Davis Polk has announced that four lawyers have been promoted to counsel effective May 1, 2019: Bonnie Chen, Mayer Steinman, Andrei Takhteyev and Jennifer Wolff.

Ms. Chen is counsel in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, practicing in the Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions Group in New York. She advises clients on intellectual property and technology-related corporate and commercial transactions, such as licensing and development arrangements, collaboration agreements, supply agreements and other strategic commercial agreements. She also advises on the intellectual property and technology-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, restructurings and capital market offerings.

Mr. Steinman is counsel in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, practicing in the Credit Group in New York. He advises lenders and borrowers in connection with a wide range of financing transactions, including investment-grade and leveraged acquisition financings, asset-based credit facilities, cross-border financings, debt restructurings, and other secured and unsecured financings. 

Mr. Takhteyev is counsel in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, practicing in the Credit Group in New York. He advises lenders and borrowers on a variety of corporate finance transactions, including leveraged and investment-grade acquisition financings, asset-based credit facilities, debtor-in-possession lending and other capital restructuring transactions. He also represents corporations in negotiating ISDA agreements and other hedging and structured finance documentation. His practice covers both the U.S. and international cross-border markets.

Ms. Wolff is counsel in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, practicing in the Executive Compensation Group in New York. She provides employee benefits and executive compensation advice for private equity transactions, strategic mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and reorganizations.