With 21 offices in the world’s major financial centers, Skadden delivers the highest quality advice and novel solutions to legal challenges across the globe.
Congrats to our 25 ITR World Tax Leaders! Skadden also earned Tier 1 rankings in several categories and was again the only firm to achieve Tier 1 status for transactional tax in the key financial centers of New York, London, Frankfurt and Paris.
We’re proud to announce our 2021 Skadden Fellows, who’ll undertake projects in 18 cities in 14 states across the US. The Skadden Foundation has now funded 900+ public interest fellowships. Thanks to the Joseph H. Flom Foundation for funding an add'l fellowship this year. (1/30)
Cliff Gardner and Andrew Kinsey review a recently issued opinion from the Delaware Court of Chancery, highlighting the helpful guidance contained therein for future litigants seeking discovery from foreign nonparties.
For the
@ACLU
Voting Rights Project, Kelsey Miller of
@Harvard_Law
will work closely with low-income voters of color who have been disenfranchised by racially disparate wait times at the polls on Election Day, beginning in Alabama and Arizona. Congratulations, Kelsey! (17/30)
At
@clccal
, Tamar Alexanian of
@UMichLaw
will enforce the rights of LGBTQ+ foster youth in LA dependency proceedings to secure gender-affirming care for transgender & gender nonconforming youth & appropriate foster placements for all LGBTQ+ youth. Congratulations, Tamar! (29/30)
At
@ACLUofMichigan
,
@ramiswadood
of
@YaleLawSch
will provide direct representation and systemic advocacy to low-income immigrants in Michigan suffering from the financial and emotional consequences of abusive anti-immigrant policing. Congratulations, Ramis! (26/30)
At
@TakerootNYC
, Jennifer Akchin of
@CUNYLaw
will enforce and expand the tenancy rights of homeless and formerly homeless New Yorkers facing abusive and uninhabitable conditions in “scattered-site” housing. Congratulations, Jenny! (15/30)
At
@adv_project
,
@mahrohj
of
@Harvard_Law
will provide community outreach and education, impact litigation and movement-driven policy advocacy to vindicate rights of low-income women of color impacted by police sexual violence. Congratulations, Mahroh! (19/30)
At
@ABetterBalance
, Anusha Ravi of
@UCLA_Law
will enforce a new law, the Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, by providing direct legal services to low-wage workers of color, and educating workers on their rights under the law. Congratulations, Anusha! (6/30)
At
@LawyersComm
, anneke dunbar-gronke of
@Harvard_Law
will address housing precarity for low-income Black Baltimore-area renters through participatory eviction defense plus support for community-led housing cooperatives and community land trusts. Congratulations, anneke! (5/30)
At
@LegalAidJustice
,
@MoriahJWilkins
of
@NUSL
will provide direct rep for low-income Black Charlottesville residents experiencing housing discrimination, as well as inclusionary zoning advocacy and transactional work for related nonprofits. Congratulations, Moriah! (23/30)
Molly Prothero of
@Harvard_Law
will build a medical-legal partnership with
@BreadfortheCity
’s new Southeast DC medical clinic to provide direct representation in housing conditions and public benefits cases. Congratulations, Molly! (22/30)
At
@TXCivilRights
,
@Sarah_X_Chen
of
@BerkeleyLaw
will challenge Texas redistricting where proposed maps will dilute racial minorities’ voting power. She’ll ensure language access @ the polls in counties w/ significant language minority populations. Congratulations, Sarah! (27/30)
At
@KLSforkansas
, Ellen Bertels of
@kulawschool
will provide community education and direct legal representation in legal name changes and identity document gender marker corrections to low-income transgender and nonbinary people throughout Kansas. Congratulations, Ellen! (10/30)
At
@RAICESTEXAS
, Jessica Zhang of
@Harvard_Law
will file admin complaints and federal lawsuits under the Federal Tort Claims Act, seeking damages against the federal government on behalf of noncitizens injured in federal immigration detention. Congratulations, Jessica! (16/30)
At
@ACLUNJ
, Dillon Reisman of
@nyulaw
will address the equity implications of New Jersey’s algorithmic and automated decision systems that provide public benefits to people with developmental disabilities. Congratulations, Dillon! (9/30)
