David Ni represents issuers, underwriters, and selling security holders in a range of public and private offerings, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, acquisition and leveraged finance transactions, debt restructurings, liability management transactions, PIPEs and private placements, SPAC initial public offerings and “de-SPACings,” remarketings, at-the-market offerings, bank note offerings, and medium-term notes offerings.
He also has extensive experience counseling companies on various products, including debt (investment grade and high-yield), common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, trust preferreds, regulatory capital, Eurobonds, convertible notes, and other hybrid securities.
David’s deep knowledge extends across diverse industry sectors, including energy, technology, media and telecommunications, life sciences, and financial services.
David also regularly advises public companies on corporate governance matters, ongoing reporting obligations, and exchange listing requirements.
Before rejoining O’Melveny, David was a capital markets partner at another global law firm. In addition, he completed secondments at the equity capital markets desk of a prominent bulge bracket investment bank and the Office of the Prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
David has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by IFLR 1000 (2015–2024).
- Represented the issuer or underwriters in the initial public offerings of Bausch + Lomb Corporation, Solta Medical (withdrawn), GigCapital3, GoHealth, Norwegian Cruise Holdings, SolarEdgeTechnologies, Eros International, and Clarus Therapeutics (withdrawn).
- Represented the issuer or initial purchasers in the high-yield offerings of AMC Networks, Arch Coal, DreamWorks Animation, Dycom Industries, Energy Future Holdings, Entravision Communications, Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana, National Amusements, NCL Corporation, NuStar Logistics, RSI Home Products, Steel Dynamics, The Geo Group, Titan International, Univision Communications and Vistra Energy, United Airlines, Norwegian Cruise, Affinity Gaming, CPI Card Group, U.S. Acute Care Solutions, and Jefferies Finance.
- Represented the issuers, underwriters, or selling securityholders in various debt, preferred, common stock, and other security offerings of AT&T Inc., Leslies, Inc., McAfee, TPG Inc., Intapp Inc., Encore Energy, KeyCorp and KeyBank, Affiliated Managers Group, Truist Financial Corporation (fka BB&T Corporation) and Truist Bank (fka Branch Banking and Trust Company), U.S. Bancorp and U.S. Bank National Association, Selective Insurance Group, Inc., Protective Life Corporation, Hyundai Capital America, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, Cox Communications, Eaton Vance, Janus Capital Corporation, LendingTree, Lions Gate Entertainment, Textainer, Life Technologies, Markel Corporation, Norwegian Cruise, Perrigo Company, Prologis, Sensata Technologies, Sterling Bancorp and Sterling National Bank, Southwest Airlines Co., Telephone and Data Systems, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Triton International, Time Warner Cable, St. Jude Medical, Southwest Airlines, Walgreens Boot Alliance and WellPoint.
- Represented investors in investments in various SPACs (IPO and after-market), including the Pershing Square Tontine SPAC.
- Represented a Cupertino-based US technology company, one of the largest technology companies in the world, in multiple bond offerings, including its inaugural green bond offering.
- Represented the issuer or initial purchasers in the convertible notes offerings of Yahoo!, MasTec, Southwest Airlines Co., Steel Dynamics, Finisar Corporation, Electronics for Imaging, and LendingTree, including Yahoo!’s US$1.3 billion 0.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2018 and associated bond hedge and warrant transactions.
- Represented the issuer or dealer managers in the debt restructurings, tender offers, exchange offers, or consent solicitations of Energy Future Holdings, Cox Communications, Titan International, Prologis, Dycom Industries, DigitalGlobe, Norwegian Cruise, Welltower, and U.S. Bancorp.
- Represented K2 HealthVentures, GIC, Genting, Great Hill Partners, Fortress, Sixth Street Partners, Vanguard, Commonwealth Asset Management, Taconic Capital, and many other venture capital, private equity, and other asset management firms in connection with their investments in portfolio companies.
*Some of the above representative matters were handled at prior firms.
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- New York
Education
- University of Toronto, J.D., 2008
- University of Toronto, B.Sc., 2005
Honors & Awards
- Named a “Rising Star” by IFLR 1000 (2015-2024)
Professional Activities
Speaker
- “Plumbing the PIPEs: SPACs and Private Equity,” The SPAC Conference Europe (December 8, 2023)
- “How Accounting, Finance and Legal Experts Can Help You De-Risk Deal Executions,” The SPAC Conference (June 28, 2023)
- “Navigating a Challenging PIPE Market and Alternative De-SPAC Financing Structures,” The SPAC Conference (June 16, 2022)
- “Funding and IPO Guide in Korea and U.S.A,” Bioplus-Interphex Korea 2021 (October 27, 2021)
Co-Author
- “Practical Implications of Proposed Testing the Waters for All Issuers under U.S. Securities Law,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (March 27, 2019)