Bio

David Carpenter is a partner in Mayer Brown's New York office. He previously served as the Co-Leader of Mayer Brown’s New York Corporate & Securities practice group. He focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and sales of businesses, joint ventures and strategic alliances, with particular emphasis on cross-border transactions. His practice also includes representing clients in connection with PIPEs, venture capital and early stage investment activities as well as on corporate governance matters. David’s M&A practice has a particular focus on the Food & Beverage, Chemicals and Life Sciences sectors. He serves as the Co‐Chair of the firm’s Food & Beverage M&A sub‐group. David represents many of the firm’s multinational clients in M&A matters, and he has particular experience representing strategic bidders in connection with their participation in the competitive auction settling. In addition to his familiarity in the M&A arena, David regularly counsels Food & Beverage, Life Sciences and Chemical industry participants in the negotiation and documentation of relationships with suppliers, contract manufacturers, distributors and brokers, as well as on corporate governance matters. As a result, he has a keen awareness of the day‐to‐day commercial arrangements that are relevant to competitors in these industries.