David Azarkh

David Azarkh is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department, where he concentrates on capital markets transactions. He regularly represents underwriters, corporate clients and private equity sponsors in securities offerings ranging from high yield and investment grade debt offerings, leveraged buyouts, initial public offerings and other capital markets transactions. He also assists companies with compliance, reporting and establishing corporate governance programs.

David’s representative transactions include:

• Underwriters in approximately $11 billion of debt financings for Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., in approximately $2 billion of debt financings for Mineral Resources Limited, in the debut high yield secured financing for InfraBuild Australia Pty Ltd, in over $2.5 billion of secondary offerings and debt financings for Kosmos Energy Ltd., approximately $4 billion of debt financings for Noble Corporation, in the $1 billion debt financing for Whiting Petroleum Corporation, in the debut high yield financing for Lonestar Resources America Inc., in the secured debt financing for EnVen Energy Corporation, in debt and equity financings for Nine Energy Service, Inc., including in connection with its acquisition of Magnum, in the debt financings for Resolute Energy Corporation, in the secondary offerings and debt financings for Callon Petroleum Company, in the debut high yield secured financing for Venator Materials PLC, in the debut high yield financing for Minerals Technologies Inc., in the debut high yield financing for Oasis Petroleum Inc., in the high yield and equity financings for Oasis Midstream Partners LP, in the high yield and equity financings for Crescent Energy Co. and in the equity financing for Cactus, Inc. in connection with its acquisition FlexSteel Technologies Holdings, Inc.
• Underwriters in the financing for Carlyle’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Veritas from Symantec Corporation and approximately $2 billion of subsequent debt offerings, in the financing for AEA’s $1.9 billion acquisition of 24 Hour Fitness, in the financing for the $1.5 billion acquisition of CPG International, in approximately $3 billion of debt financings by Gartner, Inc., including in connection with its $2.6 billion acquisition of CEB Inc., in the financing for Olin Corporation’s $5 billion acquisition of Dow Chemical’s chlor-alkali business, in approximately $2 billion of debt financings by Charles River Laboratories, including its acquisition of MPI Research, in approximately $1.5 billion of debt financings by AdaptHealth LLC, including its $2 billion acquisition of AeroCare, in the $1.6 billion acquisition of Acima Holdings LLC by Rent-A-Center, in approximately $2 billion of debt and equity financings by Cable One, Inc., including in connection with the acquisition of Hargray, in the approximately $1 billion acquisition of First American Payment Systems by Deluxe Corporation, in the $1.8 billion acquisition of Exeter Finance LLC by Warburg Pincus LLC and in approximately $1.5 billion of financings by Vertiv Group Corporation, including its $1.8 billion acquisition of E&I Engineering Ireland Limited
• In the $1 billion IPO and approximately $8 billion of secondary offerings and debt financings for Realogy Group LLC, in the IPO of Laureate Education, Inc., the first IPO of a public benefit corporation, secondary offerings and over $2 billion in debt financings for Laureate Education, Inc., in the $1.4 billion IPO of ADT, Inc., in the IPO of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., in the IPO of Neff Corporation, in the IPO of JOANN Inc., in the IPO and secondary offerings of Mister Car Wash, Inc., in the SPAC IPO of Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp and in the equity offering of Columbus McKinnon Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Dorner
• Financing sources in connection with the $30 billion acquisition of GE Capital Aviation Services by AerCap Holdings N.V., in connection with the $34 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern by Canadian National Railway Co., in connection with the $43 billion combination of AT&T Inc.’s WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc., in connection with the $12 billion acquisition of Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. by Baxter International, in connection with the $1 billion combination of 3M’s Food Safety Business with Neogen and in connection with the $7.5 billion acquisition of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. by Regal Rexnord Corporation
• Underwriters in approximately $3.5 billion of debt financings for Cinemark Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries, in over $1 billion of debt financings for Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC, in over $2 billion of debt financings for Ferrellgas, L.P., a debut debt financing for Syneos Health, Inc., a debt financing for Clearwater Paper Company, debt financings for Switch, Ltd., a debut debt financing for Cars.com, a debut secondary financing for First Solar, debt financings for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, debt financings for Unisys Corporation, a debut high yield secured financing for Alta Equipment Group, a debut high yield debt financing for Atkore Inc., a debut high yield debt financing for Resideo Technologies, Inc., a debut high yield debt financing for THOR Industries, Inc. and a debut high yield debt financing for Roblox Corporation
• Underwriters in $21 billion of debt financings by Qualcomm Incorporated, including in connection with the acquisition of NXP Semiconductors N.V., in $5 billion of debt financings by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., including in connection with the acquisition of Bluegrass Materials, in approximately $1 billion of debt financings by Element Fleet Management Corp., in over $35 billion of debt and equity financings by AerCap Holdings N.V., in approximately $8 billion of debt financings by Baxter International Inc., in $1.5 billion of debt financings by WarnerMedia Holdings, Inc., debt financings by Cabot Corp. and a debut high yield financing for Knife River Corporation in connection with its spinoff from MDU Resources Group, Inc., and selling securityholders in $4 billion of debt for debt financing by GE Healthcare Holding LLC’s in connection with its planned spin-off from General Electric Company
• Underwriters in $2.5 billion of debt financings for Sprint Corporation, in almost $3 billion of debt financings for TEGNA, Inc., in over $3 billion and €500 of debt financings for Hanesbrands Inc., in approximately €3 billion and $3 billion of debt financings for V.F. Corporation, in the debut high yield financing by Kontoor Brands, Inc., in over $1 billion of debt financings for Wolverine World Wide, Inc., in approximately $2 billion of debt and equity financings for Central Garden & Pet Company, in debt financings by EnerSys and in the debut high yield financing by Bloomin’ Brands Inc.
• Underwriters in debt and secondary offerings by TTM Technologies, Inc., secured debt offering and secondary offerings by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., secondary offering by Cubic Corporation and debut debt offering by Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
• Dealer managers and issuers in multiple exchange offers, tender offers and/or consent solicitations for Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, Pyxus International, Inc., Regal Rexnord Corporation, Sprint Corporation, Jack Cooper Enterprises, Inc., Noble Corporation, Crestwood Midstream Partners, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., Laureate Education, Inc., Conduent Corporation, Whiting Petroleum Corporation, V.F. Corporation, Callon Petroleum Company, AerCap Holdings N.V., Bed Bath & Beyond, TTM Technologies, Inc. and Cinemark Holdings Inc.
• Financings related to exits from bankruptcy for TPC Group Inc., Pyxus International, Inc. and Templar Energy LLC

David is ranked by Chambers USA for Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, is lauded as “incredibly commercial” and “a bright star of Simpson Thacher's future,” and is recognized by IFLR1000 as a “Highly Regarded Lawyer.” He regularly writes for industry publications such as Law360 and Lexis Practice Advisor^®, including “How to Draft Risk Factors for a Registration Statement” and “Responding to SEC Comment Letters.” David served as a Contributing Editor of the inaugural edition of “Getting the Deal Through: High-Yield Debt,” and he has continued to serve as a Contributing Editor annually for this publication. He is also part of the TechGC network and regularly presents at TechGC’s conferences, webinars and other events on capital markets topics.