Michael Comstock
Lawyers

Advises clients on a range of environmental and ESG matters in connection with corporate transactions.
Michael advises clients on a range of environmental matters in connection with corporate transactions, with a focus on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, securities offerings and bank financings. He also provides advice with respect to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, in particular ESG-linked financings and ESG policies and procedures. He has worked with clients in a range of industries, including oil and gas exploration and production companies, chemicals manufacturers, utilities and global industrial companies.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- FirstGroup sale of retained Greyhound property portfolio
- Trimble €1.88 billion Transporeon acquisition financing
- Linde $900 million notes offering
- KOITO $100 million investment in Cepton
- Zoetis $1.35 billion senior notes offering
- Niagara Mohawk Power $500 million green senior notes offering
- Baker Hughes sale of Nexus Controls to GE Gas Power
- iHeartCommunications $450 million asset-based revolving facility
- Boston Gas $400 million senior notes offering
- Lockheed Martin $2.3 billion senior notes offering
- Krispy Kreme $500 million IPO
- Cox Media Group sale of television stations to Imagicomm Communications
- Niagara Mohawk Power $400 million senior notes offering
- Stanley Black & Decker $1 billion senior notes offering
- Valero Energy $650 million senior notes offering
- Republic Services $2.2 billion acquisition of US Ecology
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Credentials
Recognition
Chambers USA – Environment, New York, Associate to watch
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- cum laude
- Executive Editor, Georgetown Law Journal
M.F.A., Poetry Writing, University of Iowa
B.A., American Studies, Wesleyan University
- with honors
Professional history
- Counsel, 2021-present
- Associate, 2012-2021
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York