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Mr David Bakst
Work Department
Corporate & Securities
Position
David Bakst is a partner in Mayer Brown’s New York office and a member of the Corporate & Securities practice specializing in Capital Markets. His practice focuses on a wide variety of public and private securities offerings ranging from large New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ listed IPOs and multibillion-dollar debt offerings to smaller private offerings. David has more than 20 years of capital markets experience with a particular focus on securities offerings involving non-US issuers. He has led securities offerings for a number of the most prominent issuers in Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. He advises clients from a broad range of industries, including life sciences, financial services, energy, telecommunications and technology. David regularly advises leading investment banking firms on domestic and international capital markets offerings. David also advises companies regarding Securities Act and Exchange Act compliance, NYSE and NASDAQ compliance, corporate governance, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act matters.
Education
Boston College Law School, JD, cum laude 1996 Editor-in-Chief, International & Comparative Law Review, 1995-1996 Northwestern University, BA 1993
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Capital markets
Mayer Brown has a genuinely wide-ranging Latin America capital markets practice. It has a longstanding presence in energy and infrastructure bonds, high-yield and investment-grade bonds, private placements, liability management, and securitisation and structured financings. Additionally, the firm is building its standing in IPOs and equity offerings, especially in Brazil through its partner firm Tauil & Chequer Advogados. It has continued to advise on a series of infrastructure financings, often through private placements, and remains at the forefront of diversified payments rights programmes. It also has a growing office in Mexico City. Chicago partner Douglas Doetsch leads the Latin America group and has an outstanding record in infrastructure bond financings and future cash flow securitisations, including diversified payments rights programmes. Chicago’s Juan Pablo Moreno is licensed to practice in Colombia, New York and Illinois, and is also noted for diversified payments rights programmes, debt offerings and other structured finance transactions. Washington DC partner Gabriela Sakamoto is rated for private placement financings for infrastructure projects and securitisations. New York’s David Bakst is another key member of the team.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > International tax
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds