Daniel Lewis is Co-Head of US Securities & Shareholder Litigation at A&O Shearman. He focuses on representing financial institutions and corporations in complex securities class actions, mergers and acquisitions litigation, regulatory matters, and commercial litigation involving financial products, derivatives and banking-related issues in both federal and state courts.
Daniel has represented leading public companies and their boards of directors, including Sea Ltd., Nokia and Daimler, in significant securities and shareholder disputes. He regularly advises corporate clients on securities litigation risks, governance issues and strategic dispute resolution matters.
His practice also includes representing major investment banks in high-stakes litigation arising from securities offerings and corporate transactions. He has acted for investment banks in matters involving notable companies such as Silicon Valley Bank, Arrival, SunEdison, MF Global, ARCP, Countrywide Financial and Enron.
Daniel is widely recognized for his experience in handling sophisticated financial and securities-related disputes, particularly those involving complex corporate transactions and capital markets issues.
- Class action
- Commercial
- Commercial and transactions
- Commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution
- Securities
- White collar crime
- Accounting
- Agriculture
- Aviation
- Automotive
- Banking
- Construction and materials
- Consumer goods and services
- Energy
- Financial services
- Fisheries and aquaculture
- Food and beverage
- Forestry
- Gaming
- Government and public policy
- Healthcare
- Industrials
- Insurance
- Investment management
- Media
- Mining
- Natural resources
- Oil and gas
- Pharmaceutical and life sciences
- Real estate
- Shipping
- Social infrastructure
- Technology and telecommunications
- Tourism
- Transport
- JD, Yale University - 1998
- New York - 2002
- District of Columbia - 2004