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Davis Polk & Wardwell
Davis Polk & Wardwell is among the world's finest law firms,
demonstrating unsurpassed levels of excellence in all of its
diverse and complementary practice areas. For more than 150
years, this excellence and breadth have made it the firm of
choice for many of the world's leading companies and financial
institutions as they face complex legal and business
challenges. With a practice that is global, Davis Polk
maintains offices in New York, Menlo Park, CA, Washington,
D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Tokyo, Hong Kong
and Beijing.
The firm maintains a preeminent practice throughout a
wide range of legal specialties. Lawyers in corporate practice
advise companies and financial institutions on the full range
of complex domestic and global transactions, including securities
offerings, mergers and acquisitions and credit financings. The
firm's litigators lead the profession in such areas as securities
litigation and compliance, white collar criminal defense, products
liability and mass torts, antitrust, and insolvency and
restructuring. Lawyers in the tax practice work on intricate
and novel taxation issues associated with transactions and
corporate structures, as well as all types of tax controversy
matters, while the firm's trusts and estates lawyers are experienced
in dealing with the complex interplay of family, fiduciary, financial
and tax issues involved in trust and estate planning and administration.
Davis Polk's 600 lawyers work in highly collaborative teams,
creating an interdisciplinary network of top-flight legal minds
that reaches around the globe. This unique, team-oriented culture
ensures that all necessary firm expertise and resources are employed
to achieve the best possible results for clients.
Davis Polk is strongly committed to cultivating a workplace
that supports diversity, believing that diversity in backgrounds,
experiences and ideas enriches both the workplace experience and
the quality of all work on behalf of clients. This respect for
difference translates into the ability to look at problems from
multiple perspectives and to be more creative, thus strengthening
the firm's collaborative approach.
Pro bono work is an important part of Davis Polk's practice. In
2006, the firm worked on more than 300 pro bono matters, devoting over
32,000 hours to pro bono work. Davis Polk is proud to support GMHC,
as well as several other LGBT organizations and initiatives.
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