Davis Polk is one of the world’s premier law firms. Known for its work in highly complex matters that are critical to its clients, the firm offers tremendous breadth and excellence across all its practices and specialties. The firm's clients, many of them industry and global leaders, rely on the exceptional, collaborative service the firm delivers through their nine offices worldwide.

Our capital markets practice is among the most respected worldwide. Leading international corporations and the world's largest financial institutions look to our lawyers for advice on securities offerings of all kinds around the world. In the most complex securities transactions that require highly creative and sophisticated advice, such as novel equity derivative products and cross-border, multi-listed IPOs, we are at the forefront.

Our extensive experience with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides clear insight into regulatory considerations in offerings of all types; this has frequently enabled us to obtain regulatory relief for our clients. Our leadership in capital markets has put us in the position to comment with significant impact on many important financial regulatory developments throughout history, from the inception of federal securities regulation in the 1930s through developments such as Rule 144A, Regulation S, Regulation M and Sarbanes-Oxley, and most recently the 2008 Emergency Economic Stimulus Act (EESA) and Troubled Asset Repurchase Program (TARP).