round for Burro, a Philadelphia-based autonomous mobility company.
• Represented Catalyst Investors, a growth equity venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled and SaaS businesses, as the lead investor in a $20 million Series B financing round in Tava Health, Inc., a provider of virtual mental health and telehealth services to therapists and employee assistance programs.