David B. Allen
Partner

Overview
David Allen is a business attorney who represents clients in high-stakes corporate transactions, offering practical and strategic insights to help them maximize value and minimize regulatory risk. Based in Holland & Knight's Dallas office, Mr. Allen focuses his practice on guiding clients on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and general corporate and securities matters.
Mr. Allen represents issuers, underwriters, investors and placement agents in a broad range of securities law matters. He assists clients with public offerings and private placements of debt, equity and convertible securities, including through initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings and private investments in public equity (PIPEs).
In addition, Mr. Allen represents acquirers, targets, financial advisors and special committees in a wide variety of transactions involving private and public companies. He counsels clients in numerous industries, including medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, real estate, semiconductors, technology, hotels and gaming.
Privately and publicly held corporations and their boards of directors turn to Mr. Allen for general corporate counseling on issues, including public company reporting, obligations of directors and corporate governance matters.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Allen was managing partner of the Orange County, California, office for a national law firm.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- Yale Law School, J.D.
- Yale University, B.A., Psychology, magna cum laude
- California
- Texas
- Stand-out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Dallas/Fort Worth Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year, 2023
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Securities Regulation, 2018-2023