News About Davis Polk & Wardwell

Trio of Wall Street law firms fired up for BDT Capital’s $3.7bn Weber take-private deal

Cravath acts for BDT Capital as teams from Davis Polk and Sullivan & Cromwell advise Weber

14 Dec 2022

Davis Polk, Slaughters and Freshfields called in for secondary listing of Tencent Music in Hong Kong

Chinese firms Han Kun Law Offices and CM Law firm also act on the matter along with offshore specialists Maples Group

22 Sep 2022

Kirkland, Cooley and Davis Polk act in Roper's $3.7bn acquisition of Frontline Education

Kirkland advised longtime client Thoma Bravo while Cooley acted for Frontline and Davis Polk advised Roper Technologies

5 Sep 2022

Davis Polk’s Asia head withdraws from conference on Hong Kong security law

Agreement to participate ‘did not reflect an endorsement’ of topics, says veteran partner

21 May 2022

Davis Polk secures Ropes & Gray's M&A leader in Menlo Park

Paul Scrivano is the latest partner to join the Wall Street firm after it ditched its pure lockstep to go on the recruiting offensive in 2020

24 Feb 2022

Davis Polk reignites US salary war by topping pacesetter Milbank's associate pay scale

Quartet of top firms quickly follow Wall Street firm's lead amid signs of a market-wide shift

23 Feb 2022

Davis Polk lands tax partner from Cleary Gottlieb in New York

Corey Goodman is the latest lawyer to join the Wall Street firm since it scrapped its pure lockstep system last year

2 Nov 2021

Davis Polk lands Cleary Gottlieb's former foreign investments and national security head

Partner Paul Marquardt joins firm's financial institutions group in Washington

15 Jun 2021

Latham & Watkins, Davis Polk top Refintiv IPO advisory league tables amid record issuance

Global IPO activity hits $140bn, 'smashing' previous year-to-date record set in 2007

12 May 2021

Davis Polk expands in Beijing with equity capital markets partner hire from Freshfields

Wall Street firm cites growing demand for elite Hong Kong law advice as Jason Xu climbs on board

23 Feb 2021

Davis Polk & Wardwell tops global M&A advisory rankings as deal-making rebounds

Activity surged in H2 2020, Refinitiv report shows, with Latham topping US table and Freshfields leading in Europe and Asia Pacific

4 Jan 2021