J. David Stewart

Partner

London
j.david.stewart@lw.com
+44.20.7710.3098

PRACTICES

  • Africa Practice
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Governance
  • Digital Assets & Web3
  • Eastern Europe Practice
  • Economic Sanctions & Export Controls
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Nordic Practice
  • Private Equity
  • Public Company Representation
  • Restructuring & Special Situations

INDUSTRIES

  • Aerospace, Defense & Government Services
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Financial Institutions
  • Fintech
  • Technology

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • England and Wales (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
  • Texas

EDUCATION

  • JD, University of Oklahoma Law School, 2004
  • LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2004
  • BBA, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2000

PROFILE

David Stewart, Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ London Corporate department, has a diversified cross-border debt and equity capital markets practice, including complex transactions involving publicly traded securities, both in the United States and internationally.

He handles the full spectrum of capital markets matters on behalf of issuers, sponsors, strategic investors, and major investment banks with a particular focus on:

  • Public and private offerings of debt and equity
  • Exchange offers
  • Tender offers and debt consent solicitations
  • Restructurings of public debt securities
  • Public M&A transactions

David also represents companies with respect to general corporate and securities matters and is a trusted advisor in the board room.

EXPERIENCE

Since 2013, he has advised underwriters, issuers, and other market participants on more than 300 transactions in the US and EMEA equity and debt capital markets, including transactions involving:

  • 10X
  • AIIB
  • African Agriculture
  • Ardshinbank
  • Arqit
  • Ascential
  • Bank of Georgia
  • Bitfury
  • Cian
  • Centricus Asset Management Ltd.
  • Cipher Mining
  • Cunova
  • FinnAir
  • Flashpoint Venture Capital
  • Genesis Digital Assets
  • Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking
  • Headhunter
  • Helios Investment Partners
  • Hrvatska Elektroprivreda
  • Hungarian EXIM Bank
  • Kaspi Bank
  • Kazatomprom
  • Kazmunaygas
  • Kernel
  • Mersin Ports
  • MHP
  • Nexters Global m
  • OCSCiAL
  • Ozon
  • Paragon Partners
  • PetKim
  • Poland Ministry of Finance
  • REE Automotive
  • RWE DEA
  • Samruk Kazyna
  • Silknet
  • Sobi
  • TBC Bank
  • Tinkoff Bank
  • Unilever
  • Ukraine Ministry of Finance
  • Ukrainian Railways
  • Ukreximbank
  • Vertical Aerospace
  • Yandex