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David Lopez

David Lopez represents a broad range of corporate clients including in the retail, industrial, financial, healthcare, insurance and technology sectors. His broad corporate advisory practice including governance, SEC disclosure and compliance, corporate finance transactions and structuring, securities law, buybacks and insider trading advice. David represents issuers and investment banks in capital markets transactions involving initial public offerings, public and private debt, convertible, investment grade and high yield debt, equity financings, structured securities and equity derivatives. He has the leading practice in liability management, including issuer tender offers, public and private exchanges offers related to corporate restructurings, acquisitions, and consent solicitations. He also has a substantial practice in digital assets, representing digital assets custodians, payment companies, exchanges, and corporates both in the creation of digital assets and with related compliance issues. · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

United StatesCorporate Advisory, Governance

About

David Lopez is a senior partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in the United States with a broad corporate advisory practice covering governance, SEC disclosure, compliance, corporate finance, securities law, buybacks, and insider trading. He advises issuers and investment banks on capital markets transactions including IPOs, various debt and equity offerings, structured securities, and equity derivatives, and has a leading liability management practice involving tender offers, exchange offers, restructurings, and consent solicitations. He also has a substantial digital assets practice, working with custodians, payment companies, exchanges, and corporates on creation and compliance issues.

Practice areas

Corporate AdvisoryGovernanceSEC Disclosure and ComplianceCorporate Finance Transactions and StructuringSecurities LawBuybacksInsider Trading AdviceCapital MarketsInitial Public OfferingsPublic and Private DebtConvertible DebtInvestment Grade DebtHigh Yield DebtEquity FinancingsStructured SecuritiesEquity DerivativesLiability ManagementTender OffersExchange OffersCorporate RestructuringsAcquisitionsConsent SolicitationsDigital AssetsDigital Assets CustodiansPayment CompaniesExchangesDigital Asset CreationDigital Asset Compliance

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Expertise

Corporate AdvisoryGovernanceSEC Disclosure and ComplianceCorporate Finance Transactions and StructuringSecurities LawBuybacksInsider Trading AdviceCapital MarketsInitial Public OfferingsPublic and Private DebtConvertible DebtInvestment Grade DebtHigh Yield DebtEquity FinancingsStructured SecuritiesEquity DerivativesLiability ManagementTender OffersExchange OffersCorporate RestructuringsAcquisitionsConsent SolicitationsDigital AssetsDigital Assets CustodiansPayment CompaniesExchangesDigital Asset CreationDigital Asset Compliance

Education

  • J.D., University of Chicago Law School (1989)
  • A.B., cum laude, Cornell University (1986)

Admissions

  • New York Bar