Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Banc of America Securities as financial adviser to Broadcom Corporation in connection with its proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Emulex Corporation for approximately $764 million.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Costa Mesa, California-based Emulex is a leader in converged networking solutions for data centers.

The Davis Polk corporate team includes partners George R. Bason Jr. and Marc O. Williams and associate Paul D. Hodgdon, all of the New York office.