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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

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The Real Estate Group of Skadden advises clients on the full array of complex issues throughout the industry. We represent a wide variety of developers, lenders, investment banks, pension funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity funds, U.S. and international investors, and major corporations. Our representations include public and private offerings of various types of real estate securities and REITs; securitized lending transactions; leasing on behalf of landlords and tenants; real estate litigation; real estate workouts and restructurings (in and out of bankruptcy); and the development and acquisition of office buildings, hotels, casinos, resorts and shopping centers.

Skadden is well established among the top-tier firms in the area of real estate, including by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2019, The LEGAL 500 UNITED STATES 2019 and U.S. News — Best Lawyers Best Law Firms 2019 in their annual listings of the leading practices. In 2019, numerous deals handled by Skadden once again featured among Real Estate Forum's Best of 2018.

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What the Team is Known For
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is an international powerhouse with substantial prowess in the full spectrum of real estate matters. It offers noted expertise in debt and equity financing, and is particularly accomplished at advising on cross-border investments. The team boasts further capabilities handling complex real estate development matters.
Notable practitioners

Neil Rock is the head of the global real estate group.

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Work Highlights

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  • Skadden Arps acted for The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in multiple projects, including the $9.5 billion redevelopment of Terminal One and the $4.2 billion redevelopment of Terminals Six and Seven at JFK International Airport.

Strengths

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  • Skadden are the crème de la crème. With the amount of resources the have, if you have any oddball questions, they can handle them.

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  • Skadden can take very complicated situations and agreements and distil them down to simple decision points.

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Members

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  • Evan R Levy

  • Nancy M Olson

  • Meryl K Chae

  • David Nagler

  • Neil L Rock

  • Marco P Caffuzzi

  • George C Fatheree III

  • Audrey L. Sokoloff

  • Russell G. Wohl

  • Catherine E. Danz

  • Peter Mair

  • Vered Rabia

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