David Peinsipp

David is co-chair of Cooley's global capital markets practice group. David practices general business and corporate law, representing both emerging and public companies in a variety of matters, including capital markets transactions, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and compliance and corporate governance matters. He routinely represents issuers and investment banks in complex securities offerings, including IPOs, follow-on offerings, 144A offerings, PIPEs, deSPACs and direct listings. His practice also includes company formations, venture financings and general corporate matters.

David has been involved in 100+ IPOs or other offerings of debt or equity, including IPOs and direct listings for Uber, DocuSign, Stitch Fix, Snap, Warby Parker, Dutch Bros., FIGS, Root, Atlassian, Yelp, Lyell, New Relic, Wish.com, NerdWallet, Sweetgreen, Doximity, Lulu’s Fashion, Expensify, Xometry, Zynga, LinkedIn, Zendesk, FireEye, MINDBODY, Livongo, Zscaler and Guardant. He is also a market leader in deSPAC transactions, having represented companies, SPAC acquirers or the financial advisors in transactions for companies like Grindr, WeWork, Grab Holdings, Hyliion, Canoo, Opendoor, Archer Aviation, Supergroup, Xos Trucks, Heliogen, and Weedmaps.

David is regularly recognized as a leading capital markets lawyer by publications including Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and Law360, which named him as a Capital Markets MVP in 2019. The Daily Journal also recognized him among its California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year in 2020, Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2019, and previously included him on their Top 20 under 40 list.

David’s public company clients include:

• Cadence Design Systems
• Grindr
• Kodiak
• Lyell
• New Relic
• Root
• Stitch Fix
• Sweetgreen
• Supergroup
• Uber
• Weedmaps
• Xos Trucks
• Yelp

His private company clients include:

• Altos Labs
• Alumis
• Cargomatic
• Carmot
• Fundbox
• GoPuff
• Mighty Computing
• Mixpanel
• Pacaso
• OpenAI
• OpenSea
• Orbus
• Prolacta
• Rappi
• Rhino
• Thrasio.io
• Vouch

His investment bank representations include advising:

• BofA Securities
• Citigroup
• Cowen
• Leerink
• Goldman Sachs
• Jefferies
• J.P. Morgan
• Morgan Stanley

Dave is a member of the board of directors of the BUILD.org, a non-profit focused on igniting the power of youth in under-resourced communities to build Career success, Entrepreneurial mindsets, and Opportunity.