David Hooper provides experienced and practical advice to help clients grow and achieve success. Whether assisting public companies, financial institutions, closely held entities, fund sponsors, or individuals, David offers sophisticated guidance in a responsive and collaborative manner on securities, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and corporate law matters.

David is co-chair of the firm’s Securities and Capital Markets Practice Group and concentrates his practice in the areas of securities offerings and regulatory and advisory matters, mergers and acquisitions, financial institutions, corporate governance, investment management, and private investment funds.

Credentials

Education

  • George Washington University, B.A., 1997, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
  • Valparaiso University Law School, J.D., 2001, magna cum laude, associate editor of Valparaiso Law Review

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • District of Columbia
  • Indiana

Court Admissions

  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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