David A. Butcher

Profile

David Butcher is partner and chair of the Business Services and Financial Institutions Groups. He practices in the areas of business services, financial institutions, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Butcher was a founder, officer and director of the Venture Club of Indiana and a member of the Advisory Board of Indianapolis Regional Small Business Development Center. He has written articles and lectured extensively on securities law and financial institutions issues. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of DePauw University, Mr. Butcher received his law degree from Indiana University where he was Order of the Coif and editor of the law journal. He has been a practicing attorney since 1966 and a partner at the firm since 1973.

Honors / Awards

Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif; editor, Indiana Law Journal (1965-1966); The Best Lawyers in America® 2010; Indiana Super Lawyers® (2004-2009); Chambers USA, corporate/mergers and acquisitions (2009)

Representative Matters

• Represented numerous corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies in connection with their organization, financing and business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions
  
• Represented public and private companies and individual business owners in connection with various corporate governance matters including shareholder disputes and liability issues
  
• Represented banks and bank holding companies in dealing with regulatory, corporate and securities matters in connection with mergers
  
• Represented savings banks and thrifts converting from mutual to stock form and other bank charter changes and reorganizations
  
• Represented public companies and investment bankers in numerous offerings of common stock, preferred stock and public debt
  
• Represented privately held companies and investment bankers in the private placement of securities
  
• Represented the founders of a venture capital firm in the preparation of organizational documents
  
• Represented the owners of businesses formed as a women-owned business or a minority-owned business

Appearances / Publications

Mr. Butcher has given several presentations regarding business legal issues to various groups, including Indiana Continuing Education Forums, financial institutions and banking associations, and the Venture Club of Indiana. He’s also written several articles. His topics address legal issues such as charter conversions, banking regulations, securities law, financing devices and mergers and acquisitions.

Appointments / Memberships

Member: Indianapolis, Indiana State, (Legal Ethics Committee, 1993-1995), American Bar Association; Indiana Bar Foundation (fellow); Venture Club of Indiana, Inc. (co-founder, officer and director (1981-1998); Indiana Small Business Development Center of Indianapolis (Advisory Board); Governor’s Task Force on Small Business Capital Formation (1990); Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Board of Associates); Task force for drafting the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (1988), the Indiana Securities Law Exemption (1984), and the Indiana Mutual Insurance Holding Company Law (1998-99).