Avocats – United States

David Kennedy

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

David Keyko

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

David Kiefer

David (Dave) Kiefer focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration matters arising out of construction and engineering disputes over large, international energy and infrastructure projects, including megaprojects valued in the billions of dollars. He is intimately familiar with the technical and commercial aspects of these projects and routinely advises clients as project disputes arise, making him an effective and efficient advocate. Dave has successfully prosecuted and defended against large and complex claims before federal and state courts, as well as domestic and international arbitration panels, for over 25 years. He has represented clients in arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and the American Arbitration Association. He is also currently the co-chair of the New York City Region of the Society of Construction Law, North America. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/david-kiefer/

McDermott Will & Schulte

David Klass

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

David Klein

David Klein is a corporate partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, activist defense and other significant corporate matters, representing publicly traded and privately held companies, private equity firms and other investors. David was recognized in the New York Law Journal as a “Dealmaker of the Year” for 2023, in MergerLinks as “Top Private Equity Lawyers in North America” in 2023 and in Law360 as a “Rising Star” in 2019 for his mergers and acquisitions practice. He was also shortlisted on the MergerLinks' “Top Technology Lawyers in North America” list in 2023.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

David Kopans

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

David Korn

David H. Korn focuses his practice on complex litigation, particularly in the areas of antitrust, securities and general commercial.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

David Koschik

Partner

White & Case LLP

David Kotler

Partner

Dechert

David Kowalski

David Kowalski is a trial lawyer with extensive experience with all types of complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property litigation. David represents and advises clients through trial on a variety of complex litigation matters, including patent, trade secret, white collar, unfair competition, fraud, contractual disputes, trademark, and copyright. David has worked with clients in a diverse range of technology sectors and various industries, including: Medical devices Financial institutions Pharmaceuticals Internet and digital media Biotechnology and diagnostics Fitness technology Additive manufacturing Audio and voice technology Software Ion processing and mass spectrometry Information technology Automotive David maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented multiple victims of domestic violence in immigration matters under the Violence Against Women Act. David is active in a number of local and national intellectual property and litigation-related organizations, including the American Inns of Court and the Federal Bar Association.

Latham & Watkins

David Kremer

Senior Counsel

Shartsis Friese LLP

David Kuiper

David Kuiper is counsel in the Corporate Department. His practice focuses on technology transactions, intellectual property and general commercial matters. He has significant experience structuring, drafting and negotiating: Complex licensing transactions Collaboration and co-promotion agreements Supply and distribution agreements Franchise circulars and agreements Strategic alliances Joint ventures between domestic and international companies David provides advice in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, privacy law, entertainment law and advertising and promotions law. David served as a Captain in the United States Air Force from 1982 to 1989, during which he served as a Navigator and Weapon Systems Officer in the F-111 fighter bomber and a flight safety officer responsible for investigating aviation accidents. David also served as General Counsel to MaterniCare, Inc., a venture capital-backed physician practice management company focused on women's healthcare.

Latham & Watkins

David Kurzweil

David Kurzweil advises leading US and international private equity funds and companies on a range of complex M&A and joint venture transactions. David's multifaceted practice includes public and private company deals on behalf of a variety of principals, special committees, private equity and leveraged buyout funds, and financial advisors. He draws on his prior experience working in the London office of a global law firm to regularly advise both domestic and international entities in multijurisdictional transactions. His deal work covers diverse industries, with a particular focus on the energy, infrastructure, and financial services sectors. David also provides general corporate advice to both public and private companies. He previously served as New York Co-Chair of the firm's Corporate Department. David serves on the Board of Directors of StreetWise Partners, a nonprofit organization that works with low-income individuals to overcome employment barriers, obtain better jobs, and achieve economic self-sufficiency by creating deep mentoring relationships with volunteer business professionals. He is also on the Board of Visitors of Columbia Law School, a group of distinguished alumni who represent the diversity of experiences, interests, and places embraced by Columbia Law School. David previously served as Co-Chair of the firm’s New York Corporate Department.

Latham & Watkins

David L. London

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

David L. Schwartz

Finance Partner

Latham & Watkins

David L. Shapiro

Partner

Latham & Watkins

David Lange

Winston Taylor

David Langer

David Langer is counsel in the Environment, Land & Resources Practice in the New York office. His practice involves advising clients on a broad spectrum of environmental aspects of corporate, real property, and financial transactions, including CERCLA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act, and related state and local laws, such as New Jersey's Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA). Significant transactional matters have included representations of sellers, purchasers, lenders, and underwriters in the context of asset and stock acquisitions, securities and high-yield debt offerings, commercial credit facilities, and project finance transactions. He has also been involved in negotiation of contracts for solid waste disposal services and electric power demand side management projects. David's regulatory practice has involved permitting and compliance support for independent electric power plants and other industrial and commercial facilities, including waste oil recyclers; cement, pesticide, cosmetic, and paper manufacturers; and bus operators. He has experience in the federal Clean Air and Clean Water Acts and related state and local programs. David's Clean Air Act experience includes consultation on new source review (NSR, PSD, NSPS) issues for construction or modification of facilities, Acid Rain regulations, Regional Emission Trading programs, Title V applications, and air permit enforcement actions. His Clean Water Act experience includes representation of clients with respect to both permit applications and enforcement actions, compliance with storm water discharge regulations, and advising a municipal client on amendments to its sewer use ordinance. David's litigation experience includes administrative enforcement actions relating to violations of air pollution control permits and regulations, building code standards, asbestos control programs, wastewater discharge standards, storm water permits, community right-to-know reporting obligations, and product safety standards. Other litigation matters have included cost recovery actions relating to leaking petroleum storage tanks, arbitration of disputes over solid waste contracts, challenges to local solid waste flow control ordinances, and commercial contract disputes. David has also represented an independent energy marketer in state utility commission proceedings relating to the deregulation of natural gas and electricity markets. David has participated in pro bono representations of the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Hebrew Free Burial Association, and the South Brooklyn Local Development Corporation.

Latham & Watkins

David Lashway

Partner

Sidley Austin LLP

David Last

David Last’s practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense and government investigations, including defending companies and individuals in a wide range of high-stakes domestic and international enforcement actions and trials with a particular focus on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

David Leahy

David's practice consists of counseling independent directors of open-end funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds and business development companies, as well as the funds themselves and their investment advisers on matters relating to the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

David Lee

David Lee is a partner in the Corporate Department. He served on the Training and Career Enhancement Committee for many years and continues to lead the firm's negotiations program. He is a former member of the Ethics Committee. Mr. Lee's practice focuses on: Mergers and acquisitions Capital markets General public and private company representation

Latham & Watkins

David Lehn

Partner

Withers

David Leinwand

David Leinwand’s practice focuses on merger and acquisition transactions and private equity investments. He has represented a broad array of buyers and sellers in a wide variety of public and private merger and acquisition transactions. In particular, David has significant experience advising private equity firms in their acquisitions and dispositions. He has worked on a number of high-profile deals involving companies in a range of industries, including consumer products and retail, energy, financial services, information technology, and pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton