Davis Polk & Wardwell - Recognitions

Recognitions

• In 2012, Davis Polk was named "Americas Law Firm of the Year" by the International Financial Law Review.
• In 2010, Davis Polk was ranked third in "Revenue per Lawyer" by the American Lawyer's top 100 National Firms.
• Davis Polk ranked among the top three U.S. law firms in a survey in which Fortune 250 law departments were asked to name the firms they rely on most in corporate transactions.
• The firm had more #1 capital markets rankings than any other law firm in 2007, and in 2008, the firm advised the underwriters in the Visa IPO, the largest IPO in U.S. history, and the GE offering, the largest follow-on offering in U.S. history.
• The firm ranked 3rd among U.S. law firms in both worldwide announced and completed M&A transactions in 2007.
• Davis Polk was ranked among the top law firms in U.S. buyouts and venture capital investments by Chambers Global, which noted that the firm "is able to leverage off its outstanding M&A strength in covering the broad spectrum of private equity work".
• The firm was ranked among the top law firms in private equity fund formation by Chambers Global, which noted that Davis Polk's investment management group "has a strong presence in the private funds market and has leveraged off the firm’s impressive finance practice in forging strong relationships with a significant number of investment banks”.
• The firm's litigation practice ranks in the first tier among New York law firms, according to Chambers USA.
• Individual Davis Polk insolvency & restructuring lawyers were named “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer.
• “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” by Turnarounds & Workouts and “Lawyer of the Year” by Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal–International Who’s Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers.
• Davis Polk ranked in the first tier among New York law firms in U.S. tax matters by Chambers USA, which commented that “with a ‘terrific team of excellent tax lawyers,’ the group successfully mixes M&A and finance, establishing itself as one of the premier law firms in New York, and indeed across the USA”.
• At the 2008 ALB SE Asia Law Awards, Davis Polk & Wardwell was awarded:
  • Deal of the Year - Debt Market Deal of the Year
  • Deal of the Year - Equity Market Deal of the Year
• At the 2008 ALB China Law Awards, Davis Polk & Wardwell was awarded:
  • Deal of the Year - M&A Deal of the Year
• In 2008 was awarded by the 2008 ALB Japan Law Awards as the:
  • Deal of the Year - M&A Deal of the Year
  • Deal of the Year - Japan Deal of the Year
• In October 2008, a Davis Polk team working with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund won a $4.6 million judgment on behalf of immigrant workers who were being paid below the statutory minimum wage by their employer, a popular Manhattan restaurant.
• In March 2007, Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) awarded Davis Polk its Heroes Honors 25th Anniversary Award for the corporate pro bono work the firm has done on the organization’s behalf.
• The New York State Bar Association presented senior counsel Jimmy Benkard with the 2007 President’s Pro Bono Service Award for the First Judicial District for his exemplary work on behalf of mentally ill prisoners incarcerated in the New York State prison system.