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Skadden tops M&A league rankings in first quarter as deal value rebounds

Wachtell and Paul Weiss follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to 38% rise in global deal value

3 Apr 2024

Skadden and Foley & Lardner tap DOJ for antitrust partner hires in Washington DC

James Fredericks is heading to Skadden, while Mark Grundvig is joining Foley

2 Apr 2024

Skadden adds funds trio in London from Debevoise

Delphine Jaugey joins as head of secondaries for Europe alongside pair of associates

12 Mar 2024

Simpson Thacher hires four-partner Skadden financial services team in New York and DC

Group led by Skadden financial institutions co-head Sven Mickisch specialise in M&A and regulatory law

21 Feb 2024

Skadden secures rare investor-state arbitration award annulment for client in dispute with Iraq

ICSID upholds challenge by Kuwaiti business after first instance tribunal awarded against it

14 Feb 2024

Former FERC chairman James Danly rejoins Skadden to head energy regulatory group

Washington DC-based Danly spent seven years at government energy regulator

14 Feb 2024

Simpson Thacher raids Skadden for London disputes partner

David Edwards to co-lead European disputes practice alongside Tyler Robinson

7 Feb 2024

Cleary, Skadden and Goodwin chip in for Synopsys’ $35bn Ansys deal

Cleary acts for Synopsys as Skadden and Goodwin counsel Ansys in cash-and-stock deal that could attract regulatory scrutiny

17 Jan 2024

Wachtell, Skadden called in for Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14bn Juniper acquisition

Freshfields and Covington also advise on deal highlighting increased appetite for big ticket deals after slump in 2023

10 Jan 2024

Skadden, Linklaters tuck into EG Group’s sale of 218 restaurants to KFC

Deal sees KFC buy all of Skadden-repped EG’s UK and Ireland KFC businesses

7 Dec 2023

Skadden secures London acquisition finance partner from Willkie

Sebastian FitzGerald joins Wall Street heavyweight after seven years at Willkie

6 Dec 2023

Freshfields and Skadden shepherd eBay-backed Adevinta’s €14bn take private

Wachtell, Clifford Chance and Cleary also among firms called in for one of Europe’s biggest buyouts this year

22 Nov 2023

Freshfields, Skadden lead on Deutsche Bahn’s Arriva sale to I Squared Capital

Freshfields acts for Deutsche Bahn in deal valuing Arriva at reported €1.6bn

20 Oct 2023

Weil steers Microsoft through final stage of $69bn Activision Blizzard merger clearance

Global antitrust counsel advised on 17 review processes worldwide to secure largest-ever gaming industry deal

16 Oct 2023

Skadden Arps, Latham called in for Danaher’s $5.7bn Abcam acquisition

Skadden advises US medical giant Danaher as Latham acts for UK’s Abcam in all-cash deal

29 Aug 2023

Skadden hires ex-Pentagon special counsel to co-lead cybersecurity team

David Simon joins in Washington DC from leadership role at Mayer Brown

11 Jul 2023

Skadden, Clifford Chance advise on Generali’s €2.3bn acquisition of Liberty Seguros

Cash deal sees Irish heavyweight Matheson and Portugal’s Morais Leitão also called in

21 Jun 2023

Skadden names senior corporate lawyer Jeremy London new executive partner

London to succeed incumbent Eric Friedman next April as Wall Street heavyweight’s fourth executive partner

16 Jun 2023

Kirkland, Latham and Skadden check in for Asda’s £2.3bn acquisition of EG petrol chain arm

Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy also act in deal to create retail group with £30bn combined revenue

30 May 2023

Skadden mandates four days in office

Policy extending to all lawyers sees Skadden join a number of Big Law rivals in mandating time in the office

26 May 2023