Lawrence Portnoy

We served as counsel for a financial institution in a nine-day FINRA arbitration hearing

Davis Polk is advising HRG Group Inc. on its combination with Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. in a transaction valued at $10 billion. The combined company will be named Spectrum Brands…

Davis Polk is advising the special committee of the board of directors of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. on its approximately $1.9 billion merger with WMIH Corp. Under the terms of the…

Davis Polk advised the Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of OneMain Holdings, Inc. in connection with the $1.4 billion all-cash sale of 54,937,500 shares of OneMain Holdings…

Davis Polk is advising the Special Committee of Independent Directors of Fortress Investment Group LLC in connection with the approximately $3.3 billion acquisition of Fortress by SoftBank…

Davis Polk advised the special committee of the board of directors of OneMain Holdings, Inc. in connection with the sale of its 47% interest in SpringCastle, a joint venture formed to…

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 advised the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group on the creation of American Media Productions, LLC and its new regional sports network called SportsNet LA, as well as various…

On January 13, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted Credit Suisse summary judgment in a securities fraud class action that had been pending for nearly a…

On February 5, 2009, Davis Polk obtained summary judgment in the Eastern District of Louisiana on all claims brought against its client Credit Suisse, a day before the case was scheduled to…