David Peinsipp

David is chair of Cooley’s global capital markets group. He 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 initial public offerings (IPOs) and direct listings, follow-on offerings, 144A offerings, private investments in public equity (PIPEs), and deSPACs.

David has been involved in more than 200 IPOs or other offerings of debt or equity, including IPOs and direct listings for Uber, Snap, Zynga, LinkedIn, Atlassian, Yelp, StubHub, DocuSign, Stitch Fix, Warby Parker, Dutch Bros, FIGS, Root, Lyell, New Relic, Wish, Life360, NerdWallet, Sweetgreen, Doximity, Expensify, Xometry, Zendesk, FireEye, MINDBODY, Livongo, Zscaler and Guardant. He also is a market leader in deSPAC transactions, having represented companies, special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) acquirers or the financial advisers in transactions for Grindr, WeWork, Grab, Opendoor, Archer Aviation, Hyliion, Canoo, Supergroup, Xos Trucks, Heliogen and Weedmaps.

David is regularly recognized as a top capital markets lawyer by publications, such as The Legal 500 US and Law360, the latter of which named him a Capital Markets MVP in 2019. Chambers USA has included David as a ranked lawyer for seven consecutive years – currently in Band 1 – in its Capital Markets: Debt & Equity category for the Western United States – Nationwide and California regions. The Daily Journal also recognized David among its California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year in 2020 and Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2019, and previously included him in its Top 20 Under 40 list.

David’s public company clients include:

• Alumis
• Dutch Bros
• Grindr
• Kodiak Sciences
• Lyell
• Root
• Snap
• Stitch Fix
• Tempus
• Uber
• Weedmaps
• Yelp

David’s private company clients include:

• Alamar Biosciences
• Altos Labs
• Cedar
• Fundbox
• GoPuff
• Hawkeye 360
• Hootsuite
• Mixpanel
• Notion
• OpenAI
• OpenSea
• Pacaso
• Rappi
• Relativity
• Rhino New York
• Rocket Lawyer
• Saviynt
• Wealthsimple
• Wise
• Virta Health
• Vouch
• Zenlayer

David’s investment bank representations include advising:

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

David is chair of the board of directors for BUILD.org, a nonprofit focused on igniting the power of youth in under-resourced communities to build career success, entrepreneurial mindsets and opportunity.