Daniel Bursky

Corporate, capital markets, finance, private acquisitions and private equity

Mr. Bursky is head of the Firm's Capital Markets Practice and a member of the Finance Practice.

Mr. Bursky has one of the strongest securities and financing practices in the market, with experience advising the full spectrum of participants across an array of industries. He represents both issuers and underwriters in a variety of capital markets transactions, including equity offerings, convertible securities, high-yield debt and private placements. He advises investment banks, private equity firms and corporate borrowers with respect to acquisition financings, including bank, mezzanine and high-yield debt. He also regularly represents companies on their SEC disclosures and corporate governance matters.

Mr. Bursky represents issuers such as Catalent, Merck, T-Mobile and Under Armour in billions of dollars of debt and equity offerings. He has advised either the issuers or the underwriters on the IPOs and follow-on offerings of such companies as Athene, Emerald Expositions, JELD-WEN and Shake Shack. He also acts as designated underwriters' counsel for Athene, Procter & Gamble, Quest Diagnostics, USAA Capital Corporation and Warrior Met Coal, among many others.

Mr. Bursky advises on the credit facilities for over 20 corporate borrowers, including Carestream, Catalent, Harsco, T-Mobile, Under Armour and WestJet, among others. He also represents many well-known financial institutions as agent banks, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse, Jefferies and Royal Bank of Canada, for such borrowers as Alliance Laundry, Ascend Performance Materials, Athene, Authentic Brands, Clarivate Analytics, MDVIP, SIG Combibloc, SMG, Steinway Musical Instruments and Zest Dental Solutions.

Additionally, Mr. Bursky has extensive experience representing private equity sponsors and funds, including Onex, Cranemere, OMERS, Wendel and Goldman Sachs, and their portfolio companies, in their most sophisticated and complex matters.

Mr. Bursky received his JD from Columbia Law School in 1993, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his BA from Yale University in 1990.