Experience

On December 20, 2017, Davis Polk obtained the denial of an application for a temporary restraining order that sought to freeze the assets of its client Tezos Stiftung (or the Tezos…

Davis Polk is representing J.P. Morgan in a state securities fraud litigation pending in Florida state court. On Friday, June 9, 2017, we won a complete reversal of the trial court’s grant…

Davis Polk recently achieved a major victory for its client, Citigroup Inc. On May 30, 2017, Justice Charles Ramos of the New York Supreme Court filed a so-ordered oral argument transcript…

On April 12, 2017, Justice Ramos of the New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division, dismissed with prejudice four complaints filed by Royal Park Investments SA/NV (“Royal Park”) alleging…

On November 3, 2016, the Second Circuit issued an opinion in an action brought under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934 against Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs, the…

Davis Polk successfully represented Dialog Semiconductors in litigation related to the earnout provisions in its 2013 acquisition of iWatt. In April 2014, Fortis Advisors—acting on behalf…

On May 5, 2015, Davis Polk achieved a total victory in a securities litigation filed against its clients Prosensa Holding N.V. (“Prosensa”) and several of Prosensa’s individual officers and…

Davis Polk represents several current and former directors of Orexigen Therapeutics (the “Company”) in connection with derivative litigation relating to the award of equity compensation. On…

Davis Polk achieved a major victory on behalf of Morgan Stanley and certain of its officers and directors in a Section 10(b) shareholder class action arising from Morgan Stanley’s 2007…

Davis Polk achieved a major victory on behalf of Morgan Stanley and certain of its officers and directors in two Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) class actions…