David Grubman

Career

DAVID GRUBMAN co-leads Sidley’s global M&A practice. He has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in complex and high-stakes transactions and activist defense matters. He advises Fortune 500 companies and private equity funds on a wide range of strategic transactional and corporate governance issues. His practice encompasses public company mergers and tender offers, private company acquisitions and divestitures, multifaceted cross-border transactions, capital raising, and corporate governance matters.

David represents companies across industry sectors, including chemicals, cosmetics, manufacturing, metals and mining, health care, technology, media, energy, packaging, and hospitality. He also regularly advises management and boards of directors in connection with corporate governance matters, fiduciary duty matters, activist shareholders, and activist defense matters.

His experience spans the sale of major companies, brand acquisitions, mergers of large corporations, and strategic joint ventures. Additionally, he has represented clients in tender offers, sales of renewable energy platforms, and other substantial corporate transactions.