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Mr David Duffee

Work Department
Finance
Position
David Duffee is a finance partner in Mayer Brown’s New York office, and is the leader of the firm’s New York Banking & Finance practice. He advises financial institutions and borrowers in lending transactions – both for US-based borrowers and in cross-border financings. A significant part of David’s practice focuses on Latin American lending.
Acquisition financings comprise a large part of David’s practice. He also works on lending transactions with insurance company borrowers. He has extensive experience with work-outs, debtor-in-possession financings and other distressed situations.
Education
Columbia Law School, JD 1984, Head Casenote and Comment Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; St. Olaf College, BA, magna cum laude 1981, Phi Beta Kappa; National Merit Scholar
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Banking and finance
(Leading individuals)Mayer Brown‘s deep finance credentials and its extensive commitment to Latin America continues to pay dividends. It has broad capabilities across products, structures and geographies, and is particularly noted for specific niches such as future-flow securitisations and other structured finance transactions. The firm is also at the forefront of energy and infrastructure financings, along with additional growth in emerging segments such as fintech and private credit. It further benefits from an established team in Mexico City and its association with Tauil & Chequer Advogados in Brazil. Significantly, its impressive client base features an array of big-name international banks and DFIs. Chicago-based Douglas Doetsch heads the Latin America team and has an extensive record in infrastructure financings, structured credit and securitisations. New York partner David Duffee is co-head of the global lending group and has a fine record in Latin America acquisition financings and syndicated lending; this includes facilities for deals involving Latin American entities acquiring assets and businesses in the US and elsewhere. Washington DC’s Gabriela Sakamoto was born in Argentina and specialises in Latin America-related acquisition, project and structured finance. Chicago partner Juan Pablo Moreno is another pillar of the practice and has strong links to key banks. Mexico City’s Raúl Fernández-Briseño is also highly regarded. Francisco García-Naranjo González joined the Mexico City office from White & Case LLP in July 2021.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > Financial products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Insurance: non-contentious
- International Trade > International trade
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: electric power
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance