A £4.3bn deal: Skadden and Freshfields take lead roles on Rexam takeover Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised two of the world’s largest beverage can makers…
Slaughters, Davis Polk and Skadden cash in on Shire’s biggest ever takeover Legal Business Dublin-headquartered Shire, took to the January sales with the $1.5bn it received in a break-fee from US pharma giant AbbVie…
‘The pharma sector is very busy’: Slaughters, Davis Polk and Skadden win roles on Shire’s $5.2bn acquisition Legal Business Slaughter and May was called upon by longstanding pharmaceutical client Shire on its biggest acquisition to date as it purchased…
Hiring spree continues as Skadden takes Freshfields non-contentious insurance head Jaishree Kalia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has continued its recent City hiring spree, recruiting Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s non-contentious insurance practice…
US associate bonuses: Simpson first to unveil, Cravath follows and Skadden tops with $110,000 bonus Legal Business The US bonus season, usually led by Cravath Swaine & Moore, has this year seen Simpson Thacher & Bartlett kick-start…
‘Second major addition to the European disputes practice in as many months’: Skadden hires Dechert’s London arbitration head Legal Business US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has enhanced its respected disputes practice having today (18 November) announced the…
Wachtell, Skadden and Goodwin Procter take lead roles on Bank of America’s $16.6bn settlement Legal Business Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Goodwin Procter have taken the lead roles on…
Skadden pledges PE still core focus but declines to spend big on Murray-Jones replacement Legal Business The pending retirement of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s leading figure in the City private equity market Allan Murray-Jones has…
Clifford Chance, Covington and Skadden lead on £930m AA IPO Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Covington & Burling and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are advising on the £930m flotation of over two…
A&O, Hogan Lovells and Skadden line up on $1.46bn acquisition of Aeroflex by UK rival Cobham David Stevenson Allen & Overy (A&O), Hogan Lovells and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are among firms to be awarded mandates…
Skadden, Freshfields and Davis Polk take the lead as blockbuster Pfizer/AstraZeneca deal gears up again Jaishree Kalia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Davis Polk & Wardwell have all landed lead roles advising…
Partner promotions: Skadden makes up 1 City partner out of 11; Morgan Cole promotes two Jaishree Kalia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has promoted just one London lawyer to partnership in this year’s US-centric round of partner…
Taylor Wessing fills German head of private equity slot with Skadden hire as Bird & Bird bolsters Frankfurt Legal Business Taylor Wessing has hired Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom M&A partner Walter Henle to fill the role of German private equity head.…
Skadden latest US firm to enter Seoul after obtaining local licence Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has announced it is opening in Seoul, South Korea, joining a growing number of UK…
You win some you lose some: Skadden’s client bows out of $1.7bn Amcol bidding war as $1bn Chiquita/Fyffes merger goes through Legal Business The month-long bidding war between French minerals company Imerys and New York’s Mineral Technologies (MT) for Amcol International this week…
Skadden’s London head Buck steps down as the City claims global management positions in energy and litigation Jaishree Kalia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s longstanding European head Bruce Buck has stepped down from his role as London head as…
Skadden and Shearman take lead roles as struggling BlackBerry agrees $4.7bn sale Jaishree Kalia Following dashed hopes that BlackBerry’s new handset would reverse its falling fortunes, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Shearman & Sterling…
Deal watch: telecoms stays on front pages as Skadden and Simpson Thacher lead on Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s mobile business Mark McAteer Following Monday’s $130bn deal between Vodafone and Verizon, yet another blockbuster telecoms transaction has emerged to keep M&A lawyers enthralled,…
Latham, Sidley and Skadden lead the US pack in Legal 500 research Legal Business Often hailed as one of the greatest US success stories of the last 25 years, new research underlines the elevated…
TNK-BP takeover saga ends in largest Russian deal ever David Stevenson The ongoing battle over what was to become of Russian oil joint venture (JV) TNK-BP finally concluded at the end…
