Stephen F Arcano

Practice Areas

Stephen F. Arcano advises companies, boards of directors, board committees and financial institutions on a wide range of corporate matters, including mergers, acquisitions and other significant transactions, activist defense, corporate governance and other corporate and securities laws matters. He has counseled clients across a wide array of industries, including biotech and pharmaceuticals, consumer, energy, financial institutions, industrials and technology.

Personal

JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1988 (magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; The Tax Lawyer); BSFS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 1984.

Career

Mr. Arcano has been active in firm and practice management over his career, including most recently having served as a global head of Skadden’s transactions practices, as well as a member of multiple firm committees.

In recognition of his work, Mr. Arcano has been honored as one of The American Lawyer’s Dealmakers of the Year and repeatedly selected for inclusion in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Mr. Arcano also has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America and IFLR1000, in addition to being named to Lawdragon’s 500 Legends of Law list, which recognizes attorneys “whose contributions define justice and excellence in the legal profession.”