David M. Hernand is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Century City office.  He is co-chair of the firm's Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice Group, a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group and the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group, as well as a member of the Corporate Department.  Mr. Hernand advises companies, investment banks, private equity and venture capital firms and high net-worth individuals and families in public and private merger and acquisition transactions (including cross-border and distressed M&A transactions), corporate control contests, strategic partnering arrangements, public and private capital raising transactions and general company representation matters.  Mr. Hernand works with companies with a broad array of industries ranging from consumer products to energy, and has extensive experience working with technology and new media companies.   Mr. Hernand also has extensive experience through several economic downturns working with companies and investors facing distressed situations.

In the technology sector, Mr. Hernand has been involved in  many of the most significant technology company M&A investment transactions in Southern California in recent years, including transactions involving Business.com, Club Penguin, DemandMedia, Homestore, Intermix (MySpace), IGE, LegalZoom, LowerMyBills, PriceGrabber, ProvideCommerce, Rent.com, ReachLocal and SeeBeyond.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hernand had practiced with Latham & Watkins since 1994, with a two-year hiatus as managing director at Idealab, a Pasadena, California-based technology company incubator and later as CEO of New.net, an Idealab portfolio company. 

Mr. Hernand serves Vice-Chair of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar, is a proud board member of The Painted Turtle and is a member of the Socrates Society Steering Committee of the Aspen Institute.

Mr. Hernand received his law degree, cum laude, in 1992 from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.