Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Being highly rated for its vast knowledge in both issuer and underwriter-side work, while leveraging extensive cross-border capabilities with the Asian and North American jurisdictions, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP remains as a strong entity in the market. The practice predominantly focuses on managing complex IPOs, private placements, and secondary offerings of common stock shares, with the outfit regularly demonstrating considerable skill in the tech and healthcare spheres. With all the lawyers New York-based, Maurice Blanco has experience in high-profile debt restructurings and equity offerings, Michael Kaplan is renowned for his high-yield debt issuance work, and John Meade concentrates on liability management transactions mainly. The global chair of the firm’s capital markets practice, Richard Truesdell, is well versed in corporate governance proceedings, and both Derek Dostal and Pedro Bermeo are highlighted as key, especially as they’re knowledgeable on all aspects of investment-grade offerings. Meanwhile, Marcel Fausten and Shane Tintle primarily focus on securities law and corporate transactions