Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP brings extensive experience to capital markets matters, representing a broad base of domestic and international issuers and underwriters across a wide range of equity offerings. The firm is highly active on leveraged finance and equity capital markets transactions including high-value IPOs and follow-on offerings, with particular strength in the technology and healthcare sectors. The practice is led by Maurice Blanco, Michael Kaplan, John Meade and Richard Truesdell. Kaplan excels in transactions across the technology, telecommunications and basic industry sectors, while Truesdell advises on related corporate governance and securities regulation matters. Meade brings experience to secondary equity offerings, split-off exchanges and complex structural transactions. In Northern California, Alan Denenberg is noted for his work on equity and debt financings across the technology, healthcare, telecommunications, retail and transportation sectors. Derek Dostal is particularly active in the SPAC space, while Byron Rooney advises on IPOs, direct listings and private placements. Roshni Banker Cariello is recognized for her work on investment-grade, high-yield and convertible debt financings, as well as liability management transactions.
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Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
- Amer Sports
- Bausch + Lomb Corporation
- Circle Internet Group, Inc.
- Datadog, Inc.
- Etsy, Inc.
- Galaxy Digital, Inc.
- Galderma
- Grayscale Investments, LLC
- IREN Limited
- Nayax Ltd.
- Nu Holdings Ltd.
Work highlights
Advised Venture Global, Inc on its SEC-registered initial public offering of 70,000,000 shares of Class A common stock for total gross proceeds of $1.75 billion. The underwriters have an option to purchase up to an additional 10,500,000 shares of Class A common stock.
Advised Circle Internet Group, Inc on its SEC-registered public offering of 11,500,000 shares of Class A common stock for total gross proceeds of $1.5 billion, of which 3,500,000 shares were issued and sold by the company and 8,000,000 shares were sold by the selling stockholders.
Advised the representatives of the several underwriters on The Boeing Company’s SEC-registered offerings totaling $24.25 billion, consisting of (i) 129,375,000 common shares ($18.5 billion) and (ii) 115,000,000 depositary shares ($5.75 billion), including the underwriters’ full exercise of their options to purchase an additional 16,875,000 common shares and 15,000,000 depositary shares.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Maurice Blanco; Michael Kaplan; John B. Meade; Richard Truesdell
Other key lawyers
Alan Denenberg; Derek Dostal; Byron Rooney; Roshni Banker Cariello