What they do
Davis Polk is a law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers that advises on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, finance, restructuring and other corporate matters.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law, Private equity law, Banking and finance law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
- Kinds of deal
- Distressed M&A
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$6.8bn
- Team
- 1000+
From davispolk.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /about/overview, /mergers-acquisitions, /capabilities
Deals
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1 of 1 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Alcoa (acquirer) | Announced | 6,824.4 | Other mining and exploration | Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (buy-side) | Alcoa acquisition of South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets |
Listed on their website
- Banco Santander $12.2 billion acquisition of Webster Bank $12.2 billion
- GSK $10.6 billion acquisition of Nuvalent $10.6 billion
- Baldwin Group $7.7 billion take-private by Sequence and Dell Family Office $7.7 billion
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Offices and contact
Offices
- New YorkHead office