David H. Schnabel
Head of Tax practice. Advises clients on a full range of transactions – including mergers and acquisitions, financings and PIPEs – and on tax issues and strategy.
David is the head of our Tax practice. He advises clients on a full range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, financings, PIPEs, joint ventures and inversions. Clients also look to David for guidance on tax issues, strategy and the impact of potential tax-law changes.
David is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA, and Legal 500 U.S. includes him in its Hall of Fame for non-contentious tax work.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and a former chair of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Experience highlights
- Charles Schwab:
- $26 billion acquisition of TD Ameritrade
- $1.8 billion acquisition of USAA investment management assets
- Technip $17 billion combination with FMC Technologies
- Sitio Royalities $4.8 billion all-stock merger with Brigham Minerals
- Precigen sale of Trans Ova Genetics to URUS
- Satixfy $813 million combination with Endurance Acquis
- Convey Health Solutions acquisition of HealthSmart International
- Culligan International combination with Waterlogic Group Holdings
- First Interstate BancSystem merger with Great Western Bancorp
- Spectrum Brands $4.3 billion sale of its Hardware & Home Improvement segment
- Collins Aerospace to acquire FlightAware
- HRG Group $10 billion combination with Spectrum Brands Holdings and $1.84 billion sale of Fidelity & Guaranty Life
- Ingram Micro $7.2 billion acquisition by Platinum Equity
- Traton $3.7 billion acquisition of Navistar International
- Brookfield Business Partners:
- $8.3 billion acquisition of CDK Global
- $3.4 billion acquisition of DexKo Global
- Special Committee of Independent Directors of Fortress Investment Group $3.3 billion acquisition of Fortress by SoftBank
- Ferrero:
- acquisition of Wells Enterprises
- $2.8 billion acquisition of Nestlé’s U.S. confectionary business
- acquisition of several Kellogg’s businesses
- acquisition of Fannie May Confections
- Sterling Equities sale of the New York Mets
- Advice to Whitney Wolfe Herd on:
- Bumble’s $2.5 billion IPO
- Blackstone majority investment in MagicLab
- Symphony Technology consortium $2.075 billion acquisition of RSA from Dell
- Cornell Capital:
- Corelle merger with Instant Brands
- investment in Lorom
- Bridgepoint acquisition of Sun World International
- McKesson creation of a new healthcare IT company
- Taboola:
- 30-year commercial agreement with Yahoo
- $2.6 billion merger with ION Acquisition Corp. 1
- cancelled merger with Outbrain
- $800 million acquisition of Connexity
- Murphy USA $645 million acquisition of QuickChek
- BDT Capital:
- acquisition of a majority interest in MJH Sciences
- acquisition of Culligan International
- TPG Capital:
- $1 billion IPO
- acquisitions of Angelo Gordon, Thycotic, Convey Health Systems and majority stakes in Centrify and Thomson Reuters’ Elite
- Lightyear Capital to sell Therapy Brands to KKR
- Atairos Group investment in Bowlmor AMF and acquisition of Learfield Communications
Insights
News
Credentials
Recognition
Chambers USA – Tax: New York, Band 1
Legal 500 U.S. – US Taxes: Non-Contentious, Hall of Fame
Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Tax (Advisory), USA, Thought Leaders Global Elite
Who’s Who Legal – Tax (Advisory), USA, Global Leader
Education
- Fergus Fellow
- cum laude
- cum laude
- with highest honors
Clerkships
Professional history
- Partner, Davis Polk, 2015-present
- Partner, Debevoise, 2000-2015
- Associate, Debevoise, 1994-2000
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York