David E. Danovitch
Partner

David E. Danovitch joined Gersten Savage LLP in 2004. He has extensive transaction experience as an attorney and a banker that encompasses financings, capital markets transactions, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Danovitch represents clients in a variety of industries on such matters as general corporate governance, securities regulation, mergers and acquisition, and financings. In addition, Mr. Danovitch a licensed Series 24 and Series 7 also oversees the Firm's broker dealer regulation practice. Mr. Danovitch does both regulatory and transactional work for broker-dealers. His regulatory practice addresses virtually all the securities-law related statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to the broker-dealers and their affiliates, covering employee issues, sales and trading, the development of compliance and supervisory procedures, satisfaction of margin, capital and recordkeeping requirements, the rules of the financial industry self-regulatory organizations, anti-money laundering, and privacy.

His honors include having been named by the American Banker the primary industry publication as one of the "50 Most Influential People in Banking." Throughout his career, he has been a speaker at many seminars and conferences covering a range of issues in a variety of industry and has served on several boards of directors of both private and public companies. He is the author of numerous articles on a variety of topics including: "Flow-Through Criminal Liability for Financial Institutions," Banking Law Journal 109 (1992): 165; "Eyes on Washington: The Threat to Foreign Banks," Latin Finance (July/August 1991): 47; U.S. Congressional Banking Agenda Begins to Take Shape," Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (May 1991): 224; "This Year's Outlook for Banking Regulation," Bottomline 7 (1990): 15; "Industry Executives Face Stiffer Penalties," Office of Thrift Supervision Journal 19 (1989): 25; "Conduct Forbidden Under Commodities Exchange Act Is Not Implicitly Exempt from Scrutiny Under Antitrust Law," 20 Suffolk University Law Review 673 (1986); "Oral Contract for Sale of Land Removed from Statute of Frauds Through Sufficiently Proved Part Performance," 20 Suffolk University Law Review 343 (1986); "Compensation Awarded to Indirect Victims of Crime Under Rhode Island Criminal Injuries Compensation Act," 20 Suffolk University Law Review 343 (1986).