Overview

David Bakst is a partner in Mayer Brown's New York office and a member of the Corporate & Securities practice focusing on 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.

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Spoken Languages

  • English
  • Hebrew

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Education

Boston College Law School, JD, cum laude

Editor-in-Chief, International & Comparative Law Review, 1995-1996

Northwestern University, BA

Admissions

  • New York

Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York City Bar Committee on Securities Regulation