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Michael Davis

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

New York, NY, USA


Michael Davis is a member of Davis Polk's Corporate Department, practicing in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. His experience includes a wide variety of U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions transactions, including the following:

  • Crestview Partners in connection with various transactions, including its investments in Select Energy Services, ValueOptions, Martin Currie and its acquisition of Key Safety Systems
  • Toyo Seikan on its acquisition of Stolle Machinery Company from GSO Capital Partners LP
  • Odebrecht Oil & Gas on a $400 million investment by Temasek
  • Thomas & Betts on its proposed acquisition by ABB
  • Cigna on its acquisition of HealthSpring
  • FrontPoint Partners on its sale to Morgan Stanley, and the subsequent restructuring of Morgan Stanley's relationship with FrontPoint Partners
  • Charles River on its proposed cross-border acquisition of WuXi PharmaTech
  • Warner Chilcott on various transactions, including its acquisition of Procter & Gamble's prescription pharmaceuticals business, its acquisition of product rights from Novartis, its sale of product rights to LEO Pharma, and on the amendment to its global collaboration agreement with sanofi-aventis
  • Citigroup on various transactions, including the sale of its auto loan business to Santander, its $306 billion loss sharing program with the U.S. government, and its 2009 $52.5 billion capital realignment
  • Various other private equity and venture capital transactions

Michael is currently based in Davis Polk's New York office. He worked at Davis Polk's London office from 2003-2004. He is a member of the New York City Bar Committee on Mergers, Acquisitions & Proxy Contests.

Michael Davis is associated with the following items:
CHB Chapters  CHB Chapters Significant Topics in Private Equity - Private Equity Forum (Thirteenth Annual) , Monday, July 09, 2012
Web Segment  Web Segment Current Environment for Private Equity Investing - Private Equity Forum 2012 (Thirteenth Annual) , Thursday, July 12, 2012
Fundamentals of Private Equity Investing - Private Equity Forum 2012 (Thirteenth Annual) , Thursday, July 12, 2012
Transcripts  Transcripts Current Environment for Private Equity Investing - Current Environment for Private Equity Investing , Thursday, July 12, 2012
Fundamentals of Private Equity Investing - Fundamentals of Private Equity Investing , Thursday, July 12, 2012
MP3 Audio  MP3 Audio Thirteenth Annual Private Equity Forum: Fundamentals of Private Equity Investing - Fundamentals of Private Equity Investing , Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Thirteenth Annual Private Equity Forum: Current Environment for Private Equity Investing - Current Environment for Private Equity Investing , Tuesday, July 17, 2012
MP4 - Mobile Video Seg  MP4 - Mobile Video Seg Thirteenth Annual Private Equity Forum: Current Environment for Private Equity Investing - Current Environment for Private Equity Investing , Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Thirteenth Annual Private Equity Forum: Fundamentals of Private Equity Investing - Fundamentals of Private Equity Investing , Tuesday, July 17, 2012
On-Demand Web Programs  On-Demand Web Programs Private Equity Forum 2012 (Thirteenth Annual) , Tuesday, July 24, 2012 , New York, NY
Audio CD  Audio CD Private Equity Forum (Thirteenth Annual) , Tuesday, August 07, 2012 , New York, NY
DVD Video  DVD Video Private Equity Forum (Thirteenth Annual) , Tuesday, August 21, 2012 , New York, NY
LiveSeminar  Live Seminar Private Equity Forum (Thirteenth Annual) , Monday, July 09, 2012 , New York, NY
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