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Mr David Lender
Position
Co-Chair of Weil’s global Litigation Department
Career
David Lender is Co-Chair of Weil’s global Litigation Department, a member of the Firm’s Management Committee, and a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has more than 30 years of experience litigating and trying bet-the-company complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts around the U.S., as well as in arbitration proceedings. David focuses on antitrust, class action, consumer fraud, contract, patent, and IP matters, among others. He has tried more than 30 cases to verdict as first chair, and serves as primary and longstanding outside counsel to a wide range of market-leading companies, including BASF, eBay, Eli Lilly, ExxonMobil, GlobalFoundries, GrubHub, and GoodRx. He is regularly recognized as a preeminent trial lawyer and litigator by leading industry publications, and is a recognized expert, author and frequent lecturer on electronic discovery issues.
Memberships
Serves on the Executive Board of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.
Education
uke University (BA); Duke University School of Law (JD).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Industry focus > Sport
With a team praised as ‘first class from top to bottom’, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is noted for its ability to handle complex litigation, contract negotiations, and corporate transactions arising within the sports sector. With a client list encompassing high-profile athletes, players’ associations, and media and entertainment corporations, the practice stands out in particular for its bespoke guidance regarding antitrust claims as well as disputes over programming rights and e-commerce issues. Andrew Tulumello co-heads the team from Washington DC and is an expert in commercial litigation and sports-related appeals, whilst Yehudah Buchweitz co-leads from New York and focuses on rights of publicity and antitrust matters. Also in Washington DC, Arianna Scavetti has vast experience acting in investigations surrounding allegations of sexual harassment and emotional abuse. Zach Schreiber and David Lender are also highlighted as key contacts in New York.
United States > Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
(Leading trial lawyers)David Lender is co-chair of the litigation department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York, with proven trial experience on both the plaintiff and defendant side. Among his varied workload is patent litigation as well as high-stakes class actions which recently included acting for Grubhub in defense of a large antitrust class action which had ramifications for the e-commerce food delivery industry. Key clients for Lender are AIG and Exxonmobil, for whom he acted in a breach of contract trial in October 2023.
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
(Leading lawyers)Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP fields a deep bench of ‘top tier talent’ that is adept across the entire breadth of commercial litigation, frequently handling class actions in state and federal courts across the United States. Consumer fraud, unfair competition, alter ego liability, insurance, trade secrets litigation, and alleged violations of federal RICO or antitrust laws are among the core pillars of the group’s practice. New York’s David Lender and Gregory Silbert jointly chair the department alongside Washington DC-based Andrew Tulumello. Lender continues to litigate complex business-critical cases, including successful representing several minor league baseball teams as lead trial counsel in connection with significant breach of contract and antitrust litigation brought against Major League Baseball, while trial lawyer Tulumello routinely tries cases before every level of the court system in the United States. Diane Sullivan is based in New Jersey and is a key name when it comes to all aspects of commercial, antitrust, patent, mass tort, and class action cases. Chantale Fiebig is another important contact within the firm’s Washington DC office.
Lawyer Rankings
- General commercial disputes United States > Dispute resolution
- Leading lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Leading trial lawyers United States > Dispute resolution
- Leading trial lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Sport United States > Industry focus
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense