External investment trend continues as offshore leader seals private equity deal Will Lewallen Offshore law firm Walkers has agreed a deal with private equity house Vitruvian Partners to co-invest in its corporate services…
Trading places: Skadden creates new C-suite role as Davis Polk makes trophy sports signing Alex Ryan Skadden has appointed its first chief digital and information officer, hiring PwC partner Vince DiMascio (pictured) into the newly created…
Kirkland’s new Boston hires lead as Novartis seals $12bn Avidity Biosciences acquisition Theresa Hargreaves Kirkland & Ellis’s recently hired Boston team has scored a key role advising Avidity Biosciences on its $12bn acquisition by…
Revolving Doors: Proskauer, Mayer Brown and Pinsents hire in PE as A&O Shearman loses German arbitration head Will Lewallen Martin Graham has joined Proskauer’s private equity and M&A team in London, returning to private practice after 18 years at…
Skadden and Cravath take lead on $3.3bn Murdoch succession deal Bertie Ford Skadden and Cravath have advised on the settlement of the Murdoch Family Trust dispute and the related share offering, with…
Paul Weiss and Skadden lead on Kraft Heinz split Theresa Hargreaves Paul, Weiss and Skadden have picked up lead roles in the separation of The Kraft Heinz Company just 10 years…
‘Buyers are out there’ – why M&A partners are feeling positive despite geopolitical thunderstorms Bertie Ford ‘The volatility in the world isn’t going away anytime soon, it just has to be priced in. We have to…
More than just size: the Global London firms making the best impression on clients Alex Ryan The Legal Business Global London ranking – which ranks the fifty biggest non-UK firms by their London headcount – is…
‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business Elisha Juttla ‘If anyone had all the right answers, they’d be getting all the work in the City,’ jokes Cleary London private…
‘We’re not Real Madrid signing the best player in the world every year, that’s not what we do’ – Skadden London head Youle on scaling up London Elisha Juttla Skadden London head Richard Youle on a year in management and scaling up London Skadden-style.
Life During Law: Scott Hopkins Alex Ryan When I was 18 I left Vancouver to play ice hockey in university in Japan. That got me off on…
Alphas revisited: Women deal stars five years on Holly McKechnie ‘There is still fundamentally an issue with how women are perceived in the legal market and how well they can…
‘A powerful position’: Youle succeeds Trivedi as Skadden London head Nathalie Tidman Rich Youle, Skadden’s much-admired co-head of private equity, has taken over from Pranav Trivedi as the head of Skadden’s London…
‘A true star and magnificent friend’: Industry greats bid farewell to Skadden M&A doyen Scott Simpson Nathalie Tidman Asking around the market for tributes to Scott Simpson, Skadden’s eminent M&A partner who died suddenly at the age of…
A class act: Skadden and the industry mourn death of M&A icon Scott Simpson Nathalie Tidman Skadden’s Scott Simpson, one of the most influential M&A lawyers of his generation, has died suddenly at the age of…
Skadden goes organic with three City promotions as investment intensifies in London Nathalie Tidman Skadden has made up its largest haul of new partners in London since 2008, a further showing of support for…
Skadden doubles down on City recruitment drive with hire of Freshfields star Embley Nathalie Tidman Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has hired one of the most well-known M&A partners in the City, Freshfields Bruckhaus…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – International Arbitration Team of the Year Thomas Alan After much back-and-forth between the judges in a keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Firm focus: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Nathalie Tidman London headcount: 144 lawyers, 28 partners Lawyer headcount change since 2014: 15% (-7% partners) London head: Pranav Trivedi Office specialities:…
Life During Law: Scott Simpson Nathalie Tidman We had Skadden’s 30th anniversary party at Kensington Palace. Very cool. I’ve been here most of those 30 years. I…
