Mr Simon Witty > Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
5 ALDERMANBURY SQUARE
LONDON
EC2V 7HR
England
Simon Witty  photo

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Simon is a member of Davis Polk’s Corporate practice. His practice focuses on public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

His capital markets work spans IPOs, secondary and follow-on offerings, investment-grade and high-yield debt offerings, tender offers and other transactions. He has advised clients on both public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as on strategic investments in other companies.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap

(Hall of Fame)

Simon WittyDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s combined US and UK equity capital markets practice handles a diverse workload of listings and equity offerings across American, British, and European exchanges, and it is also capable of advising on the capital markets aspects of high-value corporate finance and de-SPAC transactions. The team’s recent workload includes advising a syndicate of 28 underwriters on the US IPO of British semiconductor company Arm Holdings, underscoring its capabilities in advising on US-UK cross border matters particularly in the tech and infrastructure sectors. US securities expert Reuven Young jointly heads the team with Simon Witty, a UK capital markets specialist who acts across public and private offerings. US-qualified Connie Milonakis is a further key contact in the team and has extensive experience advising on IPOs in the Nordics.