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What is recorded
Depending on the event, a Syglum record can include:
- firm and category
- client and counterparty
- matter or transaction
- practice and geography
- named lawyers and their roles
- movement from one firm to another
- disclosed value and value type
- source links and evidence quotes
The record covers partner and team moves, major deals and mandates, litigation and regulatory matters, legal technology and AI, and changes in firm strategy, practices and offices.
Related events are linked where the same development involves more than one tracked firm.
Current coverage
Syglum currently tracks 30 global firms selected for their relevance to competition for major clients, matters and senior talent.
The list is a coverage universe, not a ranking.
- A&O Shearman
- Baker McKenzie
- Clifford Chance
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Cooley
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- DLA Piper
- Freshfields
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Goodwin
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
- Jones Day
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Linklaters
- Milbank
- Morgan Lewis
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Quinn Emanuel
- Ropes & Gray
- Sidley Austin
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- White & Case
Each user chooses which of these firms to follow.
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10 Sep 2026 · Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP · Transactional
Davis Polk advises ACV on its $1.9 billion acquisition by Copart
Copart and ACV announced a definitive agreement under which Copart will acquire all outstanding ACV shares for $10.50 per share in cash, an implied equity value of approximately $1.9 billion. Davis Polk & Wardwell is serving as legal counsel to ACV, with J.P. Morgan as exclusive financial advisor. Wilson Sonsini advised Copart.
Value: $1.9B
Confidence: High
Evidence
“J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor and provided a fairness opinion to ACV, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is serving as legal counsel...”
Source: Copart/ACV press release, September 10, 2026, via investor newswire
Additional source: Law360
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Briefs
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What Syglum is not
Syglum is not a general legal-news service.
It does not try to capture every matter handled by every tracked firm. Events are included under a published methodology. For transactions, the general threshold is $1 billion, with defined exceptions for areas such as partner moves, litigation and certain firm or technology developments.
Some activity is never made public. Some only becomes visible later. An event not appearing in Syglum does not mean the underlying activity did not happen.