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Profile:
Our New York-based lawyers have worked on many of the most significant business and legal developments of the past 150 years—from landmark court cases to the formation of major corporations and financial institutions to the development of innovative and important financial instruments.
Today our New York office is home to more than 75 percent of our lawyers and handles a significant portion of the work we do for our clients in the United States, as well as those around the world.
Our New York-based corporate lawyers work on the full spectrum of domestic and international transactions, often as part of an integrated team with colleagues from our other U.S. and overseas offices. Our Litigation, Tax and Trusts and Estates Departments are based predominantly in New York, though we also have litigators in Menlo Park and tax lawyers in both Menlo Park and London.
Davis Polk's Menlo Park office combines the firm's traditional strengths in transactional, advisory and litigation work with an in-depth understanding of the unique attributes of technology companies. The office serves as the focal point for the firm's global technology practice.
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The office consists of more than 55 lawyers, including 15 partners and 2 counsel. Our corporate practice emphasizes corporate governance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, IP strategy and counseling, compensation and tax. Our litigators focus on intellectual property disputes, as well as a full range of antitrust, securities and commercial matters. We have been involved in many of the largest and most notable recent mergers and acquisitions transactions and securities offerings involving technology companies. We also have substantial experience in advising managements and boards of directors on corporate defense and governance matters.
Our technology clients range from startups to some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent companies, and include the world’s largest financial institutions and a number of leading private equity firms.
Lawyers in our Washington DC office advise clients across a wide range of the firm’s practice areas, with a particular emphasis on issues likely to arise in the Nation’s Capital. Our Washington-based lawyers include members of our Financial Institutions, Securities Enforcement, White Collar Crime and Investigations, Tax and ERISA Groups. They counsel global financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies and leading non-U.S. based multinationals with respect to complex financial regulatory matters and transactions. They also advise clients in SEC and Treasury enforcement actions, internal, grand jury and Congressional investigations, and in the creation, implementation and review of compliance programs. Our Washington office has particular expertise in the securities laws, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. trade and investment laws that apply to cross-border transactions, economic sanctions and anti-money laundering. Lawyers in this office have served in senior positions in the SEC, the Departments of Justice, Treasury and State and the White House. |
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Overview:
Davis Polk is one of the world’s premier law firms. Known for our skillful work in highly complex matters that are critical to our clients, we offer unrivaled breadth and excellence across all our practices and specialties. Our clients, many of them industry and global leaders, rely on the exceptional, collaborative service we deliver through our nine offices worldwide.
Of Note
* Ranked among the small handful of leading firms worldwide across our entire practice, covering such areas as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, credit, insolvency and restructuring, investment management, tax and litigation.
* Approximately 750 lawyers in nine offices located in key business centers around the world.
* Lockstep compensation structure ensures that lawyers work together across the practice and devote all necessary firm resources to client matters with no internal quarreling over business origination credit or fees.
Recent Honors/Rankings
* Nearly 50% of our partners were listed as “Leaders in Their Field” in either Chambers Global (2009) or Chambers USA (2009). Nearly 60% of our corporate partners were so listed.
* Davis Polk ranked among the top 3 law firms in a survey in which Fortune 250 law departments were asked to name the firms they rely on most in corporate transactions (Corporate Counsel, September 2009).
* Two financial crisis-related representations by Davis Polk were among the five deals that received the Financial Times’ highest ranking for innovation in its annual “Innovative Lawyers” special report. The firm was the only law firm in this category to earn the highest ranking for more than one deal.
* Davis Polk routinely ranks among the top firms in The American Lawyer’s “A-List” rankings of U.S. law firms, which ranks firms based upon their revenue per lawyer, pro bono activities, associate satisfaction and lawyer diversity. |
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