Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s New York team displays large-scale cross-border capabilities, providing bespoke tax advice to a diverse client base across Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The team provides a comprehensive advisory service, assisting clients at various crucial stages of a transaction, from structuring to acquisitions to investments, however, it especially stands out within the M&A space, devising inversions, spin-offs, and dual-listed corporate structures. Leading the team is David Schnabel who is recognized for his handling of a wide variety of transactions such as financings, PIPEs, and joint ventures while Michael Mollerus advises clients with industries such as life sciences, retail, and technology on tax aspects of initial public offerings, acquisitions, and financings. Kara Mungovan advises on complex transactions such as capital markets transactions and bank financings while Corey Goodman specializes in M&A, notably within the industrial sector.
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Client satisfaction
Key clients
- Alcoa
- Bain Capital
- Cleveland-Cliffs
- Corelle Brands
- Comcast
- Crestview Advisors
- Digicel
- Emerson
- ExxonMobil
- Grayscale Investments, LLC
- Harvest Partners, LP
- Livent (n/k/a Arcadium Lithium)
Work highlights
Advised Livent on the tax and corporate aspects of its $10.6 billion all-stock merger of equals with Allkem.
Advised Digicel in connection with the tax and corporate aspects of a $3.8 billion cross-border restructuring.
Advised the representatives of the underwriters in connection with the tax and corporate aspects of the $4.87 billion initial public offering of Arm Holdings plc.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Kara Mungovan
Practice head
David Schnabel
Other key lawyers
Michael Mollerus; Kara Mungovan; Corey Goodman