Davis Polk is a truly global firm with 10 offices in the world’s key financial centers. We principally staff our non-U.S. offices from New York, assigning associates to a rotation of two or more years at a given location, although a growing number of our lawyer assignments outside of the U.S. are longer-term as the firm continues to expand our presence internationally. In addition, because much of the work in our U.S. offices emanates from major corporations and financial institutions based overseas, our associates who work in the U.S. gain an exceptional amount of global exposure and international experience. 

Of Note

• 119 lawyers, including 96 associates, currently work in our non-U.S. offices
  
  
• 113 current lawyers in our U.S. offices, including 84 associates, have been assigned overseas during their careers at Davis Polk
  
  
• Approximately 43% of the firm’s principal clients are based outside of the United States.
  
  
• Our practice ranks among the preeminent firms worldwide. Recent rankings and honors include:
  
  
  

  Asia-wide

  • 1^st in Asia-Pacific M&A transactions (Chambers Asia 2011)
  • “Most Innovative US Law Firm in Asia” (IFLR’s 2011 Asia Awards)
  • “Asia-Pacific M&A Law Firm of the Year” (Asia Pacific M&A Atlas Awards 2010)
  • 1^st tier in Asia-Pacific debt, equity and high-yield products (Chambers Asia 2011) – no other firm is ranked 1^st tier in all 3 categories
    

  China

  • 1^st tier in China capital markets and high-yield categories (Chambers Asia 2011)
  • 3 of the largest-ever IPOs by Chinese issuers, including AgBank of China’s $22.1 billion global IPO, the largest-ever by an Asian issuer
  • “International Capital Markets Team of the Year” (China Law & Practice Awards in 2010)
  • 3 largest-ever cross-border strategic investments in Chinese banks (ICBC, Bank of China, Guangdong)
    

  Japan

  • 1^st tier in Japan Capital Markets: International, U.S. Law (Chambers Asia 2011)
  • “M&A Deal of the Year” – $11.8 billion Nippon Mining Nippon Oil merger (IFLR’s 2011 Asia Awards)
  • Largest-ever SEC registration and NYSE listing by a Japanese company, and largest since 2002 – SMFG
    

  Brazil

  • 1^st tier in Latin American capital markets transactions (IFLR1000 2010) and 2^nd among U.S. law firms in Brazilian M&A transactions (Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg – 2010)
  • 3 of the 5 largest IPOs in Brazil, including Banco Santander (Brasil)’s $7.5 billion IPO, the largest-ever in Latin America
  • Largest debt offering in 2010 by a Brazilian issuer – OOG’s $1.5 billion project bond offering
    

  Europe

  • 1^st among U.S. firms advising managers on EMEA equity, IPO and investment-grade debt (Thomson Reuters)
  • $46.8 billion acquisition by Roche of Genentech and the related $16.5 billion notes offering, the largest corporate bond sale in history
  • “M&A Deal of the Year” – PartnerRe’s $2 billion acquisition of PARIS RE (IFLR ’s 2010 European Awards)