Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s litigators are sought after by corporates and their directors and officers in respect of stockholder challenges to mergers, following stock drops in the aftermath of corporate acquisitions and in breach of duty claims. The firm is also adept at handling suits pertaining to hostile takeovers, where they act for both targets and buyers. The practice’s New York-based leadership team consists of Andrew Ditchfield, Brian Burnovski and Rory Leraris. Ditchfield and Burnovski both defended Kyocera Corporation in two shareholder actions, in which it was alleged it drove the value of AVX Corporation down before fully acquiring it. Leraris litigates a wide variety of cases for her clients, spanning shareholder derivative claims to securities matters.