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Margaret E. Tahyar
Partner
Ms. Tahyar is a member of our New York Financial Institutions Group. Her practice focuses on complex cross-border transactions, including capital markets, private equity and mergers and acquisitions. She also has worked closely with a number of major financial institutions providing regulatory, legislative reform and financial crisis advice.
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  • New York
    450 Lexington Avenue
    New York, NY 10017
    P: 212-450-4379
    F: 212-701-5379


  • Paris
    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    121, avenue des Champs-Elysées
    Paris 75008
    P: +33-1-56-59-36-70
    F: +33-1-56-59-37-70
Bar Admissions
  • State of New York
  • District of Columbia
  • British Columbia Court of Appeals
  • Paris, Avocat à la Cour
Education
  • A.B., University of Michigan, 1982
  • J.D., Columbia Law School, 1987
Languages
  • French

Work Highlights

Ms. Tahyar has been actively involved in the international aspects of various financial crisis-related matters, including:

  • Advising a major U.S. financial institution on a review of its corporate governance
  • Advising Citi on the international regulatory aspects of the conversion into common stock of up to $58 billion of preferred stock held by the U.S. government and private investors
  • Advising Citi on its agreement with agencies of the U.S. government pursuant to which the government has provided a package of guarantees on $306 billion of assets, liquidity access and capital
  • Advising ICICI on all aspects of U.S. securities laws related to its NYSE lists and 144A offerings
  • Providing legal and technical support to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the leading U.S. financial industry association, on financial regulatory issues
Recognition

Listed as a leading lawyer in several legal industry publications, including:

  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, the most recent online version of Chambers mentions that Ms. Tahyar is “referred to by several sources as ‘the best U.S. securities expert in Paris’”
  • Chambers Europe
  • IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
  • Legalease’s European Legal Experts
  • European Legal Expert’s Legal Business
Of Note
  • Editor, Davis Polk Financial Crisis Manual
  • The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement 2009 Distinguished Writing Law Firm Winner
  • Author of a number of articles and a frequent speaker at conferences

Past Memberships

  • Co-Chairman, Securities Committee, International Bar Association
  • Rapporteur, Securities Subcommittee of the Task Force on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, International Bar Association
Professional History
  • Partner, 1997-present
  • Associate, 1989-1997
  • New York office, 2009-present; 1995-1997
  • Paris office, 2002-2009
  • London office, 1997-2002
  • Washington DC office, 1989-1995
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court 1988-1989
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Robert H. Bork, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit 1987-1988
Publications
    2007
  • A Brave New World - SEC Registration | International Financial Law Review
    2006
  • Jurisdictional Comparisons | Securities World - Second Edition USA
    2005
  • Europeans Put The Case For US Deregistration | International Financial Law Review
    2001
  • How To Meet The SEC's New Form 20-F Rules | International Financial Law Review