Skadden Arps Flashcards
Who are the main recruitment contacts at Skadden Arps?
Nicola Kerley 7519 7467
How do you get jobs from Skadden and submit candidates?
Go to their portal and log in:
https://www.allhires.com/Skadden/Agency/.
How do you get to Skadden Arps?
40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5DS
Canary Wharf Tube is very near (Or if coming in on DLR equal distance from Heron Quays or Canary Wharf Stations)
Where does Skadden Arps have offices?
Beijing Boston Brussels Chicago Frankfurt Hong Kong Houston London Los Angeles Moscow Munich New York Palo Alto Paris São Paulo Seoul Shanghai Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto Washington, D.C. Wilmington
How many partners does Skadden have in London and Globally?
30 ptn in London (Jan 2014 figures) and 444 Globally (2008 Figures)
How many lawyers at Skadden Arps globally?
With 23 offices, approximately 1,600 attorneys and more than 40 distinct areas of practice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates serves clients in every major international financial center, providing the specific legal advice companies across a spectrum of industries need to compete most effectively in a global business environment. Our clients include approximately 50 percent of theFortune 250 industrial and service corporations, as well as financial and governmental entities, small, entrepreneurial companies and nonprofits. Skadden’s attorneys and staff share a commitment to providing our clients with the highest-quality and most cost-effective legal services in an atmosphere emphasizing teamwork, creativity, responsiveness and diversity.
What is Skadden Arps’ history?
Our History
Founded as a three-lawyer shop in Manhattan in 1948, Skadden rose to prominence in the ’60s and ’70s by taking on the proxy fights and hostile tender offers that white-shoe law firms deemed “ungentlemanly.” We leveraged our success in that area to build one of the world’s preeminent law firms, offering clients in every major international financial center solutions to the most challenging legal issues in virtually every area of corporate law.
How many fee earners are in Skadden Arps’ London office?
60 associates in London plus 11 Counsel and 2 European Counsel, 13 Trainees) (January 2014 Figures)
Who is Managing Partner of Skadden Arps’ London office and who are the other key partners?
Skadden rejigs management committee as Buck hands London bat to Trivedi
10 February 2014 | By
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has rejigged its management committee, with London managing partner Bruce Buck handing the bat to M&A partner Pranav Trivedi.
Buck’s move was announced internally two weeks ago, ending a 25-year stint managing the City base after he founded the office in 1988. He remains the firm’s European managing partner.
The shift follows various other management changes at Skadden , although a spokesperson insists that they are unrelated to Buck’s decision.
These include the promotion of London-based Karyl Nairn QC, who featured in last year’s The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list list (28 January 2013 ) for her work advising Roman Abramovich during his $6bn (£3.8bn) battle against Boris Berezovsky. She has been made global co-head of the firm’s international litigation and arbitration group alongside London disputes partner David Kavanagh.
Meanwhile London energy and infrastructure projects partner Douglas Nordlinger, who also made it into last year’s Hot 100 list, has been promoted to global head of the firm’s energy and infrastructure projects group. He replaces Washington DC-based Martin Klepper.
The firm did not comment on whether or not the moves were decided by partnership vote. The promotions are expected to come into force with immediate effect, meaning Russian specialist Trivedi, who specialises in merger and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity, is already London head.
New York-born Buck, who started his career at White & Case , remains the chairman of Chelsea Football Club. Since he took up the role in 2003 the club has won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups, the Europa League and the Champions League.
How do Skadden Arps rank in the league tables and what awards have they won?
Ranking in Legal Business / Lawyer 100 / Am Law
2011
Corporate League Tables: 2010 Year-End
Skadden ranked first in M&A by dollar value of deals globally and in the United States — representing both principals and in any advisory role — according to year-end rankings from Bloomberg, Dealogic and Thomson Reuters.
In Bloomberg’s capital markets league table, Skadden ranked first by volume in representing issuers of U.S. equity offerings, U.S. equity-linked, U.S. high-yield debt and U.S. preferred offerings. In similar tables published by Thomson Reuters, Skadden ranked first by deal count in representing issuers of global and U.S. convertible offerings, U.S. equity and equity-related offerings, and was tied for first in U.S. IPOs.
