Dave William Barrett

Dave Barrett is a financial services attorney in Holland & Knight's Jacksonville office. Mr. Barrett's national practice focuses on a broad range of banking, corporate and financial services matters, including acquisitions and divestitures, complex transactions, governance issues and material litigation.

Mr. Barrett brings deep knowledge of the full financial services spectrum, advising clients on corporate governance, board of director meetings and materials, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital markets, secondary marketing, treasury and balance sheet management, commercial and consumer lending, deposit products, risk management and regulatory compliance.

In addition, Mr. Barrett has experience structuring and negotiating sophisticated legal transactions, including whole loan purchases, warehouse finance repurchase agreements, mortgage servicing rights facilities, commercial real estate financings, asset-based financings, structured financings, unsecured lending arrangements, corporate and industrial loans, solar lending transactions and other structured finance matters.

Drawing on both law firm and in-house leadership experience, Mr. Barrett advises owners, directors and executive management through all stages of corporate governance and compliance, litigation strategies and dispute resolution, complex financial transactions, derivatives, structured finance matters, personal injury, products liability, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, commercial loans and workouts, construction and real estate issues, residential and commercial mortgage lending and compliance matters, insurance disputes, and general and professional liability claims. Mr. Barrett has also overseen an array of complex investigations involving legal, regulatory and operational issues across multiple different industries.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Barrett was an attorney at a national corporate law firm. Earlier in his career, he served as chief legal officer and general counsel for various financial institutions, where he represented a wide range of corporate clients on material litigation matters.