David W.T. Daniels
- Washington, D.C.
- New York
David has substantial trial experience in New York courts and is a member of both the New York and District of Columbia bars.
David Daniels represents clients in business disputes involving creditor rights, securities law, and related complex commercial issues. He works with private equity funds, hedge funds, multilateral development banks, and other financial institutions who need to protect their investment positions through litigation in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1994
- Princeton University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1989
Bar and Court Admissions
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New York
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District of Columbia
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California
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Related Employment
- Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP, Washington, D.C., Partner
Professional Recognition
Recommended by The Legal 500 United States in the area of General Commercial Disputes, 2016-2020
Recognized as a 2015 Notable Practitioner by State Tax Notes for authoring the decisive amicus brief in Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne, 135 S. Ct. 1787, 2015
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Professional Experience
Experience
- Representing major multinational travel company in groundbreaking Delaware Chancery Court litigation concerning whether COVID-19 and aftermath constitutes a material adverse event or a departure from the ordinary course sufficient to avoid closing a multibillion-dollar share sale.
- Defending secured lender against successor liability and alter ego claims arising from foreclosure on assets of a corporate travel services company.
- Lead counsel in two-week trial in dispute over control of leading government services, logistics, and facilities management provider.*
- Represented multilateral development bank in obtaining and enforcing $169 million judgment.*
- Recovered over $20 million for development bank clients through cross-border enforcement of loan guarantees.*
- Successfully obtained dismissal of all claims asserted against agent on $257 million syndicated bank loan after eight years of litigation in bankruptcy court, New York state court, and AAA arbitration.*
- Obtained multimillion-dollar settlements of claims arising out of mergers and acquisitions transactions on behalf of private equity investors.*
- Lead trial counsel for unsecured creditors in assertion of fiduciary duty and fee disgorgement claims against debtors’ professionals.*
- Obtained rare mandatory injunction on behalf of hedge fund investor requiring defendants to deliver control of portfolio company to client.*
- Successfully defended hedge fund in multidistrict litigation involving allegations of mutual fund late trading and market timing. Acted as liaison counsel for hedge fund defense group.*
- Secured dismissal of U.S. securities law claims asserted against directors of a European telecommunications company in connection with overseas privatization transaction.*
- Defended senior officers of two Fortune 50 companies in class action securities fraud cases.*
- Represented board committees, including special litigation committee formed to investigate allegations of stock option backdating, and audit committee in investigation of accounting fraud.*
- Defended law firm in bankruptcy proceeding in dispute with liquidation trustee over ownership of attorney-client privilege.*
*Prior experience