Regularly ranked among the very best in securities litigation, our lawyers represent a wide range of clients in high-profile, complex matters, including securities litigation in federal and state court and non-public securities enforcement and internal compliance matters. Since 2014, we have represented clients in more than 100 securities class actions – and our clients were granted dismissals in whole or in part in more than 55 of those cases.
We advise companies against securities claims relating to:
- Accounting irregularities
- M&A-related issues
- IPO-related issues
- False or misleading statements
- Other non-accounting issues
- Cybersecurity and other data breaches
Not surprisingly, Davis Polk has consistently represented clients in the most well-known investigations and litigations of the day, most recently those arising from the:
- Facebook IPO
- Collapse of MF Global
- Mortgage meltdown and financial crisis of 2007-2009
- Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme
- Massive Adelphia litigation
- Stanford Financial investigations and litigations