Michael Comstock
Lawyers
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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
- Devon Energy $2.25 billion notes offering
- Life Time $300 million follow-on offering
- Velocity Vehicle Group $500 million senior notes offering
- Molson Coors €800 million notes offering
- AZZ $322 million follow-on offering
- Arrow Electronics $500 million senior notes offering
- Campbell Soup $2.5 billion senior notes offering
- Cleveland-Cliffs $825 million notes offering and concurrent tender offer
- Albemarle $2.3 billion depositary share offering
- Bristol Myers Squibb $13 billion notes offering
- Air Products and Chemicals $2.5 billion green notes offering
- Lockheed Martin $2 billion senior notes offering
- National Grid $750 million notes offering
- Bristol Myers Squibb $4.5 billion notes offering
- Textron $350 million notes offering
- Symphony Technology Group $660 million Avid Technologies acquisition financing
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
- Davis Polk since 2012
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York