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

Firm Overview:
Serving clients in every major financial centre, Skadden is one of the world’s leading law firms, with 21 offices, more than 1,700 attorneys and 50-plus practice areas. The firm’s diversified practice enables it to offer solutions to the most challenging legal issues in virtually every area of corporate law, providing the specific legal advice clients need to compete most effectively in a global business environment. Skadden advises on the full range of complex, cross-border transactions, high-stakes controversy and litigation, and the most knotty issues clients face in today’s fluid regulatory environment. The firm’s clients consist of approximately half of the Fortune 250 industrial and service corporations; financial and governmental entities; small, entrepreneurial companies; and cultural, educational and charitable institutions.

The Americas:
Skadden’s attorneys in North America — based in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Palo Alto, Toronto, Washington, D.C. and Wilmington — coordinate across offices and practices worldwide to offer the dedication, experience and skill required to overcome clients’ business challenges. Skadden’s clients range from a variety of small, entrepreneurial companies to a substantial number of the 500 largest US corporations and many of the leading global companies. The firm has represented numerous governments, many of the largest banks — including virtually all of the leading investment banks — and major insurance and financial services companies.

Skadden has had a dedicated Latin America Group since 1990, significantly longer than most major law firms. The group has advised clients on a significant number of matters throughout the region, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, international banking matters, project financings, private equity transactions, restructurings, privatisations, and international arbitration and complex litigation matters. Skadden represents many major Latin American and international companies, investment banks and financial institutions, including both issuers and underwriters, and individual directors and officers in some of the largest, most high-profile transactions and disputes in Latin America.

The firm has worked in more than 20 countries throughout the region, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Asia Pacific:
With attorneys residing in Beijing, Hong Kong*, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore* and Tokyo, Skadden offers the resources to handle the largest and most complex matters involving entities throughout Asia Pacific. On the corporate side, the firm advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including the competition law issues implicated in multinational M&A; capital markets matters; investment management; and banking transactions. Skadden provides the full range of international dispute resolution services across the region, and its attorneys also counsel on internal investigations; enforcement actions; and related governance, disclosure and litigation matters. The firm’s attorneys also focus on a wide range of energy and infrastructure projects and real estate-related transactions. Skadden has handled matters in Australia, Bangladesh, mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. *The firm’s Hong Kong office operates as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and its Singapore office operates as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Singapore) LLP.

Europe:
Skadden established a European presence more than 30 years ago with the opening of its London office, followed by offices located in Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich and Paris. This network leverages the firm’s ability to lead some of the most important pan-European deals, driving inbound and outbound investment. The firm delivers highly efficient and cost-effective client service through teams that offer combined US, English, French, German and Russian law advice in the following core practice areas: banking and finance, capital markets, corporate restructuring, cybersecurity and data protection, EU competition, financial regulation, government enforcement and white collar crime, insurance, international arbitration and litigation, investment management, labor and employment, intellectual property and technology, M&A, private equity and tax.

Middle East & Africa:
Africa: Skadden has worked with businesses and governments in Africa for more than 20 years and continues to be retained in high-profile matters, including corporate transactions, arbitration and litigation disputes, and energy and infrastructure projects.
Israel: Skadden advises Israeli companies doing business and raising capital outside Israel and non-Israeli companies and individuals doing business in Israel.
Middle East: Skadden’s attorneys provide clients doing business in the Middle East with seamless legal services, advising on corporate, litigation and arbitration, and investigation matters throughout the region.