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. With more than 20 years of capital markets experience, particularly focusing on securities offerings involving non-US issuers, David 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, and also advises companies regarding Securities Act and Exchange Act compliance, NYSE and NASDAQ compliance, corporate governance, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act matters.
David is recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” for Securities/Capital Markets Law in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. For three consecutive years, he has been ranked as “highly regarded” by the IFLR1000 guide for Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, and M&A in the United States. David has also been recommended by The Legal 500 US in the Capital Markets: Debt, Equity and Global Offerings categories, as well as in the Healthcare: Life Sciences category. The guide notes, "David Bakst is an experienced capital markets specialist with significant expertise in a variety of global markets."
Areas of Focus
- Insurance
- Bermuda & Other Offshore Reinsurance
- Reinsurance Transactions
- Insurance-Linked Securities
- Insurance Mergers & Acquisitions
- Insurance Regulatory & Enforcement
- Insurance Tax
- Life Insurance & Reinsurance Transactions
- Pension De-Risking & Longevity Solutions
- Runoff Solutions
- Life Sciences
- Private Equity Real Estate
- Green, Social & Sustainable Finance
Spoken Languages
- English
- Hebrew
Perspectives
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April 012022
Insurance Industry Guide for Capital Markets
Lexis Practical Guidance -
October 012020
Events
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July 122022
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June 082021
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February 272020
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February 272020
News
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September 262022
Education
Boston College Law School, JD, cum laude
Editor-in-Chief, International & Comparative Law Review, 1995-1996
Northwestern University, BA
Admissions
- New York
Activities
- New York State Bar Association
- New York City Bar Committee on Securities Regulation