Practice/Organization Description
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates delivers the highest quality advice and novel solutions to legal challenges, enabling clients to achieve their business goals. We are known for the innovative and creative thinking we rely on to handle the most complex transactions, litigation/controversy issues, and regulatory matters, as well as the open, collaborative relationships we build with clients, including corporations; financial and governmental entities; small, entrepreneurial companies; and cultural, educational and charitable institutions. Our attorneys, who reflect diverse backgrounds and perspectives, collaborate seamlessly across our 21 offices in the world’s major financial centers.
Honors and Awards
• With wins in more categories than any other firm, Skadden took top honors in Law360’s 2022 Practice Group of the Year awards in 10 areas: Capital Markets, Energy, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, M&A, Product Liability, Real Estate, Sports & Betting, Tax and Technology.
• Recognized as the U.S. News — Best Lawyers 2023 Law Firm of the Year for Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation and Tax Law. The firm was also nationally ranked in 41 practice areas and regionally ranked in 107 practice areas, receiving 124 Tier 1 rankings.
• Law360 recognized six Skadden partners as 2023 MVPs in a variety of categories – according to the publication, the honorees have “distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
• Named the 2021 Litigation Department of the Year and 2023 and 2022 Litigation Department of the Year finalist by the New York Law Journal.
• Named a 2021 Litigation Department of the Year finalist by The American Lawyer.
• Received the 2023 Chambers USA Award for having the nation’s top mergers and acquisitions practice, recognizing Skadden's “achievements over the past 12 months, including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service.” Skadden also was a finalist for Firm of the Year in the antitrust and commercial litigation categories.
• Named a Platinum Law Firm by Sports Business Journal as part of its 2021 Power Players: Outside Counsel rankings. Skadden was one of only five firms with a Platinum designation, which represents “the most prominent tier in sports law.”
• Recognized among the firms with the highest representation of Black attorneys by The American Lawyer Diversity Scorecard in 2021.
• Named to The BTI Consulting Group’s Feared Opponents — three elite litigation practices top legal decision-makers “do not want to encounter as opponents."
• Recognized among the top firms for delivering the best client service in BTI’s 2023 A-Team report.
• According to statistics from Lex Machina, from January 1, 2019, through September 30, 2023, Skadden has defended more federal securities actions and federal securities class actions than any other firm.
• Ranked among the top 10 in The American Lawyer’s A-List of the 20 most successful firms. The list considers numerous factors, including revenue per lawyer, pro bono work, associate satisfaction and racial and gender diversity among the partnership.
• Voted No. 1 in Vault’s 2024 Best Law Firm rankings for securities litigation and tax. Skadden has been ranked in the top spots in these categories every year since 2011 and 2010, respectively, by associates working in the practice areas at peer firms.
• Named Private Equity Team of the Year at the IFLR Americas Awards 2023.
• Named as having one of the top practices worldwide in Global Investigations Review’s 2022 GIR 30, a ranking of leading firms handling internal and government-led investigations.
• Earned the Mansfield Certified Plus designation from Diversity Lab in both 2021 and 2022.
