Davis Polk & Wardwell

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New York Office
Corporate Department

As of July 2008

Capital Markets — associates with 3-4 years of securities experience.

FIG — senior associate with 5-7 years of insurance regulatory experience.
Mid-level (3-4 years experience) association with an understanding of financial institutions.

Investment Management Group —associates with 3-7 years experience. Candidates should have experience in either or both of the following areas: (i) mutual funds and closed end-funds, including the related filing and regulatory requirements, (ii) private fund formation (private equity or hedge funds) and transactional matters.

Latin American Practice Group — associates with 2-4 years of Capital Market and/or M&A experience with fluent/native Portuguese or Spanish.

M&A — mid-level associates with 2-4 years of relevant experience.

Menlo Park office

As of July 2008

Corporate —mid-level associate with 3-5 years of experience in M&A, private equity and/or capital markets.

Davis Polk Abroad

As of July 2008

Many of our branch offices have lateral hiring needs. Our lawyers work on cross-border work, with emphasis on Capital Markets and M&A issues. Lawyers in all offices practice U.S. law, with the exception of our Paris office where our lawyers practice French and U.S. law. Lawyers practicing outside the United States who practice U.S. law must be admitted in one of the jurisdictions in which the Firm has a U.S. office and be in compliance with any requirements of their local jurisdiction. Lawyers practicing local law in jurisdictions outside the United States must be duly admitted to practice in such jurisdiction.

The Frankfurt office has an opening for a junior to mid-level (1-3 years experience) associate interested in an international corporate practice focusing on capital markets and M&A.  Candidate must have native German language skills.

The London office has an opening for a junior to mid-level (2-4 years experience) associate.

The Madrid office has an opening for a junior to mid-level (2-4 years experience) associate.  Candidate must have native or very strong Spanish language skills.

The Hong Kong office has an opening for a junior to mid-level (1 to 3 years of experience) associate.  Candidate must have native or fluent Korean language skills and must be willing to relocate immediately.

The Hong Kong office is also seeking top LLM graduates as first year associates to work on capital markets and M&A transactions in Asia generally and India in particular. Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years experience with a top Indian law firm as an associate and must have worked on several capital markets and/or M&A transactions. Must be willing to relocate to Hong Kong, starting November 2008.

The Beijing office has an opening for a mid-level associate with 2-4 years of capital markets, M&A and/or private equity experience.  Candidate must have native or fluent Mandarin language skills.

The Tokyo office actively seeks fully bilingual and otherwise exceptional candidates.  Candidates should have native or fluent Japanese and English language skills and be interested in making a career out of Japan.

Contact

We are happy to receive applications for experienced attorneys.  Please submit your cover letter, resume and law school transcript to the attention of Kristen Schulte.  We reply by letter, generally within 2-3 weeks of receipt of the application.

Please send your applications to:

Kristen Schulte, Legal Recruiting Manager
212 450 6771 telephone
212 450 5548 fax
kristen.schulte@dpw.com email

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