Skadden Arps has been working on the lucrative area for five years, gaining experience in the process that sees tax costs fall as businesses relocate their HQs to low-tax environments such as Ireland. Thomson Reuters data shows that Skadden Arps has worked on 12 of these deals in two years. 

Dublin deal

Skadden is now working on the Pfizer takeover of Dublin-based pharma business Allergan, a deal which would have the advantage of enabling the giant pharma business to set its head office in the low-tax location of Ireland. Source: ABA