Davis Polk has been shortlisted in 31 categories by the 2021 IFLR1000 United States and Canada Awards, including California Firm of the Year and New York Firm of the Year. Notably, partners Daniel Brass, Vanessa Jackson, Michael Kaplan, Jason Kyrwood, Damian Schaible and Richard Truesdell were shortlisted in five individual categories. The awards recognize and celebrate exceptional performance by law firms, teams and individual lawyers, across the spectrum of corporate finance disciplines.  

  • Canada Deal of the Year: Debt Capital Markets: TD Bank $1.25 billion Series CBL32 covered bond issuance
  • Canada Deal of the Year: Equity Capital Markets: GFL Environmental TSX and NYSE IPO
  • Canada Deal of the Year: Equity Capital Markets: Nuvei TSX IPO
  • California Firm of the Year
  • New York Firm of the Year
  • United States Deal of the Year: Banking: 7-Eleven $15.95 billion financing for acquisition of Speedway
  • United States Deal of the Year: Debt Capital Markets: Alphabet $5.25 billion sustainability bond issue
  • United States Deal of the Year: Debt Capital Markets: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
  • United States Deal of the Year: Debt Capital Markets: Oracle $20 billion six-tranche bond issue
  • United States Deal of the Year: Equity Capital Markets: Palantir Technologies NYSE direct listing
  • United States Deal of the Year: Equity Capital Markets: T-Mobile Nasdaq secondary equity offering
  • United States Deal of the Year: Equity Capital Markets: XP Nasdaq secondary equity offering
  • United States Deal of the Year: M&A: Charles Schwab $26 billion acquisition of TD Ameritrade
  • United States Deal of the Year: M&A: Gardner Denver/Ingersoll-Rand industrial segment merger
  • United States Deal of the Year: M&A: Mylan/Upjohn merger
  • United States Deal of the Year: Restructuring & Insolvency: Acosta restructuring
  • United States Deal of the Year: Restructuring & Insolvency: McDermott International
  • United States Deal of the Year: Restructuring & Insolvency: Murray Energy restructuring
  • United States Deal of the Year: Restructuring & Insolvency: Windstream Holdings restructuring
  • United States Lawyer of the Year: Restructuring & Insolvency – Damian Schaible
  • United States Lawyer of the Year: Banking  –  Vanessa Jackson
  • United States Lawyer of the Year: Banking  –  Jason Kyrwood
  • United States Lawyer of the Year: Debt Capital Markets  –  Michael Kaplan
  • United States Lawyer of the Year: Equity Capital Markets  –  Richard Truesdell
  • United States Lawyer of the Year: M&A  –  Daniel Brass
  • United States Team of the Year: Banking
  • United States Team of the Year: Debt Capital Markets
  • United States Team of the Year: Equity Capital Markets
  • United States Team of the Year: M&A
  • United States Team of the Year: Project Finance
  • United States Team of the Year: Restructuring & Insolvency

The awards will be presented virtually on September 21, 2021.

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