Bio

David Camhi is a partner in the Corporate & Business Practice Group at Greenspoon Marder LLP. He focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions. In particular, Mr. Camhi has extensive experience and assists clients with domestic and cross border hospitality transactions (hotel management and franchise agreement, hotel acquisitions, disposition and investments), cross-border corporate transactions involving Latin America (M&A, joint venture, financing, commercial, and investment transactions) and regularly advises public and private-equity-owned companies in the development and management of corporate governance, board, and shareholder relationships, especially companies undergoing Initial Public Offering processes or de-SPAC transactions. In addition to his long experience practicing law in the U.S., Mr. Camhi practiced law for many years in several countries in Latin America. Mr. Camhi has a substantial record of in-house corporate experience—both domestic and international, which allows him to better understand his client’s needs. Before joining Greenspoon Marder, he held senior legal executive roles at major corporations in the U.S., including holding the position of Chief Legal Officer at Payless Shoesource in Miami, Florida, and Topeka, Kansas. During his time at Payless, Mr. Camhi managed the day-to-day legal operations of the company’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and the design of its legal, corporate, governance and administrative structure. He also negotiated complex transactions to stabilize its international sourcing, franchising, and retail operations and prepare it for its relaunch and reentry into the U.S. market. Prior to joining Payless, Mr. Camhi served as General Counsel of Playa Hotels and Resorts a Dutch publicly-traded hospitality company owning and operating hotels and resorts in Latin America and the Caribbean, where he oversaw all compliance and legal matters (including all M&A, financing, real estate, construction, and strategic projects from a legal and business standpoint), and in particular, the preparation of the company for its de-SPAC transaction and the management of its corporate governance and compliance programs as a newly publicly-traded company. Additionally, Mr. Camhi acted as General Counsel of Phoenix Group, a privately-held conglomerate of companies manufacturing plastic packaging and resins at plants in the U.S., Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, and China, and has practiced at law firms in the US (New York and Miami), Colombia (Bogota), and Mexico (Mexico City).