David A Shevlin

Head of Simpson Thacher’s Exempt Organizations Practice, David Shevlin counsels a variety of international and domestic tax-exempt organizations, including all forms of private foundations and public charities, on the full spectrum of legal issues. He also advises exempt organization boards and donors, including family offices. David frequently advises universities, foundations, hospitals, and cultural institutions on the investment of their endowments, and he has extensive experience working with charitable organizations in connection with social enterprise and program-related investments.

Partner; Joined Firm 1992.

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

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1992 (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif); B.S., Cornell University, 1989 (With Distinction, Presidential Scholar).