WHO’S WHO IN LAW – DAVID M. GRINBERG

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DAVID M. GRINBERG, 40

FIRM: Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP

LAW SCHOOL: Emory University School of Law

SELECTED CLIENTS: Moelis Capital Partners, Wedbush Capital Partners, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Houlihan Lokey, Ridgeline Energy, FdG Associates, Concord Music Group, MEG Toys, Playlist, First Financial Bancorp

YEARS IN PRACTICE: 12

Biggest Deal: Represented NorthWestern Corp. in $2.2 billion cash acquisition by Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Ltd.

Most Difficult Deal: Three-party transaction among a private-equity firm, a financial institution and a mortgage banker. Negotiating a deal with three parties, each of whom has distinct reasons to enter into the transaction and each of whom assigns a varying level of importance to the deal issues, posed a challenging dynamic that required a high level of creativity and problem-solving, and a significant amount of patience.

Best Career Moment: Becoming a partner at Manatt because it demonstrated to me that my colleagues believed in my substantive skills as a lawyer, as well as my current and future ability to generate business and be a meaningful contributor to the firm.

Worst: Representing Image Entertainment in two sale processes that failed to close.

Highlight of Past Year: My 7-year-old daughter, Ily, taking first place in the 25-meter freestyle in her first swimming meet.

My Colleagues Don’t Know: My colleagues know most everything about me, including that I am a fan of musicals and ’N Sync, and that my dog is named Steeler after the famed football team from Pittsburgh.

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