Davis Polk, ranked among the world's preeminent merger and acquisition advisers, has been involved in some of the largest and most important M&A transactions in history. Our clients include both numerous industry leaders and some of the largest companies overall.
We work on friendly and contested transactions, public acquisitions, spinoffs, private equity transactions, joint ventures and other acquisitions and divestitures. In addition to purely domestic transactions, we advise U.S. companies venturing abroad, non-U.S. companies inbound into the United States and non-U.S. companies in transactions entirely outside the United States. We also advise numerous clients on their role as bidders or targets in contested takeovers.