David is co-chair of Cooley’s global capital markets group. He practices general business and corporate law, representing both emerging and public companies in a variety of matters – including capital markets transactions, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and compliance, and corporate governance matters. He routinely represents issuers and investment banks in complex securities offerings – including initial public offerings (IPOs) and direct listings, follow-on offerings, 144A offerings, private investments in public equity (PIPEs), and deSPACs.

David has been involved in more than 200 IPOs or other offerings of debt or equity, including IPOs and direct listings for Uber, Snap, Zynga, LinkedIn, Atlassian, Yelp, StubHub, DocuSign, Stitch Fix, Warby Parker, Dutch Bros, FIGS, Root, Lyell, New Relic, Wish, Life360, NerdWallet, Sweetgreen, Doximity, Expensify, Xometry, Zendesk, FireEye, MINDBODY, Livongo, Zscaler and Guardant. He also is a market leader in deSPAC transactions, having represented companies, special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) acquirers or the financial advisers in transactions for Grindr, WeWork, Grab, Opendoor, Archer Aviation, Hyliion, Canoo, Supergroup, Xos Trucks, Heliogen and Weedmaps.