David Schwartz’s practice focuses on bankruptcy and litigation.

David has represented a wide variety of clients, including debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and parties in restructuring-related and civil litigations.

David joined the firm in 2016.

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Notable Experiences

Restructuring

  • LATAM Airlines Group and its affiliates in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and the United States in the voluntary reorganization and restructuring of their debt under Chapter 11 protection in the United States.

  • HSBC Bank and related entities in defending multibillion-dollar actions related to the Madoff Ponzi scheme and the bankruptcy of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.

  • ESL Investments in its $5.2 billion acquisition of Sears Holdings and related litigation.

  • Punjab National Bank in U.S. proceedings arising out of India’s biggest-ever bank scam involving Nirav Modi and Mehul Choski, including in connection with investigations being conducted by the U.S. Bankruptcy Examiner and court-appointed Trustee.

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Civil Litigation and Enforcement

  • Citigroup in connection with investigations and civil litigation involving financial benchmarks, including LIBOR, foreign exchange trading (FX), and ISDAFIX, conducted by the DOJ, CFTC, SEC, and other regulators around the world.

  • Various parties in connection with litigation due diligence efforts on potential investments. 

  • Various parties in connection with discovery disputes.

  • Legal service organizations in a pro bono Supreme Court amicus brief related to the 2017 DACA rescission.

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Selected Activities

  • Editor in Chief, The Tax Lawyer, Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association/Georgetown University Law Center
  • Intern, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
  • Extern, Federal Communication Commission, Enforcement Bureau

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