Practice
David Beveridge is the firm’s Global Managing Partner, having previously served as Managing Partner - Americas. He represents both issuers and underwriters in the full spectrum of debt, equity and hybrid security offerings and has extensive experience with cross-border private equity, acquisition financing, and debt restructuring transactions. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Beveridge practiced for more than a decade in the firm’s London office where he was regularly cited as a leading lawyer for capital markets with particular strength in high yield offerings by the prominent UK and global legal directories.

Mr. Beveridge has been named a leading practitioner for capital markets by Chambers Global, Chambers UK, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Who’s Who Legal.

• Representatives of the several underwriters in connection with FTS International, Inc.’s registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of $3.1 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes of Peabody Energy Corporation
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes to fund the acquisition of DPL Inc. by the The AES Corporation
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes of Sealed Air Corporation
• Representatives of the several underwriters in connection with Kosmos Energy Ltd’s US$594 million registered initial public offering of common stock
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2018 of Frac Tech Services, LLC
• Representatives of the several underwriters in connection with Cobalt International Energy, Inc.’s $550 million registered initial public offering of common stock
• Representatives of the several underwriters in connection with World Fuel Services Corporation’s US$190 million registered public offering of common stock
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of US$455 million aggregate principal amount of 7.785% Senior Notes due 2018 of Chemtura Corporation
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of US$400 million aggregate principal amount of 8.75% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2017 of Entravision Communications corporation
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of US$200 million aggregate principal amount of 9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 of Interxion Holding N.V.
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of €125 million aggregate principal amount of Second Priority Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2013 of Pregis Corporation
• Representatives of the several underwriters in connection with Western Refining, Inc.’s US$180 million registered public offering of common stock, as well as Western Refining’s concurrent registered public offering of US$200 million convertible senior notes. Also represented the several initial purchasers in connection with Western Refining’s private offering of US$600 million high yield senior secured notes
• Joint bookrunning managers of €1.8 billion of Floating Rate Notes in connection with the €2.5 billion acquisition of Edgar Consolidated Stores Limited by Bain Capital
• Joint bookrunning managers of the €1.75 billion offering of 7⅞% senior notes due 2016 and $750 million 8½% senior notes due 2016 in connection with the €9 billion acquisition of Innovene by Ineos Group Holdings plc from BP
• Texas Pacific Group and Apax Partners in connection with the financing of the €1.4 billion acquisition of TIM Hellas Telecommunications S.A., a Greek mobile phone operator and subsequent high yield financings