Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Managing Partner: Neil Barr

Number of partners worldwide: 177

Number of other lawyers worldwide: 918

Languages: Collectively, Davis Polk lawyers speak more than 50 languages

USA offices: New York, Northern California, Washington, D.C.

International offices: São Paulo, London, Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo

Firm overview:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is an elite global law firm with world-class practices across the board. Industry-leading companies and global financial institutions know they can rely on the firm for their most challenging legal and business matters. Davis Polk’s top-flight capabilities are grounded in a distinguished history of 175 years, and its global, forward-looking focus is supported by offices strategically located in the world’s key financial centers and political capitals. More than 1,000 lawyers collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and geographies to provide clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative, practical solutions.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate:

An impressive roster of companies, financial institutions and individuals worldwide choose Davis Polk’s corporate lawyers for assistance on key business transactions and advisory matters. Across the firm’s suite of practices – including Capital Markets, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, Derivatives & Structured Products, Environmental, ESG Risk, Executive Compensation, Finance, Financial Institutions, Investment Management, IP & Commercial Transactions, Liability Management & Special Opportunities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Public Company Advisory, Real Estate, Restructuring, Tax and Trusts & Estates – Davis Polk lawyers offer deep experience, time-tested judgment, creativity, business savvy and impeccable client service.

Equally important, many assignments benefit from the seamless collaboration of Davis Polk’s lawyers in multiple corporate practices and, as appropriate, litigation practices – with consistently smooth teamwork across offices and regions. Clients receive the firm’s broad business and legal perspective on first-of-their-kind transactions and critical legal matters. This spirit of cooperation and communication is part of what makes Davis Polk stand out as a truly client-focused firm.

Litigation:

Leading companies around the world in every industry, as well as their executives and directors, trust Davis Polk to handle their most challenging litigation matters, spanning Antitrust & Competition, Civil Litigation, IP Litigation and White Collar Defense & Investigations.

Litigation has been a cornerstone of Davis Polk’s practice since the firm’s inception. The firm’s litigators are widely recognized for their creativity, integrity, strategic approach and extensive experience.

Clients benefit from Davis Polk’s numerous partners and counsel who have many years of prior service in a variety of government roles. The firm also counts leading trial lawyers who have won landmark verdicts on both the defense and plaintiff sides among its ranks.

Davis Polk views matters through the lens of clients’ business objectives, drawing on substantial experience across all major industry sectors. The firm’s approach has created a long track record of success for clients, from motion practice to strategic settlements, trials and on appeal.