Practice Profile: David Hammerman is a partner at Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts Practice, where he focuses on financial restructurings and Chapter 11 reorganizations. He advises creditors, purchasers and distressed companies on all facets of the restructuring and reorganization process. He also has deep experience in public and private financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions and numerous real estate financing transactions.

David is regularly at the helm of high-stakes transactions across industries experiencing significant financial distress, including retail, energy and coal. In the last year, he represented Total E&P USA, Inc. in its purchase of a material portion of Cobalt International Energy Inc.’s assets in Chapter 11 proceedings.