Education
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University of Cambridge, L.L.M., 1987
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University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1984
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University of Cambridge, L.L.B., 1982
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Amherst College, B.A., 1980
Bar Admissions
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District of Columbia
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New York
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Senior Courts of England and Wales
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Geoff Davis concentrates his practice in domestic and international business transactions, including all phases of structuring, drafting, and negotiating private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, securities offerings (and periodic reporting matters), joint ventures, and secured and unsecured loan transactions for large and small private and public companies, financial institutions, and primarily sovereign entities.
Mr. Davis represents clients across a broad range of industry groups, including emerging technologies, telecommunications, energy, banking, foods, real estate, textiles, chemicals, and computer technologies. He has extensive global experience in private equity transactions on behalf of one of the largest private equity investors in the world and has consummated dozens of substantial private equity transactions in the United States, Europe, and Asia in recent years. Mr. Davis has also restructured global custody and securities lending agreements with many of the world’s major financial institutions, and represents funds and emerging companies in connection with the preparation and negotiation of the terms of investments and exit strategies.
In addition, Mr. Davis is active in assisting companies in raising capital and is a director of Puma II, an offshore private equity fund, and Benefactor, Inc., a factoring company.
Before joining Patton Boggs, Mr. Davis was in private practice at a Top Ten AmLaw-ranked firm in New York City. He also served as Special Assistant to Ambassador Andrew Jacovides, Member of the International Law Commission, at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr. Davis attended Amherst College, where he was selected to be the research and teaching assistant for Henry Steele Commager, the senior historian of the College. He was selected as a John Woodruff Simpson Fellow and Evan Carroll Commager Fellow while receiving his master’s degree in international law from Cambridge University.
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