Davis Polk Team Leads JPMorgan on Purchase of First Republic (1)

Wall Street law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell advised JPMorgan Chase & Co. in its Monday agreement to acquire First Republic Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Davis Polk partners Margaret Tahyar, who leads the financial institutions and fintech team, led work on the agreement along with Randall Guynn, head of the firm’s financial institutions group, and Luigi De Ghenghi and Eric McLaughlin. The four previously advised 11 banks that deposited $30 billion in First Republic in March in an effort to rescue the regional lender and help stabilize the financial system.

Tahyar also led the Davis Polk team ...