At
@Earthjustice
,
@candyoungblood
of
@BerkeleyLaw
will advance equitable transportation planning centered on the economic resilience and health of California’s low-income communities of color through regulatory and policy advocacy and litigation. Congratulations, Candice! (7/30)
At
@RightsBehind
,
@amawees
of
@UCLA_Law
will investigate conditions and litigate on behalf of children detained in immigration detention centers in the Maryland, Virginia and DC area, focusing on children with disabilities and their mental health needs. Congratulations! (3/30)
At
@LegalAidAtWork
, Molly Lao of
@BerkeleyLaw
will establish a medical-legal-social services partnership with local social services organizations, to provide employment representation for formerly incarcerated individuals w/ disabilities in Fresno. Congratulations, Molly! (21/30)
At
@NOWCRJ
, Alexis Yeboah-Kodie of
@Harvard_Law
will provide wage theft litigation, incl. enforcing a living wage increase for city contractors, criminal records clearing, policy advocacy and grassroots organizing to strengthen worker protections. Congratulations, Alexis! (2/30)
At
@centrolegal
,
@IsaacSamuelFM
of
@BerkeleyLaw
will expand removal defense rep for low-income immigrants in more isolated parts of the East Bay area, including unaccompanied minors and families who are monolingual Indigenous-language speakers. Congratulations, Isaac! (14/30)
At
@MALDEF
, Kenneth Parreno of
@Harvard_Law
will provide direct representation, information and outreach, and impact litigation to empower low-income English language learners and their families to secure the educational resources they need. Congratulations, Kenneth! (18/30)
At
@BostonLegalAid
,
@MollyEBroderick
of
@Harvard_Law
will provide direct services and systemic advocacy to combat the wave of COVID-19-related evictions, in coordination with a Massachusetts statewide housing and racial justice coalition. Congratulations, Molly! (20/30)
At
@LSEM_EST1956
, Anna Carlsson of
@Harvard_Law
will represent low-income St. Louis homeowners beset by unfair property tax burdens. Direct assist. will include challenging assessments, foreclosure defense and claiming excess funds from forced sales. Congratulations, Anna! (4/30)
At
@MeEqualJustice
, Oriana Farnham of
@NUSL
will represent parents receiving TANF in Maine to enforce their rights to access meaningful education and skills training and will develop systemic strategies to reform the ASPIRE program. Congratulations, Oriana! (25/30)
At
@afsc_org
, Susanna Booth of
@ColumbiaLaw
will represent detained low-income New Jersey immigrants with existing removal orders who are facing deportation due to no or inadequate representation during their initial removal proceedings. Congratulations, Susanna! (28/30)
At
@LegalAidDC
, David Giannaula of
@UTexasLaw
will provide direct, coordinated and bilingual debt collection defense and bankruptcy assistance for low-income DC residents hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Congratulations, David! (8/30)
At
@cfjjma
, Erin Stewart of
@NUSL
will provide systemic advocacy, legal advice and representation to youth and parents facing school-based arrest and school discipline issues in Massachusetts. Congratulations, Erin! (12/30)
At
@MHAS_LA
, Erik Nickels of
@pennlaw
will establish a behavioral health medical-legal partnership for youth and young adults with mental health needs in Los Angeles through direct legal services and impact litigation cases. Congratulations, Erik! (11/30)
At
@BayLegalJustice
, Theresa Cheng of
@BerkeleyLaw
will provide civil legal services to homeless survivors of intimate partner violence in Alameda County, collaborating with on-the-ground caseworkers and health care providers. Congratulations, Theresa! (30/30)
At
@CASAforall
, Farah Khan of
@gwlaw
will support coalitions advocating for the abolition of immigration detention and universal representation of detained immigrants by providing strategic individual representation and pro se assistance. Congratulations, Farah! (13/30)
We're thrilled to have been named Litigation Dept. of the Year in the Regulatory/White Collar category of
@AmericanLawyer
's biennial Litigation Dept. of the Year competition, as well as a finalist in the overall Litigation Dept. of the Year contest.
