Antitrust

• 1^st tier among New York law firms in antitrust matters (Chambers USA 2010)
  
  
  

Capital Markets

• In Thomson Reuters’ final 2010 league tables, Davis Polk ranked:
  • 1^st as Global Equity and Equity-Related Issuer Advisers
  • 1^st as Global Common Stock and Secondary Offerings Manager Advisers
  • 1^st as Worldwide IPOs and Worldwide Equity Offerings by U.S. Issuers, Manager Advisers
  • 1^st as U.S. Debt, Equity and Equity-Related Manager Advisers
  • 1^st as U.S. Equity and Equity-Related Manager Advisers
  • 1^st as U.S. IPOs and Common Stock Manager Advisers
  • 1^st as Global and U.S. Investment-Grade Debt Issuer Advisers
    
    
    

Credit

• “Banking and Finance Law Firm of the Year in New York” (Corporate International, May 2010)
• 1^st tier in banking transactions (Chambers USA 2010 and Legal 500 U.S. 2010)
• 1^st tier in project finance, according to the U.S. News and World Report Best Law Firms Rankings for 2010
  
  
  

Environmental

• 1^st tier among New York law firms in environmental matters (Chambers USA 2010)
  
  
  

Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits

• 1^st tier among New York law firms in employee benefits and executive compensation matters (Chambers USA 2010)
  
  
  

Financial Institutions

• 1^st tier in Financial Services Regulation (Chambers USA 2010)
• 1^st tier in Financial Institutions M&A (Chambers USA 2010)
  
  
  

Insolvency and Restructuring

• 1^st tier in Insolvency and Restructuring (Chambers Global 2010 and Chambers USA 2010)
• Named “Global Insolvency Advisory Firm of the Year” by Corporate INTL magazine (2010)
  
  
  

Investment Management

• Davis Polk ranked among the top law firms nationwide in various Investment Fund and Management categories (Legal 500 U.S. 2010)
• Davis Polk ranked among the top law firms nationwide in hedge funds (Chambers USA 2010)
  
  
  

Litigation

• 1^st tier among elite New York law firms in general commercial litigation (Chambers USA 2010)
• 1^st tier among law firms in shareholder litigation (Legal 500 U.S. 2010)
• 1^st tier among law firms in white collar crime and government investigation matters (Legal 500 U.S. 2010)
• 1^st tier among New York law firms in white collar crime and government investigations (Chambers USA 2010)
  
  
  

M&A

• Davis Polk was named “M&A Team of the Year” at the International Financial Law Review’s 2010 Americas Awards.
• 1^st among “The Elite” U.S. law firms in M&A transactions (Chambers USA 2010)
• 1^st among U.S. law firms in M&A “mega-deals” (Legal 500 U.S. 2010)
• 1^st among U.S. law firms in M&A transactions (IFLR1000 2011)
  
  
  

Tax

• 1^st tier among law firms in tax matters (Chambers Global 2010 and Chambers USA 2010)

Notable cases include:

• We represent LG Electronics against a coordinated MDL federal antitrust proceeding, encompassing over 30 nationwide class actions, that alleges a global price-fixing conspiracy in the market for optical disk drives and claims potential overcharges in excess of $1 billion.

Notable cases include:

• We represented a large California-based software company in a confidential antitrust investigation of hiring practices.

Notable matters include:

• We represent Comcast on the antitrust aspects and related investigations of its largest transactions, including:
  • The $37.25 billion agreement with General Electric to form the NBCUniversal joint venture
  • Its $1.05 billion investment in Clearwire Corporation
  • The $18 billion joint acquisition (with Time Warner) of Adelphia Communications
  • Its $52 billion acquisition of AT&T’s cable and broadband businesses