David C. Lee is an associate in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the Corporate Transactions and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Groups.  His practice includes advising on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, proxy contests and general corporate matters.  Mr. Lee also specializes in the areas of securities regulation and disclosure issues, corporate governance and New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ listing requirements and regularly advises senior management, boards of directors and board committees on such matters.

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Lee served as Counsel to SEC Commissioner Roel C. Campos where he advised on corporate finance, accounting and enforcement matters.  Mr. Lee was also a Special Counsel in the SEC's Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance where he advised on a variety of issues relating to the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.   Mr. Lee also served as an Attorney-Advisor and reviewed registration statements and other filings made under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, mergers and acquisitions, exchange offers and resale transactions.

Mr. Lee received a joint JD/MBA from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and Loyola Marymount University and a B.A. in History and Psychology from the University of California at Riverside.  He has been a frequent speaker at securities law conferences and has published a number of articles in the corporate and securities law areas. 

Mr. Lee is admitted to practice in the State of California.  He is a member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and a member of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Diversity Committee.