David Meyer > Vinson & Elkins LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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New York 10036
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David Meyer
Work Department
Restructuring & Reorganization
Position
Partner
Career
David is the co-head of Vinson & Elkins’ Restructuring and Reorganization group. His practice involves representing debtors, creditors, equity holders, and investors in all aspects of complex corporate restructurings including chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, and special situation investments and acquisitions. David also advises boards of directors and senior management of financially troubled companies regarding fiduciary duties, restructuring strategies and considerations, operating in chapter 11, and negotiating and structuring financings and other complex commercial transactions.
He was recently selected as one of six lawyers appointed nationally to join the reconstituted Complex Case Committee in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas – a popular forum for filing large and complex chapter 11 cases – to assist the Court in evaluating protocol for the in-court restructuring processes and other key elements of bankruptcy practice.
David is a member of the firm’s Partnership Admission Committee and Recruiting Committee, and is the Talent Management lead for the Restructuring and Reorganization group in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Vinson & Elkins LLP has experienced considerable growth in its restructuring practice, expanding from its solid base of energy clients. It remains a dominant force in energy sector restructurings, though is now active across the retail, telecoms, real estate, healthcare, shipping and many other industries. Its fast growing private equity client base has also brought it a wealth of restructuring mandates, particularly for portfolio companies, while it remains strong in creditor-side representations, including for banks and alternative lenders. It advised Ares as the mezzanine lender of Mainstream Renewable Power in connection with the complex restructuring of a major renewable power project in Chile. David Meyer is head of the restructuring and reorganization group, and has led many of the firm’s recent restructuring engagements. George Howard is another experienced restructuring specialist, along with Paul Heath in Houston. Named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government contracts
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism