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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (including its associated entities) is an elite global law firm with world-class practices across the board. Industry-leading companies and global financial institutions know they can rely on us for their most challenging legal and business matters. The firm’s top-flight capabilities are grounded in a distinguished history of 170 years, and our global, forward-looking focus is supported by offices strategically located in the world’s key financial centers and political capitals. More than 1,000 lawyers collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and geographies to provide clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative, practical solutions. Visit davispolk.com.

Freshfields helps the world’s leading international organisations make the right decisions in a fast-changing world. We have a long-standing track record of successfully supporting the world's leading financial institutions on their ground-breaking and business-critical mandates.
With one of the world’s strongest international equity capital markets practices, we have lawyers qualified to practice in every major jurisdiction, including an integrated US capital markets team operating across Europe, Asia and the US. We act for issuers; selling shareholders and underwriters; all the major investment banks; and many governments worldwide, covering all areas of industry.

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is one of the world’s leading law firms with nearly 3,000 lawyers - including 487 partners - in 24 offices spanning the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the US. With more than a century's heritage providing clients with cutting-edge advice on their most important transactions, the firm has carved out a formidable record in complex mergers and acquisitions, governance and risk management for companies' boards. As a fixture on flagship deals, financings and disputes, HSF is regularly ranked in the top tiers of the major league tables and third-party rankings in the UK and worldwide.

With an active presence in the growth and venture capital fields in the key global markets, the firm delivers across the full spectrum of fundraising transactions from VC to floatation, combining with our leading M&A and equity capital markets teams. In the past three years, the firm has been involved in transactions raising over $5 billion in venture & growth capital.

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Latham & Watkins delivers innovative solutions to complex legal and business challenges around the world. From a global platform, our lawyers advise clients on market-shaping transactions, high-stakes litigation and trials, and sophisticated regulatory matters. Latham is one of the world’s largest providers of pro bono services, steadfastly supports initiatives designed to advance diversity within the firm and the legal profession, and is committed to exploring and promoting environmental sustainability. As global leaders with a preeminent capital markets reputation, we serve issuers, private equity investors, and investment banks in all major global financial centers, and are consistently ranked at the top of the league tables for both the volume and value of our work. We combine our market-leading experience with our innovative and collaborative culture to pioneer new deal structures and capital markets solutions. We have navigated clients through new ways of accessing the public markets, such as through direct listing, and we have developed alternatives to raising funds in debt and equity capital markets for the purpose of funding strategic investments and acquisitions. Our long-established skill navigating dynamic markets and the associated complex overlapping regulations gives our clients the confidence and guidance they need to accomplish any type of capital raising, in any jurisdiction, across any border, in any industry.

Linklaters is a leading global law firm, supporting clients in achieving their strategies wherever they do business. We use our expertise and resources to help clients pursue opportunities and manage risk across emerging and developed markets around the world.
With 30 offices and more than 2,800 lawyers around the world, our clients access more market-leading practices and experts in relevant practice areas than any other firm.

We build long and lasting relationships by delivering excellent client service and using our global capabilities to help our clients pursue the right opportunities and fulfil their ambitions.

We work as one united team, with a common focus on innovation, efficiency and agility – putting our clients at the heart of all we do.
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