{"id":139600,"date":"2025-12-22T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/22\/how-davis-polk-has-become-go-to-merger-counsel-for-big-law\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:15:10","slug":"how-davis-polk-has-become-go-to-merger-counsel-for-big-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/22\/how-davis-polk-has-become-go-to-merger-counsel-for-big-law\/","title":{"rendered":"How Davis Polk Has Become Go-To Merger Counsel for Big Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wall Street law firm and its chair, Neil Barr, have advised on at least five law firm mergers in the last couple of years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/938307095\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" 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its chair, Neil Barr, have advised on at least five law firm mergers in the last couple of years. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Wall Street law firm and its chair, Neil Barr, have advised on at least five law firm mergers in the last couple of years. 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