David Beveridge is Senior Partner of Shearman & Sterling, where he leads the strategic direction and operations of the firm. Prior to assuming this role, David served in various roles across the firm, including as its Global Managing Partner, Regional Managing Partner-Americas and Capital Markets-Americas Practice Group Leader in the firm’s New York office. He also previously headed the Capital Markets-Europe practice in London, where he practiced for over a decade. He represents both issuers and underwriters in the full spectrum of debt, equity and hybrid security offerings, including high yield and IPOs, and has extensive experience with cross-border private equity, acquisition financing and debt restructuring transactions.

• Electronic Arts Inc. in connection with a $1 billion investment grade senior notes public offering
• Credit Suisse in connection with a high yield bond offering by Klockner Pentaplast
• Ardagh Group S.A. on its $354 million initial public offering of Class A common stock listed on the NYSE
• Pall Corporation in connection with multiple corporate and governance matters
• 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 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 Senior Notes 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 $190 million registered public offering of common stock
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering of $455 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes of Chemtura Corporation

• Named a leading practitioner for capital markets by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Chambers UK, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal and PLC Which Lawyer