David A. Zilberberg
Advises clients on environmental, sustainability and mass tort liability issues in connection with complex corporate and real estate transactions.
David advises clients on environmental, sustainability and mass tort liability issues in connection with all aspects of complex corporate and real estate transactions. He has worked on transactions relating to a wide variety of environmentally sensitive industries, including oil and gas exploration and refining, transportation, consumer products and chemical manufacturing.
Outside of the transactional context, David advises clients on compliance with environmental laws and regulations, development of internal environmental policies and procedures, assessment of environmental and mass-tort risks and liabilities, managing environmental liabilities and compliance obligations in bankruptcy, and contractual disputes and enforcement proceedings relating to environmental matters.
His work is recognized by Chambers USA and Legal 500 U.S.
Experience
Recent Work
- Global Eggs $1.1 billion acquisition of Hillandale Farms
- Corteva $500 million senior notes offering
- NOVAGOLD $243.8 million upsized public offering and concurrent private placement
- General Motors $2 billion senior notes offering
- Las Vegas Sands $1.5 billion notes offering
- NYDIG acquisition of Crusoe Energy’s bitcoin mining operations
- Canadian Pacific Railway $1.2 billion notes offering
- J.B. Hunt Transport Services $750 million notes offering
- CSX $600 million senior notes offering
- Meritage Homes $500 million senior notes offering
- Sycamore Partners up to $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance
- Emerson €1 billion and $500 million notes offering
- AbbVie $4 billion senior notes offering
- Pacific Gas and Electric $1.75 billion first-mortgage bonds offering
- Rollins $500 million debut senior notes offering
- Sun Country Airlines Holdings $100 million secondary offering
Insights
News
Recognition
Chambers USA – Environment: Mainly Transactional, New York
Legal 500 U.S. – Environment: Transactional, Next Generation Partner
Education
Prior experience
- Special Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, 2013-2015
- Associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, 1998-2013
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York