SEDA Experts Expands its M&A and Investment Banking Expert Witness Practice
29 July 2024 - 3:00PM
SEDA Experts LLC, a leading expert witness firm providing
world-class financial expert witness services, announced today that
David Locala joined the firm as Managing Director.
“David has an outstanding perspective on the
corporate world and we are delighted for him to join SEDA,” said
Peter Selman, Managing Partner of SEDA Experts.
David Locala spent his entire career of over 30
years in investment banking, with a particular focus on mergers and
acquisitions and financing / capital markets transactions for
companies in the technology sector. He completed over $200 billion
in transactions, including buyside and sellside M&A for
publicly-traded and private companies, leveraged buyouts and
contested transactions. In 2021, David was named to the list of
“The Top 100 Harvard Business School Alumni in Finance and
Investing.” He is a world-class testifying expert in valuations,
corporate transactions, deal structuring, and due diligence.David
most recently served as Citigroup’s Global Head of Technology
M&A, based in San Francisco. He provided M&A advice to
companies in the software, semiconductor and Internet sectors,
handling negotiations, valuation analysis, due diligence and other
aspects of transaction origination and execution. He also served on
Citi’s Fairness Opinion Committee.From 2005 - 2015, David worked at
Deutsche Bank in San Francisco, most recently as Co-head of Global
Technology M&A, where he also served on the Fairness Opinion
Committee. Earlier in his career, David worked in New York, Hong
Kong and San Francisco in the M&A groups of Lazard, Morgan
Stanley and Montgomery Securities.David holds an MBA (with
Distinction) from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science
in Commerce (with Distinction) from the McIntire School of Commerce
at the University of Virginia, with a concentration in Finance. He
serves as a director of a privately-held software company and also
acts as the Chair of the Finance Council of a non-profit middle
school serving students in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.
About SEDA Experts LLC
SEDA is a leading expert witness firm
specializing in financial services. We support international law
firms by offering the highest level of expertise across the
financial industry and providing access to the most influential
financial services industry leaders. We provide superior
independent advice, data analytics, valuation, and elite expert
reports and testimony services to law firms, regulators, and
leading financial institutions.
Name: Damiano Colnago
Email: dcolnago@sedaexperts.com
Job Title: Managing Partner