Janice Davis brings more than 30 years of corporate experience to her practice, striving to create practical solutions for her clients’ contractual relationships and challenges. Janice advises on a variety of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, divestitures, software license agreements, corporate financing, private placements, alliance arrangements, reorganizations, recapitalizations, management and leveraged buy-outs, venture capital investments, and securities law compliance.
In her M&A practice, Janice represents public and private companies, as well as private equity firms, in diverse cross-border and domestic transactions. Janice also has a particular interest in guiding clients through the formation and financing of early stage and emerging growth companies. She routinely advises corporate clients and other entities on governance, fiduciary duties, and change of control and related matters.
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Janice was a partner at another global law firm, where she served as co-chair of its technology transactions department. While there, she gained a unique perspective on legal matters as a result of her work on a part-time seconded basis at a portfolio company of one of that firm’s private equity firm clients, handling all board matters, integrating and organizing the outside legal teams, negotiating all contracts, and managing all insurance risk matters. She was also seconded at one of the top accounting firms in the United States, where she saw through all corporate matters, M&A transactions, and negotiated more than 250 contracts on behalf of its consulting division.
Member, Dallas Leadership Committee, 50/50 Women on Boards
Named, Modern Healthcare’s “Largest Healthcare Firm” (2016–2021)
Recognized, IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals (2018, 2019)
Ranked, Technology: Corporate & Commercial, Texas, Chambers USA (2018)
Recommended, Technology: M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+), The Legal 500 US (2020)
Recommended, Media, technology and telecoms: Technology transactions, The Legal 500 US (2020)
Recommended, Technology: Transactions, The Legal 500 US (2015, 2018)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Dallas (2025)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, Dallas (2010–2025)
Dallas’ Top 50 Women in Law, Texas Diversity Council (2018)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Preeminent™ Rating
Recipient, Texas Women Ventures Fund Breakthrough Award (2011)
Firm Representative and Advisory Board Member, North Texas Board, National Association of Corporate Directors (2010–2017)
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Dallas Bar Association
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (2013–2017)
Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Southern Methodist University (2012–2017)
Member, Investment Committee, Texas Women's Ventures Fund
Investor and Mentor, Tech Wildcatters
Member, Dallas CASA
Member, Dallas Summer Musicals
Leadership Dallas (2003–2004)
Board of Trustees, Texas General Counsel Forum (2004–2017); Chair, 2008 Annual Conference; Chair, 2009 Annual Dedman Dinner