The firm also ranked in Bloomberg or Thomson Reuters’ top three by either volume or deal count in representing issuers for:
Global equity, equity-linked, and rights offerings
Global equity IPOs
Global high-yield debt
International high-yield bonds
U.S. corporates
EMEA equity, equity-linked
Asia-Pacific ex-Japan IPOs
Asia-Pacific ex-Japan Depository Receipts
Australia/New Zealand hybrid
2010
Legal Week British Legal Awards
At the British Legal Awards on Dec. 2, 2010, Skadden’s U.K. practice was named the “London Office of the Year.” The annual awards, which are organized by Incisive Media’s Legal Week magazine, recognize achievements in the U.K. legal profession. Skadden was cited for its significant deal work, development of a London corporate investigations practice and for the firm’s pro bono and diversity efforts.
Financial Times/mergermarket European M&A Awards
On Dec. 9, 2010, Skadden was named the Legal Adviser of the Year for Russia and CIS at the fourth annual European M&A Awards in London, sponsored by the Financial Times and mergermarket. The firm was cited for its leading mergers and acquisitions work over the past year.
Financial Times “US Innovative Lawyers” Report
Skadden ranked as the No. 1 firm in the country for innovation in the legal sector in the Financial Times’ inaugural “US Innovative Lawyers” report, published Dec. 1, 2010. The report, which states it is ranking law firms that “…exceeded client expectations in a market where those expectations were riding high,” was based on submissions by AmLaw 100 firms.
Skadden also was:
the only firm to receive the top ranking in the Mergers & Acquisitions category, citing our work for CF Industries;
one of four top firms in the Financial Services category, where Skadden ranked first based on our role in Citi’s spin-off of Primerica;
one of three firms in the top tier in the Automotive Sector, in connection with our advising Delphi; and
one of six firms “highly commended” in Restructuring, for our representation of CIT in its prepackaged plan of reorganization.
We also were in the top tier for Responsible Business in connection with the Skadden Fellowship Foundation; and Chicago partner and global corporate restructuring co-head Jack Butler was one of 10 lawyers profiled as being innovative in relation to the challenges of the credit crisis.
Who are the key corporate partners at Skadden Arps in London?
CORPORATE / M&A (Accurate 2 August 2014)
Adrian Knight (think he has left! Couldn’t find him on website! (Ex Shearman & Sterling – joined in 2005) – corporate partner
John Adebiyi
General Corporate Matters, Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Offerings
Shaun W. Lascelles (ex Ashusrt)
Partner
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity
Shaun Lascelles joined the London office of Skadden, Arps in 2002 having previously worked for Ashurst.
Hilary S. Foulkes has been resident in Europe since 1988. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions.
In the mergers and acquisitions area, Mr. Foulkes has handled a wide variety of international transactions, including both negotiated and unsolicited acquisitions, competitive auctions and strategic joint ventures.
In the financing area, Mr. Foulkes has represented clients in the public offering and private placement of debt and equity securities in Europe and the United States.
Mr. Foulkes has also been active in restructuring transactions and working with financially distressed companies
Michael Hatchard (EX Theodore Goddard- joined in 1994) is practice leader of the English law facility at Skadden. The U.K. practice areas mirror those of Skadden’s international practice generally, focusing on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, acquisition finance, corporate finance, project development, taxation, arbitration and litigation.
Lorenzo Corte – corporate partner – promoted internally in April 2009
Chris Mallon – co head of corporate restructuring. Ex Weil Gotshal. Joined in 2007
Allan Murray-Jones (EX Lovells – joined in 2001)is a partner focusing on merger and acquisition transactions, with a particular emphasis on private equity of which he has more than 20 years experience. He has been the lead partner on many company and business sales and purchases in the United Kingdom as well as in other major European jurisdictions. He has significant experience with transactions involving leverage, as well as those with different forms of complex financial structures.
