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David B. Deaton

David B. Deaton

Partner, Houston
713.752.4508
ddeaton@jw.com
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Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Securities

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Energy
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Governance
  • Investment Funds
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures

Biography

David B. Deaton is a partner in the Corporate & Securities group at Jackson Walker. He represents private and public companies in connection with joint ventures, private placements of securities, corporate restructurings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and general corporate matters. David’s clients include medium and large businesses, as well as startups. He has worked with clients in a variety of industries and has significant experience serving clients in the real estate and energy industries. David also serves as outside general counsel to numerous clients.

Education

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

M.S.C.J., Southwest Texas State University

J.D., magna cum laude, South Texas College of Law Houston

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1999

Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results
  • Super Lawyers – Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2005-2009
  • Houston’s Top Lawyers, H Texas magazine, 2010
  • Houston Professionals on the Fast Track, H Texas magazine, 2007, 2009
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association – Corporate Section
‘Austin Business Journal’ Names Mixed-Use Development Financed by Jackson Walker Client Lionstone Investments the “Project of the Year” for 2020

September 24, 2020

Jackson Walker Represents Buyer in Largest U.S. Ranch Sale of 2017

August 22, 2017

Recognition & Accolades

  • Super Lawyers – Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2005-2009
  • Houston’s Top Lawyers, H Texas magazine, 2010
  • Houston Professionals on the Fast Track, H Texas magazine, 2007, 2009

Community Involvement

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association – Corporate Section

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Securities

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Energy
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Governance
  • Investment Funds
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures

News

  • ‘Austin Business Journal’ Names Mixed-Use Development Financed by Jackson Walker Client Lionstone Investments the “Project of the Year” for 2020
  • Jackson Walker Represents Buyer in Largest U.S. Ranch Sale of 2017
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