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Department profile

Tax: Corporate & Finance

USA Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

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Chambers Review

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Tax: Corporate & Finance - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is admired for its sophisticated work across the breadth of domestic and cross-border transactional tax issues. Notable expertise in counseling financial institutions on structured products offerings. Also highlighted for its strength advising on the structuring of complex formations such as spin-mergers. Additional strength in the tax aspects of real estate transactions and frequently acts for the largest international investment banks.

Notable practitioners

New York-based David Schnabel is a key contact.

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Work Highlights

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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Comcast Corporation on tax aspects of its creation of a new publicly traded company called Versant.

Strengths

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The group has amazing depth in highly complex US tax technical matters anchored to robust experience and practical insights.
Tax: Corporate & Finance respondentUSA
The firm's tax department is very deep and experienced. It has done a great job in developing talent and is top-notch in every area of tax law.
Tax: Corporate & Finance respondentUSA
The team has an extremely strong strategic mindset and commercial insight coupled with very strong legal skills.
Tax: Corporate & Finance respondentUSA

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has rankings in the following guides

Band 1
Global 2026
Practice area: Tax: Corporate & Finance
Location: USA
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