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
- Life Time $702 million IPO
- J. M. Smucker $800 million notes offering
- Eli Lilly €1.8 billion notes and £250 million notes offering
- Rockwell Automation $1.5 billion notes offering
- First American Financial $650 million senior notes offering
- Livent $261.6 million stock offering
- Motorola Solutions $850 million notes offering
- CSX acquires Quality Carriers
- General Dynamics $1.5 billion notes offering
- NiSource $862.5 million offering of equity units
- TuSimple $1.35 billion IPO
- Charles River Laboratories International $1 billion senior notes offering
- Caterpillar $500 million notes offering
- Vontier $1.6 billion notes offering
- PerkinElmer $800 million notes offering
- PPG Industries $700 million notes offering
Insights
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