Deal view: Life after Hatchard – does Skadden hunger to take its peerless M&A team to the next level? Nathalie Tidman ‘Theirs is the biggest succession issue faced by any firm in the City,’ says one Magic Circle partner of Skadden,…
Skadden zeros out of London for second year running in global partner promotion round Nathalie Tidman While other US rivals beef up their London partner headcount, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has for the second…
Life during law: Richard Youle, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Marco Cillario When I moved to Hull from Sheffield at five my next-door neighbour was a just-born, [Linklaters partner] Alex Woodward –…
Skadden and A&O act on Vantiv’s £9bn buyout of UK payment processor Worldpay Tom Baker An Allen & Overy (A&O) team is advising UK company Worldpay on its £9bn sale to US payment processor Vantiv,…
Skadden, White & Case, Freshfields, Simpson lead elite firms on Europe’s largest software buyout Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and White & Case advised HgCapital as it led a consortium of investors purchasing €4.64bn…
Dealwatch Legal Business SKADDEN PULLS MOODY’S IN €3BN DEAL Allen & Overy (A&O) and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom led as Moody’s…
Freshfields and Skadden win roles on LSE’s $685m buyout of Citi yield book Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom have won places advising on the London Stock Exchange (LSE)’s…
‘Move makes sense’: Skadden breaks up White & Case City PE duo with Youle hire Legal Business In what amounts to a break-up of one of the City’s most storied private equity partner duos, Skadden, Arps, Slate…
Dentons makes competition play with Skadden veteran Venit Legal Business European competition veteran James Venit is to leave Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to join Dentons in Brussels after…
Kirkland and Skadden lead on $710m Hong Kong float for selfie app Meitu Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have both advised on the planned $710m initial public offering…
Skadden impresses as it takes lead on Abbey Life acquisition Sarah Downey US firm takes first-time instruction from Freshfields client Phoenix Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is in line for a…
Freshfields leads for longtime client Henderson Group on $6bn merger Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have guided global asset manager Henderson Group and Denver-based global…
Skadden, Freshfields and Clifford Chance provide cover as Deustche Bank sells insurer for £935m Madeleine Farman Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance and have all won places advising on Phoenix Group…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in July and August 2016 Legal Business US ELITE LEAD AS VERIZON TAKES YAHOO! FOR $4.8BN Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &…
Q&A: Skadden disputes veteran Rory McAlpine on Hong Kong, Berezovsky and arbitration Legal Business Legal Business catches up with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom disputes veteran Rory McAlpine (pictured) to discuss the Hong…
Freshfields and Skadden face off as Japanese telco wins $1.2bn arbitration award from Tata Group Legal Business In one of the biggest cases for the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) this year, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher…
Revolving doors: DWF makes Scottish insurance play as Skadden and EY make key hires Legal Business In this week’s appointments around up, law firms including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, DWF and accountancy giant EY…
Skadden names NY-partner as enforcement head in London in global investigations push Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has boosted its City-based investigations practice having relocated white collar partner Keith Krakaur (pictured)…
US law firms’ secret deal weapon blunted as Pfizer pulls plug on $160bn inversion bid Legal Business The wave of ‘inversion’ bids into Europe from US companies could be set to end, with the strategy pioneered by…
Cravath and Skadden check-in as Starwood derails Marriott merger to seal Chinese hotel takeover Jaishree Kalia Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher are advising as Westin owner…