Douglas E. Nordlinger represents clients in a broad array of corporate, commercial and finance-related matters, with a particular emphasis on the energy industry and other infrastructure projects. In the course of his over 20 years practice in connection with matters in the United States, the United Kingdom and many other locations, he has advised clients in connection with commercial agreements, financings, project developments, dispute resolutions and regulatory matters.
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Scott Simpson has been based in London since 1990 after practicing law in Skadden’s New York office during the 1980s. Mr. Simpson concentrates on cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, including contested takeovers, and has also been involved in a variety of corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings.
Pranav L. Trivedi Pranav L. Trivedi is head of Skadden’s London office. His practice focuses on international corporate finance, including initial public offerings and privatisations, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity. Mr. Trivedi represents U.S. and Western European companies in corporate finance and M&A transactions involving companies throughout Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
Before transferring to Skadden’s London office in 1997, Mr. Trivedi practiced for several years in the firm’s Moscow and Washington, D.C. offices. In Moscow, Mr. Trivedi represented U.S. and Western European companies in acquisitions and privatizations involving companies throughout Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Since relocating to London, Mr. Trivedi’s practice has focused on privatizations, capital markets transactions and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on emerging markets.
Who are the key finance partners at Skadden Arps?
FINANCE / CAPITAL MARKETS (Accurate 2 August 2014)
James P. L. Healy joined the London office of Skadden, Arps in 1995 having worked in the London and Frankfurt offices of a leading English law firm since 1989 and became a partner in 1998. Concentrating in capital markets, corporate finance and banking, Mr. Healy has a wide experience of international securities offerings and debt offerings acting for both underwriters and issuers. Mr. Healy has also considerable project finance experience, particularly in relation to the development and financing of independent power projects.
Peter Coulton (Banking – promoted internally in April 2008)
Clive Wells – ex A&O and prior to that Norton Rose
Clive Wells is a partner in the banking department in the London office of Skadden, having joined the firm in April 2006. Clive advises on a wide range of banking matters, in particular acquisition finance including leveraged buyouts, both domestic and cross-border, and investment grade acquisitions. Clive also advises on cross-over credits and IPO-related recapitalisations; general corporate fundraisings and other debt-raisings; structured finance transactions; and restructurings, reconstructions and workouts. Clive advises senior, second lien, mezzanine and other junior lenders, private equity sponsors, borrowers and financial advisors, and he has experience with all levels of the capital structure.
Bruce M. Buck has been practicing law in Europe since 1983. As the partner in charge of Skadden’s European offices, his work includes a broad range of transactions in the capital markets area. Mr. Buck represents both European and non-European clients in the full range of cross border financing transactions, generally in connection with equity offerings or high-yield and other debt financings.
Mark Darley (Think mark is Ex Lovells as the Lawyer mentions him in 1995 as a senior associate there) is a partner in the London office of Skadden, Arps and has led the firm’s European banking practice since joining the firm in April 2002. Throughout his career, Mr. Darley has focused particularly on leveraged finance, restructuring, project finance and structured finance transactions.
Danny Tricot (promoted to partner in 2007)
Partner
Capital Markets and Structured Finance
Danny Tricot is a partner in the London office, focusing principally on capital markets and structured finance work. He joined Skadden’s London office in March 2000. As a member of the firm’s English law practice, Mr. Tricot has experience in a wide variety of capital markets work, including debt and equity work, acting for both underwriters and issuers.
Who are the tax partners at Skadden Arps London?
TAX (Accurate 2 August 2014)
Tim Sanders is a U.K. qualified tax partner based in the London office. He works on corporate and banking taxation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt restructurings, cross-border and domestic structured finance, corporate reorganizations, and restructurings related to international joint ventures. Mr. Sanders has advised on the £1.7 billion disposal by auction of Wessex Water plc, IBM Corporation’s acquisition of PwC Consulting, Cendant Corporation’s disposal of its National Car Parks (NCP) unit, the £300m acquisition by Doughty Hanson & Co. of Priory Healthcare and the subsequent whole business securitization
James Anderson (ex Clifford Chance, joined in 2006) partner in Tax
Who are the key disputes partners at Skadden Arps London?
Litigation / Arbitration (Accurate 2 August 2014)
Karyl Nairn Ms. Nairn is global co-head of Skadden’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group. She focuses on complex international commercial arbitration and litigation, as well as investment treaty arbitration, acting for governments and corporations across a range of industry sectors including finance and banking, oil and gas, commodities, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications.
Gary DiBianco partner in Corporate Investigations
Patrick Heneghan – promoted in april 2009
David Kavanagh – ex Omelveny and joined OMelveny from Watson Farley 2 years before that. Litigation partner.
Bruce Macaulay – litigation partner. Promoted internally in April 2008.
Paul Mitchard RETIRED as of 2014 ( Had Moved to Hong Kong in May 2009 to set up the Arbitration practice there) , (Ex Wilmer Hale and before that he was at Simmons & Simmons) based in the Skadden’s London office, focuses his practice on international arbitration and related litigation matters.
The 1998 Chambers directory listed Mr. Mitchard as a leading practitioner in four fields: international arbitration; commercial litigation; administrative and public law; and alternative dispute resolution. The 2001-2002 edition of Chambers’ Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers describes him as “immensely impressive.”
Ryan D. Junck (Paulo Alto Based?)
Partner
Government Enforcement and White Collar Crime
Palo Alto
T: 650.470.4641
Ryan Junck is the head of the London-based corporate investigations practice. Mr. Junck represents corporations and individuals in criminal and civil matters in federal and state courts. He also has significant experience representing clients in U.S. and multinational regulatory investigations, including those brought by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, state attorneys general, district attorneys, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Congress and various international regulators.
What recent deals and cases have Skadden Arps worked on in London?
Recent Key Deals or Cases
Deals tracker: Skadden
16th Jun 2014
Covidien
Medtronic’s acquisition of Covidien
$42.9bn
If successful, it’ll be the largest ever deal in the pharmaceuticals sector, beating the $31.8bn AstraZeneca merger in 1998.
19th Jun 2014
Mota-Engil
Mota-Engil Africa’s proposed IPO
€1.5bn
New client win for Skadden. Linklaters acted for the underwriters.
29th Apr 2014
Pfizer
Bid for AstraZeneca
£60bn
Would be one of the global drugs industry’s largest-ever deals, and biggest foreign acquisition of a British company. Skadden has longstanding relationship with Pfizer.
Corporate
Skadden picks up new client via Mota-Engil Africa LSE listing
19 June 2014 | By Lucy Burton
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Linklaters have scooped key roles advising on industrial conglomerate Mota-Engil Africa’s proposed IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
It is the second time Linklaters has advised an African company on a flotation in the UK in the last three months. In April, capital markets partner Ben Dulieu advised on the flotation of Nigerian oil and gas group Seplat, which was valued at $1.9bn.
Linklaters is advising the underwriters of the IPO, while Skadden corporate finance partner James Healy is leading a team for engineering and construction group Mota-Engil Africa, a subsidiary of Portugese giant Grupo Mota-Engil.
This is the first time Mota-Engil has instructed Skadden. It is unclear if the firm won the mandate following a competitive pitch process or had been contacted directly.
The business, which is set for a €1.5bn value, also used Portuguese firm Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva as co-counsel.
Skadden is the latest firm to gain a new client following an IPO proposal this week. Taylor Wessing has added FDM Group to its client list following a competitive pitch process for its IPO (19 June 2014).
FDM’s flotation on the London Stock Exchange, just four years after its management buyout, is now valued at £308.5m.
Clifford Chance and Skadden advise as Shell sells Australian business to Vitol
25 February 2014 |
Clifford Chance, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom and Australian firm Gilbert + Tobin have taken lead roles in Shell’s $2.6bn deal to offload its Australia downstream business to Vitol.
