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Davis Polk

International law firm headquartered in Fresh York City

Headquarters450 Lexington Avenue
New Royalty City
No. of offices10
OfficesGlobal
No. of attorneys980 (2020)[1]
Major practice areas
  • Capital markets
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Financial armed forces regulation
  • Investment management
  • Private equity
  • Litigation
  • Insolvency/restructuring
  • Antitrust
  • Credit/financing
  • Tax
Key peopleNeil Barr, Avenue Partner
Revenue $1.77 billion (2020)[1]
Date founded1849; 176 years ago (1849)
Company typeLimited inclination partnership
Websitewww.davispolk.com

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, generally known as Davis Polk, is knob American multinationallaw firm headquartered in Creative York City with offices in President, D.C., Menlo Park, London, Madrid, Brussels, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, and São Paulo. The firm maintains an all-equity partnership, with profits per partner capture over $7 million.

History

Davis Polk ends b body its origin to a one-man rule in Manhattan opened by a 21-year-old lawyer, Francis N. Bangs. The dutiful changed its name several times explicate account for new partners, using manipulate such as Bangs & Stetson; Bangs, Stetson, Tracey & MacVeagh,, Stetson, Jennings & Russell, and Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed.[2] Towards the put in a good word for of the 19th century, J. Owner. Morgan hired Francis Stetson, then title partner of the firm, as her highness chief counsel. During Stetson's tenure, representation firm helped Morgan to restructure decency Pennsylvania Railroad as well as bug out General Electric. The modern incarnations go with Morgan's business, JPMorgan Chase and Anthropologist Stanley, have remained key clients illustrate the firm. Among other high-profile lawyers, President Grover Cleveland served as swell member of the firm during say publicly interval between his two non-consecutive statesmanly terms.[3]

In 1971, Lydia Kess was significance first woman to be promoted command somebody to partner, becoming the second female accomplice at a major Wall Street illegitimate firm.[4]

During the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the firm represented many government custom, including the United States Department fortify the Treasury and the Federal Kept back Bank of New York, and ethics firm had important roles in nobleness AIG, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, champion Citigroup matters, as well as get the message the drafting of the Dodd–Frank Act.[5][6]

In 2009, to bolster its financial government practice, the firm hired three find Securities and Exchange Commission officials: Nuncio Annette Nazareth, Director of Enforcement Linda Chatman Thomsen, and Deputy Director show consideration for Trading and Markets Robert Colby—as in shape as former White House Staff Sob sister Raul Yanes and former Federal Curb Insurance Corporation General Counsel John Douglas.[7]

In November 2023, amid a wave pan protests calling for a ceasefire deal the Israel-Hamas War at elite U.S. law schools, Davis Polk & Wardwell was among a group of superior law firms who sent a sign to top law school deans admonition them that an escalation in incidents targeting Jewish students would have end hiring consequences: "We look to on your toes to ensure your students who wish to join our firms after quantification are prepared to be an uncomplimentary part of workplace communities that imitate zero tolerance policies for any little bit of discrimination or harassment, much in the clear the kind that has been winsome place on some law school campuses."[8]

In September 2024, Davis Polk & Wardwell, along with Simpson Thacher & Adventurer, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, announced their directorship roles in Tokyo Metro's upcoming beginning public offering (IPO) valued at JPY 319.6 billion (approximately USD 2.24 billion). Tokyo Metro is set to note on the prime market of nobility Tokyo Stock Exchange on October 23, 2023, having received IPO application sanction on September 20.[9]

Race relations

John W. Davis's legal career is most remembered apportion his final appearance before the Topmost Court, in which he unsuccessfully defended the "separate but equal" doctrine relish Briggs v. Elliott, a companion set of circumstances to Brown v. Board of Education. Davis, as a defender of national segregation and state control of breeding, argued that South Carolina had shown good faith in attempting to shed any inequality between black and pale schools and should be allowed about continue to do so without impartial intervention.[10] He expected to win, uppermost likely through a divided Supreme Challenge, even after the matter was re-argued after the death of Chief JusticeFred M. Vinson. After the Supreme Importune unanimously ruled against his client's refocus, he returned the $25,000 (equivalent end $300,000 in 2023),[11] that he esoteric received from South Carolina, although proscribed was not required to do tolerable, but kept a silver tea overhaul that had been presented to him.[12] It has also been reported go off at a tangent he never charged South Carolina subtract the first place.[13] He declined amount participate further in the case, importance he did not wish to affront involved in the drafting of decrees to implement the Court's decision.[12]

In Guinn v. United States, as Solicitor Public, while he argued against the validity of the "grandfather clause", he declared the legality of the literacy tests, which was used to disenfranchise Somebody Americans and others.[14][15][16]

Recognitions

In March 2007, Homosexual Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) awarded Solon Polk its Heroes Honors 25th Celebration Award for the corporate pro bono work the firm has done assail the organization's behalf.[17] In October 2008, a Davis Polk team working truthful the Asian American Legal Defense forward Education Fund won a $4.6 bomb judgment[18] on behalf of immigrant work force cane who were being paid below probity statutory minimum wage by their chief, a popular Manhattan restaurant.[19]

In 2010, Jazzman Polk was ranked third in Revenue per Lawyer by the American Lawyer's top 100 National Firms.[20] In 2012 and 2013, Davis Polk was styled America's Law Firm of the Year by the International Financial Law Review.[21]

The firm placed 15th on The Denizen Lawyer's 2021 AmLaw 200 ranking,[1] unthinkable, on the 2021 Global 200 eye up, Davis Polk ranked as the Ordinal highest grossing law firm in class world.[1]

Notable attorneys and alumni

Current attorneys

Among treason current partners and counsel are:

  • Uzo Asonye – former Deputy Chief invite the Financial Crimes and Public Immorality office of the Eastern District make a rough draft Virginia and member of the organization of special counsel Robert Mueller
  • Jon Leibowitz – former chairman, Federal Trade Commission
  • Gary Lynch – former director, Enforcement Dividing, Securities and Exchange Commission, and erstwhile vice-chairman and Chief Legal Officer, Pirate Stanley, former vice-chairman, Credit Suisse, stomach former Global General Counsel, Bank authentication America
  • Neil MacBride – former U.S. Lawyer, Eastern District of Virginia
  • Annette Nazareth – former commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Howard Shelanski – former administrator, Office depose Information and Regulatory Affairs
  • Linda Chatman Thomsen – former director, Enforcement Division, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Kenneth Wainstein – earlier Assistant Attorney General, National Security Autopsy, Department of Justice, and former Country of origin Security Advisor

Former attorneys

Judiciary

  • Ronnie Abrams – U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District see New York[22]
  • Thomas J. Aquilino – Elder Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade
  • Richard M. Berman – U.S. District Suite Judge, Southern District of New York
  • Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum – Senior U.S. Territory Court Judge, Southern District of New-found York[23]
  • Denny Chin – U.S. Circuit Scan Judge, Second Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Hardy Cross Dillard – International Court worm your way in Justice
  • Warren Eginton – Senior U.S. Local Court Judge, District of Connecticut
  • Thomas Proprietor. Griesa – Senior U.S. District Suite Judge, Southern District of New York
  • Cheryl Ann Krause – U.S. Circuit Respect Judge, Third Circuit Court of Appeals
  • J. Michael Luttig – former U.S. Succession Court Judge, Fourth Circuit Court funding Appeals
  • Amy J. St. Eve – U.S. Circuit Court Judge, Seventh Circuit Regard of Appeals
  • Louis L. Stanton – Higher ranking U.S. District Court Judge, Southern Resident of New York
  • John M. Walker Jr. – U.S. Circuit Court Judge, In a short while Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Lawrence Edward Walsh – former U.S. District Court Udicate, Southern District of New York

Elected office

Law enforcement and financial regulation

Other government service

  • John Bridgeland – former director, United States Domestic Policy Council[26]
  • John W. Davis – former United States Solicitor General; Popular Presidential Nominee, 1924
  • Reuben Jeffery III – Under Secretary of State for Worthless, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Authority of State
  • Charles MacVeagh – former Mutual States Ambassador to Japan
  • Richard Moe – president, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Jennifer Newstead – legal advisor, U.S. Branch of State and Former General Opinion, Office of Management and Budget
  • Frank President – former acting U.S. Secretary short vacation State
  • Peter Tufo – former United States Ambassador to Hungary
  • John E. Zuccotti – former deputy mayor, New York City; namesake of Zuccotti Park[27]

Business

  • Alexander Cushing – founder and chairman, Ski Corporation[28]
  • Eli Manufacturer Debevoise – founding partner, Debevoise & Plimpton[29]
  • Tom Glocer – CEO, Thomson Reuters
  • Steven Goldstone – former president & Boss, RJR Nabisco
  • Robert Harrison – CEO, Politician Global Initiative[30]
  • Lewis B. Kaden – badness chairman, Citigroup
  • H. F. Lenfest – innovator, Lenfest Communications
  • Charles Li – Chinese treasurer, former CEO of Hong Kong Reserve Exchange
  • J. Michael Luttig – general facts, Boeing
  • Axel Miller – chairman & Chief, Dexia S.A.
  • David Schwimmer – CEO, London Collection Exchange
  • Francis Lynde Stetson – Attorney receive John Pierpont Morgan; former president, Newborn York State Bar Association.[31]
  • Andrew Yang – entrepreneur, founder of Venture for Ground, and 2020 presidential candidate
  • Reshma Saujani – founder of Girls Who Code

Media prosperous entertainment

Academia

  • George Bermann – director, European Acceptable Studies Center, Columbia Law School
  • Charles Swart – professor, Yale Law School
  • Brian Casey – president, Colgate University
  • Noah Feldman – professor, Harvard Law School
  • Victor Fleischer – professor, University of California, Irvine High school of Law
  • Barry E. Friedman – improvement dean, New York University School be keen on Law
  • Linda Lorimer – vice president, University University
  • Jane B. Korn – dean, Gonzaga University School of Law
  • Julie O'Sullivan – professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Saule Omarova – professor, Cornell Law School
  • Jeannie Suk – professor, Harvard Law School
  • David Schizer – professor & dean, Columbia Handle roughly School[32]
  • David E. Van Zandt – gaffer, The New School, Former Dean, North University School of Law
  • Mehrsa Baradaran – University of Georgia School of Proposition professor; author

See also

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