EXPERIENCE

David has represented U.S. and foreign companies in a wide range of corporate matters, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, Rule 144A offerings and other private placements of debt and equity securities, spin-offs, bank financings, debt restructurings, activist defense and private equity transactions. He has extensive experience providing advice regarding corporate governance, disclosure and other requirements of the U.S. securities laws applicable to U.S. and foreign public companies. David’s clients include ADP, Alorica, Bowlero, Dana, Elanco, G-III Apparel Group, Hawaiian Electric Industries, InterDigital, MagnaChip, Orion, Party City, QXO, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Reservoir Media, Rollins, RXO, TeraWulf, Voya Financial and XPO. 

David's recent experience includes:

• ADP in its $5 billion spin-off of ADP Dealer Services, now called CDK Global and in its successful proxy contest against Pershing Square Capital Management
• Bowlero, an owner and operator of bowling entertainment centers, in its $2.6 billion business combination with Isos Acquisition Corporation to form a publicly listed company
• CDK Global, a provider of integrated information technology and digital marketing solutions to the automotive retail industry, in debt offerings totaling over $3.3 billion
• Dana, an automotive technology company, in high-yield debt offerings totaling over $3.8 billion
• An ad hoc group of secured and unsecured creditors of Digicel Group in its restructuring of over $5.4 billion of debt
• Elanco Animal Health in its $7.6 billion acquisition of the animal health business of Bayer AG and related equity capital markets transactions
• The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
• Hawaiian Electric Industries in an offering of $575 million of common stock to fund the company’s contribution to the expected Maui wildfire tort litigation settlement
• An ad hoc committee of noteholders of Neiman Marcus in multiple restructuring transactions and the company’s subsequent prearranged chapter 11 case
• QXO, a public company launched by CEO Brad Jacobs in the building products distribution industry, in private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions totaling $4.1 billion
• Reservoir Holdings, an independent music company, in its $788 million combination with Roth CH Acquisition II Co. to form a publicly listed company
• Rollins in a secondary offering of $1.5 billion of common stock
• RXO in its $1 billion acquisition of Coyote Logistics from UPS and related $1 billion in equity capital markets transactions
• SVF Investment Corp. 3, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of SoftBank Investment Advisers, in its merger with Symbotic, an A.I.-enabled technology platform for the supply chain, to form a publicly traded company with a pro-forma equity value of $5.5 billion
• TeraWulf, an ESG-focused cryptocurrency mining company, in its Nasdaq listing and multiple financing and equity capital markets transactions
• XPO in its $2 billion spin-off of its tech-enabled brokered transportation business now called RXO

Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, David served as counsel to Chairman William H. Donaldson and Chairman Christopher Cox of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. and, prior to that, as senior counselor to the general counsel of the SEC. He was responsible for providing legal and policy advice on a variety of regulatory and enforcement matters, including securities offering reform, Section 404 internal control requirements, executive compensation disclosure, proxy access, market structure reform, corporate penalty guidelines, Fair Fund distributions, credit rating agency regulation, soft dollar regulation, mutual fund governance reform and hedge fund regulation. David has also served as an attorney-advisor in the general counsel’s office of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

David is a former chair of the Securities Regulation Committee of the New York City Bar Association and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves on the boards of directors of the Regional Plan Association, Princeton in Africa and the USRowing Foundation and serves as a steward of Power Ten New York and on the advisory board of Row New York. David is recognized as a leading capital markets lawyer by The Legal 500.