David Gershman Bio

Dave joined Trivest in 2002. As the Firm’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, he provides transactional services and comprehensive legal oversight to the portfolio companies and assists in the transaction processes at Trivest. He is a member of Trivest’s Investment Committee and has served as a Chairman or Board Member of numerous Trivest companies including GAL Power Systems and Pelican Water Systems. Prior to joining Trivest, Dave was in-house M&A Counsel at Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) and practiced law in the New York office of Morgan Lewis, where he focused on representing private equity firms. He earned his B.A., cum laude, from Union College, his J.D. from New York University School of Law and is a member of the bar in New York and Florida. Dave served as Global Chairman of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) in 2022-2023.