News About Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Kirkland recruits Skadden mass tort team for Philadelphia debut
Highly-regarded trial lawyer Allison Brown joins with four more partners
Clifford Chance taps Skadden for private capital heavyweight Embley in London
Bruce Embley co-headed Freshfields’ global M&A practice before joining Skadden in 2020
Skadden debuts in Middle East with senior Freshfields hire
New York firm taps corporate heavyweight Michael Hilton to lead Abu Dhabi launch
Kirkland tops global 2024 M&A rankings ahead of Skadden
Deal value jumps 10% in 2024 to $3.2trn with volume down 14% to 50,200
Skadden, Goodwin, Davis Polk act as Novo closes $16.5bn Catalent deal
Jones Day, Linklaters and Arnold & Porter also called in for the largest healthcare buyout of 2024
Skadden, Latham called in as Mubadala takes CI Financial private in $8.7bn deal
Canadian firms Blakes, Stikeman Elliott and Wildeboer Dellelce also advise on Mubadala’s largest deal to date
Freshfields hires private credit trio from Weil in London
Paul Stewart joins as global co-head of private credit and capital solutions alongside two new partners
Skadden raids Latham for London tech transactions head
Deborah Kirk latest in string of partner departures from Latham’s City office
Skadden to close in Shanghai, cut roles in China corporate practice
New York firm latest of a string of leading international practices to scale back in China
Skadden adds Asia disputes head from Sidley
Friven Yeoh joins having co-led Sidley’s global arbitration, trade and advocacy group
Women KCs celebrate 75th anniversary of first appointments
Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949
Paul Weiss taps Skadden for asset management partner duo in New York
David Hepps joins with Matthew Collin; Hepp to lead Paul Weiss' asset management M&A practice
Skadden tops M&A league rankings in first half as deal value rebounds
Paul Weiss and Latham & Watkins follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to 18% rise in global deal value
Skadden, Weil shepherd Honeywell’s $1.9bn CAES acquisition
Weil counsels seller Advent as Skadden acts for longtime client Honeywell in deal for defence tech company
Latham recruits life sciences partner duo in DC from Skadden, real estate partner in New York
Former FDA lawyers Jennifer Bragg and William McConagha move over in DC as Safehold CLO Douglas Heitner joins real estate team in New York
Latham, Skadden and Paul Weiss among firms advising on $6.9bn Squarespace take private
Private equity firm Permira is leading the deal, with support from General Atlantic and Accel
Skadden recruits SoFi GC, Shearman fintech co-chair to lead financial institutions regulatory group
Adam Cohen and Mark Chorazak join in New York and Washington DC respectively amid increasing US bank regulation
Simpson Thacher adds Skadden funds partner ahead of Boston debut
Kenneth Burdon to be joined by Simpson Thacher funds partner Nathan Somogie for launch later this year
Skadden, Slaughter and May lead on International Paper’s £5.8bn DS Smith acquisition
Deal sees Skadden-repped International Paper beat earlier offer from British rival Mondi
Skadden elevates 21 to partnership in latest promotions round
US promotions dominate this year’s cohort, though overall numbers are lower than 2023’s round