Scott Hopkins
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Band 2 : Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
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About
Provided by Scott Hopkins
Practice Areas
Scott Hopkins leads Skadden’s U.K. public M&A practice in London and is co-head of the London M&A group, advising on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions and corporate matters. Mr. Hopkins also has extensive experience advising companies on a broad range of corporate governance matters and legal and regulatory responsibilities, including contentious public meetings, disclosure, directors’ duties, and individual director liability and protection. In 2010, Mr. Hopkins returned to Skadden from secondment to the U.K. Takeover Panel. During his two years at the panel, Mr. Hopkins regulated more than 200 transactions governed by the U.K. Takeover Code.
Professional Memberships
Co-Chair Professional Services Group of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the U.K.; Member, Takeovers Subcommittee, The City of London Law Society; Adviser, Investor Forum and Impact Investing Institute; Co-Chair, British Japanese Law Association; Lecturer, International M&A and Corporate Governance, BPP Law School and Said Business School, Oxford University