With over 30 years of experience, David Scharf is one of the country’s leading trial and appellate lawyers and serves as a senior counselor to CEOs and multinational companies.
In the financial arena, David has broad national experience representing private equity funds, hedge funds, public companies, financial institutions and other stakeholders in all facets of financial and business litigation. During the financial crisis, he focused on significant restructuring, counseling, advisory work and related litigation matters, representing investors, lenders and borrowers across the country. He has successfully litigated multimillion-dollar corporate takeovers, shareholder disputes and securities-related matters.
In the real estate sector, David’s experience encompasses all aspects of real estate and business litigation. He has represented sponsors, developers, hospitality companies, lenders, purchasers, brokers and other stakeholders. He has obtained successful outcomes for parties linked to iconic properties in New York, Chicago, Miami and San Francisco.
A native of New York, David organizes and heads various pro-bono projects. Among his philanthropic activities, he serves as an officer and member of the board of directors of the United States Tennis Association Foundation that serves over 160 communities around the country, a member of the Board of Trust for the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, a trustee and board member of the Lifetime Care Foundation for the Disabled, Inc. that provides services in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois and Florida, and is on the Chairman’s Council for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.