David Herman

David A. Herman is a partner in Dechert LLP’s Financial Restructuring group in New York, where he represents clients in complex chapter 11 and municipal bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructuring matters and high-stakes bankruptcy litigation. He combines expertise in all aspects of financial restructuring with first-chair trial experience and more than 15 years litigating in trial and appellate courts. Mr. Herman has represented debtors and creditor parties in many of the most complex and contentious U.S. bankruptcy proceedings in recent years. His experience includes the bankruptcy cases of LATAM Airlines, PG&E Corp., The Weinstein Co., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Eletson Holdings and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). He also represented the Republic of Argentina in its 2016 sovereign debt restructuring. Mr. Herman’s litigation matters have involved contested plan confirmation proceedings, debtor-in-possession and exit financing, equity backstop arrangements, contested asset sales, fraudulent conveyance claims, valuation disputes, and claims for breach of fiduciary duty. He also has experience in bankruptcy and other appeals, including litigating cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Mr. Herman has devoted a significant portion of his practice to cross-border matters, particularly matters involving jurisdictions in Latin America or Latin American parties. Those matters have included representing sovereign and commercial actors in restructuring and litigation matters, as well as representing parties in connection with internal investigations and regulatory inquiries. Mr. Herman is recognized for financial restructuring by The Legal 500 US and for banking and finance by The Legal 500 Latin America. In 2022, he was named one of ABI’s “40 Under 40.” Mr. Herman received his B.A. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 2004 from the University of Pennsylvania, and his J.D. magna cum laude in 2007 from New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and articles editor of the NYU Law Review.