Data deal: Davis Polk advises Markit on US merger Legal Business22 March 2016Corporate and M&ADeal watch Longstanding adviser Davis Polk & Wardwell has acted for Markit again as the London-based data provider signed a deal with US firm IHS for a $13bn merger.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading places: Skadden creates new C-suite role as Davis Polk makes trophy sports signingTrading places: Top Sullivan & Cromwell dealmaker decamps for Willkie in New YorkKirkland and Davis Polk lead as Ferrero seals $3.1bn tie-up with cereal giant Kellogg‘For us, it all came together’ – how Proskauer built a London high yield offering in 12 monthsSlaughters, Gibson Dunn lead on Daily Mail’s £500m Telegraph Media Group acquisitionCohen & Gresser follows McDermott in eyeing up external investmentDealwatch: Global 100 advisers take centre stage on BlackRock-GIP $12.5bn mega dealDealwatch: Telegraph auction off as Barclay brothers pay off Lloyds debt with loanDeal Watch: activity powers on as Latham and A&O lead on $19bn energy joint venture