Clifford Chance Royal Dutch Shell on the binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses to Vitol, including Shell’s Geelong Refinery, a 870-site retail business and its bulk fuels, bitumen, chemicals as well as part of its lubricants business in Australia.
The magic circle firm’s team was led by London corporate partner Kathy Honeywood, Singapore managing partner Geraint Hughes and Perth corporate partner Tracey Renshaw. The firm’s team worked alongside Shell’s in-house legal team, led by Malaysia-based in-house counsel Damis Shaharudin.
Skadden and Gilbert + Tobin have acted for Vitol as international counsel and Australian counsel respectively. Skadden’s team was led by London M&A partner Shaun Lascelles and energy partner Douglas Nordlinger, while Gilbert + Tobin’s Sydney corporate partner David Clee provided Australian advice.
Simpson, Covington and Skadden take lead on Microsoft’s £4.6bn takeover of Nokia mobile phone unit
3 September 2013 |
Covington & Burling, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken lead roles in advising telecoms giants Microsoft and Nokia on a £4.6bn deal, which will see Nokia’s mobile phone business sold to Microsoft.
Marking the second in a day of heavyweight telecoms deals, the software giant has also agreed to license Nokia’s patents and mapping services to Microsoft in a purchase set to complete early next year.
Covington and Simpson Thacher both advised Microsoft.
At Covington, corporate partners Ingrid Rechtin, Brad Chernin and IP partner Evan Cox led on the deal with antitrust partner Miranda Cole advising on EU competition law issues.
The team also included partner Louise Nash and special counsel Matthew Edwards on mobile operations. Associates Robert Wu and Anabel Lee worked on IP and commercial matters.
Partner Peter Swanson also led a litigation team with associates Allison Kerndt, Matthew Kudzin, and Ben Wiseman. Special counsel Marie Lavalleye worked on trademark and copyright while partner Lisa Peets advised on EU aspects of IP and technology. Partner Bruce Deming also advised on corporate aspects of the deal.
Meanwhile Simpson Thacher corporate partner Alan Klein is also advising Microsoft. Klein worked alongside partners Bill Brentani, Greg Grogan, Lori Lesser and Gary Mendel on the deal.
The firm has a long history with the company, having represented Microsoft in the acquisition of Skype and also in its investment in Barnes & Noble’s book business as well as its work with Yahoo.
Nokia turned to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, which put together a cross-border US and European team to advise the telecoms giant.
Partner Ken King led a corporate team, which included partners Mike Mies and Danny Tricot alongside counsel Jason Tomita. IP advice was supplied by partner David Hansen and of counsel Jim Brelsford, while partners Paul Oosterhuis and Eric Sensenbrenner advised on tax issues.
Employment advice was given by partner Joe Yaffe and of counsel Helena Derbyshire, while competition matters were dealt with by partners Frederic Depoortere, Steven Sunshine and Alec Chang and counsel Giorgio Motta.
Finnish firm Roschier has confirmed it was lead Finnish counsel for Nokia, which is Finnish listed, on IP and technology matters. The team was led by partners Mikko Manner, Paula Linna, Jon Unnérus, Manne Airaksinen and Gunnar Westerlund.
Mr. Knight recently advised the CME Group on its acquisition of Elysian, Weather Investments in relation to the restructuring of the Wind Hellas Group, Deutsche Bank as financial advisor to MasterCard in its £333 million offer for DataCash, Greenhill and JP Morgan Cazenove as financial advisors to Emerson Electric in its £995 million offer for Chloride and Moelis on its appointment to the Dubai World restructuring.
Litigation
Skadden, Freshfields and White & Case line up for latest oligarch battle
10 July 2013 | By
A heavyweight roster of lawyers is gearing up for the latest instalment of the High Court battles between billionaire oligarchs, in what could become a re-run of the mammoth Berezovsky v Abramovich legal battle.
Tony Grabiner QC
The High Court battle pitches Ukranian industrialist Victor Pinchuk against rivals Gennady Bogoliubov and Igor Kolomoisky and will see allegations of breach of contract and breach of trust played out in London’s courts.
One Essex Court’s Tony Grabiner QC, who, in 2012, represented Rosneft in its battle with Yukos, has been drafted in by White & Case partner and solicitor-advocate David Goldberg to lead the case.
Grabiner will go up against his set mate Laurence Rabinowitz QC, who is instructed by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Ian Terry for the co-defendant Kolomoisky. Rabinowitz will lead Fountain Court’s Patrick Goodall.
In 2011 Rabinowitz was instructed by Addleshaw Goddard for Berezovsky’s Commercial Court action (31 August 2011). Freshfields’ Terry was also involved in the Berezovsky dispute, acting for defendant Russian metal magnate Vasily Anisimov in the chancery proceedings, which went on to settle (13 September 2012).
The magic circle firm billed £5m for its work on the case (26 September 2012), with Addleshaws agreeing a deal to settle £3.75m of the bill as part of its loser pays deal with Berezovsky (12 October 2012).
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has picked up the mandate for the second defendant with partner David Kavanagh instructing Brick Court Chambers’ Mark Howard QC for Bogoliubov.
Skadden famously represented Abramovich in his legal fights with Berezovsky, with partner Karyl Nairn leading the defence team.
Skadden wins injunction for TNK-BP shareholders
04 April 2011 | By Andrew Pugh
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has helped seal victory at the High Court for client Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR) in its multibillion-dollar dispute with UK oil giant BP.
The dispute kicked off earlier this year when BP announced a £10bn share swap with Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft in January, part of a lucrative deal that would also have involved a long-term agreement to explore oil reserves in the Arctic.
AAR is a consortium of shareholders with a 50 per cent stake in TNK-BP, BP’s existing joint venture in Russia. AAR argued that the Rosneft deal would breach the terms of its shareholder agreement with TNK-BP and secured an injunction against the deal on 1 February.
At an expedited hearing at the High Court on 25 March, the tribunal upheld AAR’s position.
AAR was advised by Skadden partners David Kavanagh and Scott Simpson and associate barrister Adam Baradon, with Skadden instructing Brick Court Chambers’ Mark Howard QC.
BP turned to Linklaters London litigation chief Michael Bennett, who instructed another Brick Court silk, Mark Hapgood QC. Although it was not named in the litigation, Rosneft instructed Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer London partner Sebastian Lawson and Moscow associate Sergei Diyachenko.
Under the terms of the TNK-BP joint venture, BP must first offer any potential opportunities in Russia to TNK-BP. The UK company could now pursue the option of a share swap with Rosneft, but drop the Arctic oil exploration agreement.
acting as counsel in an ICSID arbitration for Greek and Israeli investors in an investment dispute under the Energy Charter Treaty against a sovereign state in central Asia;
advising a group of companies in relation to litigation in the British Virgin Islands concerning shareholder rights to an oil field in Russia;
acting as counsel for a European state in an energy investment dispute arising under a bilateral investment treaty;
advising a U.S. company in an ICC arbitration concerning delay and site contamination on a construction project in the Middle East;
Finance
Allen & Overy, Skadden and White & Case advise on $10bn Barzan financing
6 January 2012 | By Joanne Harris
A trio of firms closed 2011 with the successful completion of Qatar’s largest-ever single financing project, the $10.3bn (£6.7bn) Barzan Gas Project.
White & Case advised sponsors Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil on the transaction, which will see the construction of onshore and offshore gas processing facilities. The completed facilities will produce 1.4bn cubic feet of gas a day.
Partner Philip Stopford, head of the firm’s Western Europe, Middle East and Africa project and infrastructure finance group, led the work alongside partner Mark Castillo-Bernaus in London. New York partners Troy Alexander and Kevin Keogh, as well as Abu Dhabi-based Shibeer Ahmed and London-based Paul Harrison were also involved.
Allen & Overy Dubai partner Bimal Desai led a team acting for the export credit agencies involved in the deal.
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom New York partners Harold Moore and Julia Czarniak represented senior lenders.
