About the Office

Davis Polk's London office, which opened in 1973, is the headquarters of our Europe practice. The lawyers in our London office represent companies and financial institutions on a wide range of corporate transactions throughout Europe and further afield in the Middle East and South Africa.

With the arrival of Simon Witty, one of London’s premier lawyers, Davis Polk has launched an English law practice to complement the firm’s long-established U.S. law practice in London. This strategically important step enhances the firm’s ability to serve its clients across the leading international legal systems in the world’s critical financial centers and also strengthens our core strategic focus on the needs of financial institution clients.

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Recognition

  • Davis Polk ranks among the leading law firms in both Capital Markets Debt and Equity offerings in the U.K., according to Chambers U.K. 2011. The publication applauds Davis Polk’s “strength on both the equity and debt sides” and our “leading roster of clients.”

Recent Matters

  • Deutsche Bank (€10.2 billion/$13.3 billion). We advised the joint bookrunners on the rights offering of ordinary shares of Deutsche Bank. This is the largest German capital raising in over 10 years.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland Group ($11 billion). We advised The Royal Bank of Scotland Group on five SEC-registered offerings of notes.
  • Lloyds TSB Bank ($6.75 billion). We advised Lloyds TSB Bank on two SEC-registered offerings of senior notes, each fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Lloyds Banking Group, a global financial institution based in the United Kingdom.
  • Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten ($6 billion). We advised Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten, a specialized financial institution for the Dutch public sector, on four Rule 144A/Regulation S notes offerings.

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