David Snyder

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

501 W. Broadway
Suite 1100

San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 544-3369

dave.snyder@pillsburywinthrop.com

Education Law School/Year: Cornell Law School, 1974 College/Year: Michigan State University, 1971 Bar Admissions California, U.S. Tax Court, Registered Foreign Lawyer, The Law Society of England and Wales Practice Areas Corporate Business Major Cases I have served as lead counsel in numerous public offerings of equity and debt securities, representing Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange public companies in their ongoing SEC reporting obligations and handling private placement and public and private merger and acquisition transactions. I have counseled boards and special committees of directors in contested takeovers and in stockholder litigation in California, Delaware and federal courts. Notable recent matters I have handled include the sale of Petco Animal Supplies Inc., the merger of Biogen Inc. and Idec Pharmaceuticals Corp., and the initial public offering of MediciNova Inc. Professional Background I have spent my entire career in San Diego, beginning with the firm of Jenkins & Perry in 1974. I remain close to my mentor, Bill Jenkins, and have been proud to be a partner with Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Professional Affiliations I am a member and former chair of the Subcommittee on Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, past editor of a survey on Federal Securities Law Developments published in The Business Lawyer and a frequent speaker on matters of corporate and securities law. I have been profiled in the last several additions of The Best Lawyers in America and Chamber’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Personal Affiliations I am a past chair of the Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation board and a member of the boards of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association, Rady Children’s Physician Medical Services Corp., the Corporate Directors’ Forum and the San Diego Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization of the San Diego Foundation. Personal Background Born Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 9, 1949. Married Phyllis Alford Snyder Aug. 14, 1971. Children Jason Richard Snyder (age 32) and Carrie Snyder Vilaplana (age 28).