Description
Corporate
Industrial and service corporations, as well as financial and
governmental entities, and high-technology companies rely on
Skadden’s legal advice to compete most effectively in a global
business environment. As a leader in mergers and acquisitions
and other corporate transactions, we have represented many of
the world’s largest companies, including approximately 50 percent
of the Fortune 250, in their most high-profile deals.
The broad diversification of the firm’s work in more than 50 practice
areas enables us to provide our clients with coordinated legal advice
in multiple areas of the law, including those involving litigation and
regulatory issues. Among the world’s top law firms, we have one of
the largest, most experienced teams of transactional lawyers, whose
capabilities enable us to handle the numerous issues that can arise
in a single corporate transaction.
Skadden provides advice in a full spectrum of corporate transactional and other matters, including mergers and acquisitions,
corporate finance, corporate governance, restructurings and private
equity investments. We also counsel clients regarding a variety of
other matters such as securities law compliance, directorial duties,
tax-favored investments and market listing/FINRA advice.
The depth and scope of Skadden’s practice has been reflected
over the years in numerous surveys of the legal industry.
The firm routinely tops league tables in a variety of corporate practice areas, including M&A, corporate restructuring, corporate finance and project finance. Skadden was named “Corporate/M&A Law Firm of the Year” by Chambers Global 2014 and in 2015, for the 15th consecutive year, Skadden was named the top U.S. corporate law firm in Corporate Board Member magazine’s annual survey of “America’s Best Corporate Law Firms,” which asked directors of publicly traded companies to select the firms they would “most likely retain to handle a variety of corporate legal matters.” We also earned the highest number of rankings of all law firms in The American Lawyer’s 2014 “Corporate Scorecard,” which tracks leading firms’ transactional practices during the previous year. In 2015, for the third time in six years, the Financial Times’ “Innovative Lawyers” report has named Skadden the most innovative law firm in North America.
Five of the firm’s submissions were ranked among the year’s top legal innovations; three were shortlisted for individual top honors. Skadden has ranked either first or second in each of the FT’s six annual U.S./North America “Innovative Lawyers” reports. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates .
The firm routinely tops league tables in a variety of corporate practice areas, including M&A, corporate restructuring, corporate finance and project finance. Skadden was named “Corporate/M&A Law Firm of the Year” by Chambers Global 2014 and in 2015, for the 15th consecutive year, Skadden was named the top U.S. corporate law firm in Corporate Board Member magazine’s annual survey of “America’s Best Corporate Law Firms,” which asked directors of publicly traded companies to select the firms they would “most likely retain to handle a variety of corporate legal matters.” We also earned the highest number of rankings of all law firms in The American Lawyer’s 2014 “Corporate Scorecard,” which tracks leading firms’ transactional practices during the previous year. In 2015, for the third time in six years, the Financial Times’ “Innovative Lawyers” report has named Skadden the most innovative law firm in North America.
Five of the firm’s submissions were ranked among the year’s top legal innovations; three were shortlisted for individual top honors. Skadden has ranked either first or second in each of the FT’s six annual U.S./North America “Innovative Lawyers” reports. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates .
