Avocats – United States

David Egdal

Partner

Shartsis Friese LLP

David Elder

David Elder is a partner in the Corporate Department at Paul Hastings and is based in the Firm’s Houston office. Mr. Elder focuses on mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, corporate governance and general corporate securities matters. He represents major corporate clients across the energy, oil and gas, sports and entertainment, and telecommunications sectors. He also advises issuers, underwriters and investment banking firms in public and private offerings.

Paul Hastings LLP

David Elsberg

David Elsberg is a founding partner of Elsberg Baker & Maruri. David is a “go-to” trial lawyer with decades of successful experience trying cases through final judgment or verdict, as well as domestic and international arbitration hearings through final award. David is ranked among the top trial lawyers in the United States by a number of leading publications. Chambers refers to David as “fabulously smart” and “fearless”—as well as “very creative, thoughtful and collaborative” and “an excellent litigator with a strong commercial sense.” Chambers notes David’s “impress[ive] … ability to communicate with the court very effectively” and describes him as “strategic and understated, yet able to be as aggressive and effective a litigator as you will ever encounter.” Chambers also named David a “Leading Individual” in commercial litigation. Law360 named David a Securities MVP, noting his “artful and measured cross-examination style.” Law360 also reports that clients describe David as “aggressive, passionate, and a first-rate thinker” whose “ability to read people and think numerous questions ahead is uncanny.” Benchmark Litigation named David a “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” which is comprised of an “elite group of partners who have been venerated by peers and clients as being the best in breed at the nuanced practice of trial law.” Benchmark Litigation also named David a “Litigation Star,” describing him as a “master of thoroughness” with a “relentless approach.” The Legal 500 named David a leading commercial litigator, reporting that he is “highly regarded for his trial practice.” The Legal 500 also reports that David “displays particular strength in financial litigation, including major bankruptcy and securities cases.” The National Law Journal named David a “Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer.” Lawdragon named David one of the “500 Leading Litigators in America” and “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers.” The New York Law Journal honored David with its “Distinguished Leader” award for “great performance while demonstrating clear leadership skills leading to positive outcomes.” David represents a wide variety of clients, including private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds and their portfolio companies. David represents clients in disputes in a range of areas including fiduciary duties, corporate governance, control contests, corporate-entity “divorces,” crisis management, financial services and products, energy, life sciences, bankruptcy and insolvency, fraudulent transfer, and breach of indentures and other complex contracts. David is a veteran litigator in New York federal and state courts and the Delaware Court of Chancery, and he has also handled many litigations in other U.S. jurisdictions as well as international arbitrations. ‍Representative Matters Won complete dismissal of all counts for Sol Goldman Investments, LLC (“SGI”) in a dispute over contractual put rights. The plaintiffs, who hold interests in SGI, sought to sell interests back to the company based on a valuation determined by a contractually mandated appraisal process. Unhappy with the $1.8 billion value ascribed to the company, the plaintiffs sued claiming SGI breached its own operating agreement. The Commercial Division granted SGI’s motion to dismiss, rejecting the plaintiffs’ argument that the company must be bound by its own operating agreement even though the company was not a signatory to it. Won trial victory in New York federal court on behalf of U.S. Bank in an RMBS trustee putback action, which resulted in a recovery of $850 million, the largest recovery ever in such a case. Won trial victory after a one-week trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery on behalf of Athilon Capital Corp. and its board of directors in Quadrant v. Vertin defeating breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and fraudulent transfer claims which sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, as well as a court order that would have forced the client to liquidate its assets and close down the business entirely. The Court issued a post-trial decision that denied all the relief Quadrant requested and permitted Athilon to continue executing the long-term business strategy that Quadrant challenged at trial. The press described this trial victory as a “resounding win” in a “literal bet-the-company case” that set precedent concerning the test for insolvency under Delaware law and that was affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court. Won trial victory after a six-day trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery on behalf of Crestview Partners against billionaire William Koch, defeating fiduciary duty claims and enforcing Crestview’s contractual put and exit-sale rights in connection with Crestview’s investment in Oxbow Carbon. Won trial victory in New York State court on behalf of American industrialist Len Blavatnik on his claims that JPMorgan violated its obligations under agreed-upon investment guidelines by misclassifying securities backed by risky subprime loans as “asset-backed” rather than “mortgage-backed” securities. Won arbitration victory on behalf of Rosen Capital on its claims against Bank of America/Merrill Lynch which wrongfully prevented Rosen Capital from executing its options volatility trading strategy. The award was one of the largest investor awards on record. Won arbitration defense victory in a Texas arbitration awarding claimant $0, successfully defending against a $1 billion claim by a pipeline company arising from an alleged natural gas dedication obligation. Won defense victory in international arbitration awarding claimant $0 in a dispute concerning expropriation of exploration rights. Won dismissal of all claims against executives of Paulson & Co.’s MSR Hotels & Resorts alleging breach of fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of four luxury resorts after a three-day hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Southern District of New York. Won complete dismissal of claims brought in New York State court alleging that investment fund allegedly breached a letter of intent and an asset purchase agreement by declining to move forward with the purchase of a business. Represented the ResCap Liquidating Trust in Minnesota federal courts against dozens of loan originators seeking damages arising from the sale of defective mortgage loans, resulting in recoveries of $590 million. In connection with the largest bank failure in history, successfully represented debtor Washington Mutual against challenges to its confirmation plan in the Delaware federal bankruptcy court, which resulted in a $6 billion settlement benefitting Washington Mutual’s creditors. Successfully represented foreign representatives of several foreign funds in liquidation in Chapter 15 proceedings in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the U.S. District Court, and Second Circuit, in avoidance, common law, and breach of contract actions seeking to recover about $6 billion in redemption payments in the Madoff scheme made to hundreds of entities.

Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC

David Emmons

Partner Department Chair - Corporate (Dallas)

Baker Botts L.L.P.

David Enzminger

Winston Taylor

David Ephraim

David A. Ephraim | Morrison Foerster David Ephraim serves as co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Transactions Department and managing partner of the Boston office. He represents banks, other institutional lenders, debt and equity funds, commercial finance companies, mezzanine funds, second lien funds, and various other non–bank lenders. David represents clients on all aspects of secured lending, including asset–based financing, fund finance, venture debt, second lien financing, mezzanine financing, receivables financing, acquisition financing, syndications, loan restructurings, and workouts. A substantial part of his practice involves cross–border financing transactions.

Morrison Foerster

David Erickson

Partner and Co-Chair, Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

David Evans

David Evans has been involved in energy and finance matters his entire career, including positions as Chevron's chief natural gas lawyer, Vice President and General Counsel of an independent power developer, and as a partner in two major law firms. His current practice primarily involves representing lenders to, investors in, and developers of energy and infrastructure projects. He also advises clients on energy regulatory matters in the United States, including the Federal Power Act, the Natural Gas Act, the Atomic Energy Act , and the Energy Policy Act.

Clifford Chance

David F Jones

Partner

Dechert

David Farber

Partner

King & Spalding

David Farhat

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

David Feher

Winston Taylor

David Feirstein

David Feirstein’s practice concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities law matters and corporate governance. David is recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business which states, “he is a superstar; he is incredibly smart and very efficient,” and clients “appreciate his ‘extraordinary attention to detail and ability to manage complicated issues and transactions.’” He was also recognized in 2016 and 2014 as a “Rising Star” by Law360 for Mergers & Acquisitions, in The Legal 500 U.S. for M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) in 2018, 2017 and 2015, and by Super Lawyers for his corporate practice. David also teaches a class as an adjunct professor at NYU Law on negotiating corporate transactions.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

David Fenwick

David Fenwick is a partner in Proskauer's Latin America Group, where he focuses on international finance and other cross-border matters. David represents underwriters, issuers and credit enhancers on international debt, securitization, equity and equity-related offerings, arrangers and borrowers on international loan facilities and infrastructure finance projects, and debtors and creditors on balance sheet management and debt restructuring transactions. In addition, he represents international investors in their Latin American transactions and Brazilian investors in their transactions abroad.

Proskauer Rose LLP

David Fink

Venable LLP

David Finkelstein

David S. Finkelstein is a partner in Cravath’s Trusts and Estates Department. His practice focuses on providing estate planning, charitable planning, tax and other advice to high net worth individuals and families. Mr. Finkelstein's approach is to develop the most advantageous manner to achieve clients’ goals for the management, preservation and disposition of their estates.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

David Fioccola

A seasoned litigator and trial lawyer, David Fioccola specializes in the defense of complex commercial disputes and consumer class actions. With more than 25 years of experience, David has tried cases in federal and state courts and before arbitral tribunals throughout the U.S. He regularly defends Fortune 500 companies in bet-the-company litigation as well as financial institutions against claims involving federal and state law violations, including antitrust laws, trust claims, and breach of contract. David has extensive experience handling large-scale internal investigations and represents clients before U.S. federal and state agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state agencies, such as the New York Department of Financial Services and state attorneys general. Moreover, he has significant experience counseling clients in various U.S. federal laws and statutes. Prior to joining Proskauer, David was the co-chair of the Class Actions and Mass Torts Practice Group as well as the Trial Practice Group at Morrison & Foerster.

Proskauer Rose LLP

David Fisher

Partner, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

David Fisher

Partner

Davis+Gilbert LLP

David Forti

Partner

Dechert

David Foster

David Foster is a partner in the Tax Disputes Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. David advises a broad range of clients, including large corporations, private equity firms and hedge funds, partnerships, estates, exempt organizations and individuals, many of whom are subject to the IRS’ Global High Wealth initiative. His practice covers a diverse range of tax issues, including BBA partnership audit and litigation procedures, energy tax credits, international tax and transfer pricing, challenges to tax-exempt status, taxation of financial products, estate and gift taxes, deferred compensation, voluntary disclosures and criminal tax.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

David Fotouhi

David Fotouhi is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of the firm’s Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort practice group. David combines his expertise in administrative and environmental law with his litigation experience and a deep understanding of EPA’s inner workings to represent the firm’s clients in enforcement actions, regulatory challenges, and other environmental litigation. He has provided legal counsel and managed defensive litigation under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and every major environmental statute, including the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Oil Pollution Act (OPA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

David Frazier

David Frazier serves as Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. He represents clients in complex biopharmaceutical patent litigation and provides strategic counseling across the life sciences industry, particularly biologics, antibodies, cell therapy, gene editing, and other emerging technologies. A trailblazer in defending cutting-edge pharmaceutical products against infringing biosimilars, David combines his sophisticated understanding of molecular biology with keen market insight to represent leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in: Litigation involving innovator products and follow-on biologics Hatch-Waxman litigation Brand-on-brand litigation Licensing and ownership disputes, including related arbitration Strategic counseling David has robust experience leading and co-leading biopharmaceutical patent litigation, as well in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings and strategy. In multijurisdictional parallel proceedings, he coordinates with local counsel all over the world to implement seamless litigation strategy. Before joining Latham, he was a partner in the patent litigation practice at a global intellectual property law firm. A recognized leader at the firm, David has served as a member of the firm’s Recruiting Committee. David maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing clients in veterans’ rights matters.

Latham & Watkins

David Freed

Partner

Mayer Brown