Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Headquarters	Toronto
No. of offices	3
No. of attorneys	242
Major practice areas	General practice (business law)
Date founded	1961 (Davies Ward & Beck); 2001 (Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg)
Company type	Limited liability partnership
Website
www.dwpv.com

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is an integrated firm of more than 240 lawyers with offices in Toronto, Montreal, and New York. It is one of the Toronto law firms known as the Seven Sisters.^[1] Davies focuses on business law and is consistently at the heart of large and complex commercial and financial matters on behalf of its clients, regardless of borders. The firm acts for a wide range of industrial and commercial companies and financial institutions, both public and private; the firm's clients are located in Canada, the United States, and abroad.^[2] The firm’s M&A practice spans most industrial and service sectors and includes representation in transactions of every size. Davies is consistently ranked in the top 20 by Bloomberg's Global M&A Advisory rankings.^[3]

Davies is smaller than each of its Canadian competitors—in most cases by a considerable margin—but is ranked ahead of them in dollar value of M&A transactions completed over most reporting periods. The firm has a high percentage of top-ranked lawyers relative to other major Canadian firms.^[2] It is a market leader in each of its core practice areas: the 2011 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada ranks Davies as the leading Canadian firm in corporate transactions (including banking, competition law, corporate / commercial law, corporate finance and securities, corporate tax, and mergers and acquisitions).^[4] The Practical Law Company lists Davies as a "Leading" corporate/M&A firm,^[5] and lists the greatest number of individual lawyers at Davies as "Endorsed" relative to firm size.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Macleans Magazine Online". http://www.macleans.ca/education/postsecondary/article.jsp?content=20070914_201625_8052. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Chambers and Partners, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Firm Profile". http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Global/Firms/7802-30017. 
3. ^ "Best Lawyers, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Firm Profile". http://www.bestlawyers.com/firms/davies-ward-phillips-vineberg-llp/38030/CA. 
4. ^ "Lexpert Directory, Firms". http://www.lexpert.ca/Directory/DirectoryContent/Firm.aspx?firm_id=132. 
5. ^ "Practical Law Company, Corporate/M&A (firm recommendations)". http://whichlawyer.practicallaw.com/which/firmRecommendationsByJurisdictionSpecialisation.do?specialisationId=:25835&jurisdictionId=:22218. 
6. ^ "Practical Law Company, Corporate/M&A (individual recommendations)". http://whichlawyer.practicallaw.com/which/individualRecommendations.do?specialisationId=:25835&jurisdictionId=:22218. 

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