Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Exempt Organizations

Head of Simpson Thacher’s Exempt Organizations Practice, David Shevlin counsels a variety of international and domestic exempt organizations, including all forms of private foundations and public charities. He also advises donors to, and the governing bodies of, exempt organizations. In particular, David advises universities, foundations, hospitals and cultural institutions on the investment of their endowments. David has particular expertise in working with charitable organizations in connection with social enterprise and program-related investments. David also has been involved in assisting governing bodies on internal investigations. Long active in the bar, David is a past Chair of the ABA’s Section of Taxation – Committee on Exempt Organizations. He has also served on the Board of Doctors Without Borders USA.

Joined Firm 1992; Partner 2013.

Immediate Past Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation Committee on Exempt Organizations; Past Vice Chair and Past Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Unrelated Business Taxable Income; Member, Special Task Force on Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on Nonprofit Organizations; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Doctors Without Borders, Board of Directors; Chair, Audit Committee and Secretary (2001–2018); White on New York Corporations, Member; Editorial Board (2004–Present).

New York University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992); Cornell University (B.S., With Distinction, 1989)