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David is an associate in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, where he advises companies, financial sponsors and financing parties on a broad range of domestic and cross-border capital markets and financing transactions, including high yield and investment grade debt offerings, regulatory capital and other structured capital raises for banks and insurance companies, and initial public offerings, rights issuances and follow-on equity transactions. His practice also extends to special situations, liability management and restructuring matters.  

Experience

Prior to joining Willkie, David spent several years in the London and Paris offices of an international law firm.

  • Atlanticus in connection with its $400 million debut high yield notes offering
  • Saks Global in connection with a $600 million financing package and related exchange offer with bondholders 
  • The ad hoc group of noteholders on the recapitalization of Lowell group
  • Xerox on financing aspects of its $1.5 billion acquisition of Lexmark
  • Initial purchasers on the establishment of programs for the offering of funding-agreement backed notes by American National and Western & Southern
  • Globe Life in connection with its $500 million offering of pre-capitalized trust securities (P-Caps)
  • The financing parties in connection with Multiversity’s (CVC) €1.1 billion bridge to high yield acquisition financing in connection with the sale of the company to a single asset continuation fund 
  • The initial purchasers in connection with Fives’ €430 million senior secured notes offering
  • ams-OSRAM in connection with its €2.25 billion recapitalization, including its €1 billion (equivalent) high yield notes offering and its €800 million underwritten rights issuance
  • The financing parties in connection with Lottomatica’s (Apollo) €500 million committed bridge to high yield bond financing in connection with its acquisition of SKS 365 and its committed pre-IPO €1.1 billion bridge to high yield bond refinancing
  • Triton and Assemblin in connection with Assemblin’s €480 million senior secured notes offering
  • Triton and Bormioli Pharma in connection with Bormioli Pharma’s €350 million senior secured notes offering
  • Tereos in connection with its €250 million senior notes offering
  • Cerberus and WFS in connection with WFS’ $1 billion (equivalent) high yield notes refinancing
  • The initial purchasers on Multiversity’s (CVC) €765 million senior secured notes offering
  • The initial purchasers on Europcar Mobility’s €500 million sustainability-linked senior secured notes offering
  • Hillhouse and Philips Domestic Appliances on Philips Domestic Appliances’ €650 million senior secured notes offering
  • The initial purchasers in connection with Casino’s €400 million senior notes offering
  • I Squared Capital and Rubis Terminal on Rubis Terminal’s €410 million senior secured notes offering and €150 million add-on
  • The initial purchasers in connection with the financing for KKR’s $3 billion acquisition of Q-Park
  • CGG (CGG Holding) in connection with various securities issuances (including first and second lien senior secured notes and an equity rights issuance) in the context of its multijurisdictional debt restructuring (US Chapter 11 and French sauvegarde) and subsequent high yield notes refinancing transactions
  • The arrangers and initial purchasers in connection with senior, subordinated and other regulatory capital notes issuances for Société Générale, Crédit Mutuel, BPCE, Crédit Agricole  and KBC Group
  • Establishments and updates of U.S. commercial paper programs for Société Générale, BPCE, Natixis and Solvay

*David advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.

Credentials

Education


Columbia Law School, J.D., 2014 New York University, B.A., 2011

Bar Admissions


New York