Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

David Lopez represents a broad range of corporate clients including in the retail, industrial, financial, healthcare, insurance and technology sectors. His broad corporate advisory practice including governance, SEC disclosure and compliance, corporate finance transactions and structuring, securities law, buybacks and insider trading advice.

David represents issuers and investment banks in capital markets transactions involving initial public offerings, public and private debt, convertible, investment grade and high yield debt, equity financings, structured securities and equity derivatives. He has the leading practice in liability management, including issuer tender offers, public and private exchanges offers related to corporate restructurings, acquisitions, and consent solicitations.

He also has a substantial practice in digital assets, representing digital assets custodians, payment companies, exchanges, and corporates both in the creation of digital assets and with related compliance issues.

David joined the firm in 1989, became a partner in 1998, and senior counsel in 2026. J.D., University of Chicago Law School (1989); A.B., cum laude, Cornell University (1986).

Member, New York Bar.