Our Approach

 

We advise on a broad range of sophisticated securitization and other structured transactions, drawing on considerable expertise in derivatives, credit transactions and bankruptcy law.

We help issuers, underwriters and initial purchasers profit from a wide range of assets, including receivables, inventory, real estate, aircraft leases, intellectual property, bank loans and debt and equity securities. We have developed some of the most complex and innovative structured products.

Awards and Rankings

  • Davis Polk ranked among the top law firms in structured finance, according to Legalease’s The Legal 500 (United States) (2008): “The practice is rated ‘right at the top for advice’ by a number of impressed clients."


  • Davis Polk ranked among the top law firms in structured finance, according to Chambers USA (2008): “The firm’s ability to integrate the structured finance and bankruptcy expertise in its credit group provides a distinctive advantage at a time when workouts and bankruptcies are on the increase."


  • The firm was also given high marks by Chambers Global (2008), which noted that Davis Polk has established itself as “a prime destination for transactions involving highly structured financings.”