What we say about the firm's legal practice in China
Corporate & M&A
Within Foreign firms, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is a third tier firm,
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP welcomed Antony Dapiran from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was Beijing managing partner; and Paul Chow joined from Linklaters, where he managed the Beijing office. The practice advised Warburg Pincus on its acquisition of a majority equity interest in Beijing Fanhua Datong Investment Management, a company primarily engaged in the distribution of life insurance products in China. Hong Kong-based Asia head William Barron and Beijing-based Howard Zhang are recommended.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
By extending their Hong Kong capabilities, the US firms made further traction into China’s legal market. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Hong Kong managing partner Kay Ian Ng joined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Antony Dapiran exited for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s new Hong Kong practice; and Christopher Wong joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Private equity/venture capital
Within Foreign firms, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is a third tier firm,
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised a wholly owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation and CITIC Capital China Access Fund in connection with a $120m investment in China Lumena New Materials. Beijing-based Howard Zhang is recommended.
What we say worldwide
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China
Offices in Beijing and Beijing
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
Spain
Offices in Madrid
France
Offices in Paris
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Private equity : Private equity
Indonesia
India
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: US law capability
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
United States
Offices in Washington DC, New York, and Menlo Park
- Finance : Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Corporate restructuring
- Finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Environment: transaction and regulatory
- Industry focus : Insurance: non-contentious
- Intellectual property : Patent licensing and transactional
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Investment fund formation and management : Alternative/hedge funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Mutual/registered funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds
- Litigation : Securities: shareholder litigation
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: mega-deals ($5bn+)
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Private equity buyouts
- Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast
- Tax : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Tax : Financial products
- Tax : International