WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (July 12, 2006) – David Bates, a shareholder with Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., and co-chair of the firm’s Technology Practice Group and Emerging Company Practice Group, has been re-elected to his fifth term as president of the Gold Coast Venture Capital Association, the not-for-profit corporation founded to advance South Florida’s entrepreneurial community. The Gold Coast Venture Capital Association is recognized as one of the most successful venture capital clubs in the United States.
Bates concentrates his practice in the areas of buying and selling businesses; mergers and acquisitions; corporate transactions; technology and intellectual property licensing and use; Internet and website liability and venture capital. He has authored a number of articles on these topics for many national and regional business and legal publications.
The West Palm Beach office of Gunster Yoakley is Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest full-service law firm. The firm, established in 1925, offers a broad range of legal services to its impressive client base of businesses, institutions, local governments and prominent individuals. Gunster Yoakley has offices in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart, Vero Beach and West Palm Beach. Gunster Yoakley is home to 130 attorneys and more than 200 dedicated support staff providing counsel to clients through numerous practice groups including corporate, litigation, real estate and trusts and estates. For more information, visit www.gunster.com, or call (800) 749-1980.
