David Pommerening

Partner

David Pommerening is a partner in O’Melveny’s Washington, DC office, the head of the Transactions Practice in the DC office, and a member of the Firm’s Merger and Acquisitions Practice. Dave’s practice includes substantial experience in mergers and acquisitions, securities law matters and a wide variety of financial transactions. He regularly advises clients on general corporate governance matters, compliance with federal securities laws, protections against hostile takeovers and shareholder rights plans. He represents buyers and sellers in acquisitions and dispositions of public and private companies, including transactions in regulated industries such as the health care, defense and communications industries. In addition, Dave has substantial experience in corporate restructurings and joint venture transactions. He is also a member of the Firm’s Policy Committee and the three person Executive Committee of the Policy Committee

Professional Activities

Hospitality Matters

Dave has served as lead partner on many of Marriott International’s most important domestic transactions. These transactions include:

• The acquisition by Marriott International of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in a two step transaction that culminated in our client acquiring 100% of Ritz-Carlton
• The sale by Marriott International of rights to Ramada and rights to Ramada International, in separate transactions, to Cendant Corporation 
• The acquisition by Marriott International of Forum Group, Inc., a senior living services owner and operator, and the subsequent divestiture of the Forum Group real estate assets
• The acquisition by Marriott International of Renaissance Hotel Group for over $900 million
• Marriott International’s corporate reorganization involving a spin-off of the lodging and senior living services operations, and a business combination between the remaining business, a transaction in excess of $2 billion

Other Matters

• Lead counsel for Lockheed Martin Corporation in connection with a number of transactions including the sale of Lockheed Martin IMS Corporation for $825 million and the acquisition of the U.S. federal government business of Affiliated Computer Services for $590 million
• Lead counsel for Verizon Communications Corporation (f/k/a GTE Corporation) in connection with a number of transactions including the sale of its U.S. federal government systems business to General Dynamics for $1.05 billion
• Lead counsel for SkyTerra Communications, a portfolio company of Apollo Management, in the acquisition of Hughes Network Systems from the DirecTV Group for over $360 million in a two-step transaction
• Lead counsel for Qwest Communications Inc. in connection with the sale of its directories business for $7.05 billion to affiliates of Carlyle Group and Welsh Carson
• Lead counsel for the acquisition and sale of dozens of hospitals for HCA Inc., including the sale of 21 hospitals to a consortium of not-for-profit buyers for over $1 billion and the acquisition of the Health Midwest hospital system for over $1 billion
• Lead Counsel for the formation of a joint venture between Emory Healthcare and HCA Inc. in Atlanta
• Lead counsel for the acquisition by Litton Industries of two information technology services companies, PRC, Inc. and TASC, Inc., each for in excess of $400 million