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
- Bristol Myers Squibb $4.5 billion notes offering
- Textron $350 million notes offering
- Symphony Technology Group $660 million Avid Technologies acquisition financing
- Mohawk Industries $600 million notes offering
- Lennox International $500 million senior notes offering
- Valaris $400 million senior secured second-lien notes offering
- Boston Gas $400 million senior notes offering
- Chase Corporation $1.3 billion acquisition by KKR
- Metals Acquisition $230 million PIPE and $875 million acquisition of CSA
- Lockheed Martin $2 billion senior notes offering
- Schlumberger $1 billion senior notes offering
- Valaris $700 million senior secured second-lien notes offering
- Cleveland-Cliffs $750 million notes offering
- KeySpan Gas East $500 million senior notes offering
- Stanley Black & Decker $750 million notes offering
- Air Products concurrent €700 million and $600 million green notes offerings
Insights
Credentials
Recognition
Chambers USA – Environment: Mainly Transactional, New York, Up and Coming
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
- Davis Polk since 2012
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York