Deal view: Life after Hatchard – does Skadden hunger to take its peerless M&A team to the next level?
‘Theirs is the biggest succession issue faced by any firm in the City,’ says one Magic Circle partner of Skadden,…
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Skadden zeros out of London for second year running in global partner promotion round
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
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
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
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and White & Case advised HgCapital as it led a consortium of investors purchasing €4.64bn…
Dealwatch
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher are advising as Westin owner…