David Halperin

David Halperin, a partner in Orrick's Hong Kong office, is a member of the Corporate Group.  His practice focuses on corporate and commercial matters, banking and finance projects for investment funds and their managers, and entertainment and media clients.  Mr. Halperin has advised a number of venture capital and direct investment clients with respect to their Asian investments.

Before joining Orrick, Mr. Halperin served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1966-1970, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander (U.S.N.R.) and serving from 1969-1970 as a special assistant to Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Commander of Naval Forces, Vietnam and later Chief of Naval Operations.  From 1970-71, he served as personal assistant to Dr. Henry Kissinger, assistant to the president for national security affairs.  Mr. Halperin worked for Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York from 1974-1976 before joining the Hong Kong office of Coudert Brothers in 1976.  He became a partner of Coudert in 1983 and has practiced in Hong Kong for more than 30 years.

Admitted in

• New York

Memberships

• New York State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Takeovers and Mergers Panel and Takeovers Appeal Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission, 1999-2000
• The Law Society of Hong Kong

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