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David J. Sylvester

Vice Chair - Business Law, Recruiting Director - Burlington
David Sylvester
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  • Burlington


  • Courthouse Plaza
    199 Main Street
    P.O. Box 190
    Burlington, VT 05402-0190

Practice Areas

  • Business transactions and commercial law
  • Secured financings
  • Mergers and acquisitions

Education


    Albany Law School
    (J.D., cum laude, 1992)

    Middlebury College
    (B.A., cum laude, 1989)

Bar Admissions


    Vermont (1992)

    New York (1993)

Memberships


    Vermont Bar Association

    New York Bar Association

    American Health Lawyers Association


Practice Focus


David Sylvester represents a variety of institutional clients in corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and real estate leasing arrangements. He is also active in representing parties in secured financings.

In addition to his legal practice, David is the firm's recruiting director, and he is vice-chair of the firm's Business Law Group.

Significant Matters


Below is a list of representative transactions that David has been involved in on behalf of an institutional client and its affiliates:

Represented national grocery wholesaler in sale/leaseback of 800,000 sq. ft. distribution warehouse in New York.

Represented national grocery wholesaler in sale of 6 retail supermarkets in Tennessee to regional supermarket operator.

Represented national grocery wholesaler in purchase of 12 retail supermarkets in New York from regional supermarket operator.

Represented national grocery wholesaler in various multi-million secured loans to retail customers in California.

Represented national grocery wholesaler in purchase or lease of several distribution warehouses in Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee from regional supermarket operator.

Represented national grocery wholesaler, as due diligence counsel, in purchase of New England Division (retail and wholesale) of a national supermarket operator.

Community Involvement


David serves as an account ambassador for the United Way of Chittenden County. He also participates as a member of  the development committee of the Lund Family Center in Burlington.
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