Mr. Kumleben is a member of Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Corporate Department and is based in London. He represents European corporations and investment banks in securities offerings and other financings in the international public and private markets. He also advises clients on private equity and other mergers and acquisitions transactions.

In 15 years of European emerging markets practice, Mr. Kumleben has advised on financings or other transactions for companies or governments in 25 countries. His transactions have included groundbreaking capital markets transactions in many European and African emerging markets. His work spans a range of industries, with particular emphasis on financial institutions and health care.

Mr. Kumleben joined Davis Polk in 1982 and became a partner in 1988. He has practiced in the London office since 1992.

Mr. Kumleben graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 1976, and in 1978 received his LL.B. from the University of Natal. He received a first class degree in philosophy, politics and economics, in 1981 from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He received his J.D. from I.I.T.—Kent, Chicago, in 1982.

He was a member of staff of the Brady Commission, established by President Reagan to investigate the 1987 stock market crash. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York City Bar.

Mr. Kumleben has been listed as a leading lawyer in several industry publications: Chambers Global – Leaders in Their Field, Chambers Europe – Leaders in Their Field, IFLR’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers – Best of the Best, Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers, PLC’s Cross-border Finance: Secured Lending Handbook and Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal—International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers.