Daniel Lewis
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Daniel Lewis

Partner

Email

daniel.lewis@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 212 848 8691

Offices

New York

V-CARD
Daniel is Co-Head of US Securities & Shareholder Litigation.

He focuses on representing financial institutions and corporations in complex securities class actions, M&A litigation and regulatory matters, as well as in commercial litigation involving financial products, derivatives and banking issues in federal and state courts. 

Daniel has represented leading companies and/or their boards of directors, including Sea Ltd., Nokia, and Daimler, and he regularly provides securities and other litigation advice to a wide range of corporate clients.

Daniel also has represented every major investment bank in high-stakes securities and other litigation related to securities offerings and other corporate transactions involving companies such as Silicon Valley Bank, Arrival, SunEdison, MF Global, ARCP, Countrywide Financial, and Enron. 

 

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Countrywide Financial Corporation in ongoing institutional RMBS purchaser actions in state and federal courts across the United States, including litigations in nine different states filed against Countrywide Financial and related entities by institutional plaintiffs such as federal home loan banks, mutual and hedge funds, insurance companies and regional banks. 
  • Underwriters, including clients such as Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and dozens of others in separate securities class actions arising out of stock offerings of companies such as Silicon Valley Bank, SunEdison, TerraForm Global, ARCP, The Honest Company, Arconic, Phoenix Tree, Sotera, Coupang, Clarivate, Hepsiburada, Loma Negra, Ping Identity, PPDAI, ZTO Express, Synchrony, CannTrust, Sunrun, Tesla, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Magnum Hunter Resources, MF Global, Fifth Third Bank, Focus Media, TCP International, Alnylam, MOL Global, Navient, Apigee, China Mobile Games & Entertainment, and Popular, Inc. (commonly known as Banco Popular).
  • Sea Limited in multiple securities class actions filed in state and federal court.
  • Lead counsel to a major global bank in connection with lawsuit asserting claims under Brazilian law for environmental damages allegedly caused by mining company.
  • Lead counsel to a major global bank that arranged leveraged debt in connection with lawsuit brought by lenders.
  • Lead counsel to a major global bank in connection multiple civil RICO and common lawsuits related to events in Latin America.
  • Merrill Lynch in class action and other litigation arising from Enron’s collapse, including the historic rejection of “scheme liability” by the Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. 
  • Nomura International plc, Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. and Nomura Global Financial Products Inc. in actions brought by Lehman Brothers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking to disallow their combined $1 billion in claims against the Lehman bankruptcy estates.
    Nomura International plc in litigation regarding the interpretation of bond indentures. 
  • Nokia and certain of the Company’s directors and officers in a securities class action. 
  • Huntsman Corporation in contested merger litigation with Hexion Specialty Chemicals. 
  • Daimler AG in an ERISA-related class action by Chrysler’s creditors based on Daimler’s divestiture of 80% of its interest in Chrysler in a 2007 transaction with Cerberus Capital Partners.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Co-founder of Beyond #MeToo—a working group on corporate governance, compliance and risk

Recognition

“[Daniel] has a very thorough understanding of clients’ businesses and is very tuned in to their needs and goals.”
Chambers USA
“He has a real willingness to help and go the extra mile.”
Chambers USA

Qualifications

Admissions

New York, 2002

District of Columbia, 2004

Courts

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 2006

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2009

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2017

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2020

Academic

B.A., magna cum laude, Columbia College, 1994, Phi Beta Kappa

J.D., Yale University, 1998

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.