David H. Engvall

Partner

dengvall@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-2401
Tel: 202.662.5307


 

Practices

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Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1991
    • cum laude
  • Dartmouth College, B.A., 1986
    • magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • New York


David Engvall is a member of the corporate and securities practice groups.  He provides securities, transactional and general corporate advice to clients ranging from development stage ventures to large public companies.  His work includes private and public equity and debt securities offerings, investment transactions, securities advisory work, corporate governance matters, and mergers and acquisitions.  His practice includes clients in a variety of industries, with a recent focus on the energy, financial institutions and telecommunications industries.

Recently, Mr. Engvall has been actively engaged in advising clients on financial regulatory reform initiatives, including under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with a particular emphasis on investor protection provisions, enhanced regulatory oversight of derivatives, and reform of executive compensation practices.

Representative Matters

  • SandRidge Energy, Inc., an oil and natural gas exploration and production company, in a series of capital markets transactions raising approximately $3.1 billion of equity and debt capital.
  • For SandRidge, initial public offerings of two oil and gas royalty trusts, including the largest such offering to date.
  • LIN Television Corporation in its issuance of $200 million of senior notes.
  • A public biotechnology company on a range of matters including equity and debt financings, a joint venture, and corporate governance matters.
  • Advising public companies on a range of executive compensation matters and developments, including reporting issues, SEC staff comment letters on executive compensation disclosures, and clawback provisions.
  • Subsidiaries of Calpine Corporation in several highly structured debt offerings aggregating approximately $2.3 billion.
  • A development stage satellite company in several equity financings aggregating several hundred million dollars.
  • Freddie Mac’s tender offer for all outstanding shares of preferred stock issued by two REIT subsidiaries.
  • Spin-off of, and concurrent $200 million equity investment into, a start-up wireless telecom company.
  • Radio One, Inc. in its issuance of $200 million of senior subordinated notes.
  • Tronox Worldwide LLC in its issuance of $350 million of senior notes.
  • WCI Communities’ acquisition of Renaissance Housing.

Previous Experience

  • Motient Corporation, Senior Vice President and General Counsel and other positions (1999-2003) 
  • U.S. Office Products Company, Company Counsel (1996-1999) 

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