Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

David Botter’s practice focuses on large, complex restructuring cases, both out of court and in Chapter 11, across a variety of industries. David frequently handles multijurisdictional and cross-border matters for both distressed companies and major creditor groups and is particularly respected for his representation of bondholder ad hoc groups and creditors’ committees as part of his broad creditor-side practice. He also has experience representing institutional investors, hedge funds, debtors-in-possession, post-petition lenders, and acquirors of distressed assets in the healthcare, transportation, and energy sectors, among others.

David joined Cleary as a partner in 2023.

BA, Syracuse University (1986); JD, cum laude, Boston University School of Law, Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar, G. Joseph Tauro Scholar (1989).