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David Harms is co-head of the Firm's General Practice Group and has responsibility for over 350 lawyers in 12 offices around the world. Mr. Harms advises clients on a wide variety of securities and corporate law matters, particularly with regard to capital markets transactions, SEC requirements, corporate governance and broker-dealer regulation. He regularly represents underwriters (U.S. and non-U.S.) and issuers in SEC-registered and exempt offerings, including private capital raising, and provides advice on corporate disclosure and governance, securities trading and research practices and equity derivatives. He also represents broker-dealers with regard to SEC, NASD and NYSE investigations and advises them on registration and compliance matters. Recently, he acted as counsel to the underwriters in the IPOs of Orbitz, optionsXpress and Greenhill & Co. and as counsel to the issuer in the IPO of IntercontinentalExchange. His regular clients include Goldman Sachs, UBS, CA (f/k/a Computer Associates) and MF Global. He also serves as co-coordinator of S&C's securities finance practice and as coordinator of the Firm's broker-dealer regulation practice. 

Mr. Harms served as co-chairman of the Annual Institute of Securities Regulation, sponsored by the Practising Law Institute, from 2003-2007. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer for corporate finance in several publications, including recent editions of Chambers Global: Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers and Partners); Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers (Euromoney); and The Best Lawyers in America. Before joining the Firm, Mr. Harms clerked for Judge Edward Weinfeld in the Southern District of New York and served as editor-in-chief of the NYU Law Review.