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
- PG&E $2.76 billion common and preferred share offerings
- PG&E $500 million fixed-to-fixed reset rate junior subordinated notes offering
- Huntington Ingalls Industries $1 billion senior notes offering
- Centrus Energy $402.5 million convertible senior notes offering
- Joby Aviation $232.3 million stock offering
- Chobani $650 million senior PIK toggle notes offering
- Aptiv $2.15 billion senior notes and junior subordinated notes offerings
- Gran Tierra Energy $150 million notes offering
- CSX $550 million senior notes offering
- PG&E $1 billion fixed-to-fixed reset rate junior subordinated notes offering
- Hilton $1 billion senior notes offering
- CSW Industrials $313.5 million debut follow-on offering
- Pacific Gas and Electric $1.75 billion first-mortgage bonds offering
- Siemens acquisition of Trayer Engineering
- PPL Capital Funding $750 million senior notes offering
- Bansk Group $1.5 billion going-private acquisition of PetIQ
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