Congratulations to M&A partner Charles Mulaney, Jr. on being named one of The American Lawyer's 2021 Midwest Trailblazers, which recognizes professionals who have "moved the needle in the legal industry."
We’re happy to be named Law Firm of the Year for Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law by
@usnews
— Best Lawyers in its annual rankings of firms “recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.”
Partner Sonia Nijjar has been recognized as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Dealmakers of 2022. The publication’s annual feature spotlights business and legal professionals who worked on the most high-profile entertainment transactions of the year. Congratulations, Sonia!
Nine of our partners have been named Lawyers of the Year by
@BestLawyers
! We congratulate all 200 of our attorneys recognized in the 2024 rankings across various practice areas and offices, as well as the 121 lawyers named Ones To Watch, as voted on by their peers.
We’re honored to again be named Law Firm of the Year for Securities Litigation and Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation by U.S. News — Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms survey.
Congratulations to Becca Heller on being awarded a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant.” Becca is a member of the 2010 class of Skadden Fellows and founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project.
@RefugeeAssist
Skadden diversity and inclusion manager Chasity Boyce is co-founder of the nonprofit Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program. She talked to
@2CivilityOrg
about the state of the legal profession and her advice for young lawyers.
Pascal Bine and Wesley Laine discuss how a report on foreign direct investments (FDI) for 2022, recently released by the French Treasury, provides insight on the general approach of the French authorities with respect to FDI.
Kudos to Washington, D.C. partner Jessica Hough on being named to
@Law360
aw360’s list of Influential Women in Tax Law -- “a select group … who have provided outstanding service to their clients and the public, changing the dynamics at their workplaces while they did so.”
Recognizing her for exceptional work in a transactional practice, The American Lawyer named Skadden M&A partner Do Kim as a finalist for its 2022 Young Lawyer of the Year (Corporate) award. Congratulations, Do!
A pro bono case handled by Shelisa Thomas for inmate Corzell Cole was featured in a
@BLaw
article that also described her journey from homeless single mom to
@NorthwesternLaw
grad.
Recognized for his “impressive results” and “great performances while showing true leadership skills to help other attorneys get results,” Scott Musoff was named a Distinguished Leader by the
@NYLawJournal
. Congrats, Scott!
Recognizing her exceptional results for clients,
@AmericanLawyer
has chosen Alli Brown as its Litigator of the Year. We congratulate Alli on this fantastic honor and celebrate her numerous courtroom successes, including astonishing jury wins in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions.
Our firm has been honored by Law360 with five Practice Group of the Year awards for “landmark matters and general excellence” in the categories of Benefits, Energy, M&A, Tax and White Collar.
We’re honored to have received a Community Impact Award from
@svbizjournal
for helping students understand their legal rights and responsibilities relating to physical assault and the distribution of related content in cyberspace.
Skadden litigators, named Litigation Department of the Year by
@NYLawJournal
, discuss their most satisfying recent successes, traits they respect in opposing counsel, and what the firm is doing to ensure that future litigators are ready to take the helm.
We’re proud to partner with 13 other law firms, Refugee Legal Support
@RLSAthens
and Safe Passage
@safepassageuk
to provide pro bono legal support and representation to Afghan refugees seeking to join family in the U.K.
A huge welcome to our 2022 class of new associates! First up on their Skadden to-do list: learn more about us, each other and the practice of law through a series of events and programs designed to launch their careers at the firm, then on to their practices!
“Having established themselves as leaders in their fields,” partners Ray Bogenrief, Kevin Hardy and Nancy Olson are among
@CrainsChicago
Business’ Notable Gen X Leaders in Law. Congratulations to Ray, Kevin and Nancy!
Congratulations to Allison Land, the head of our Wilmington M&A/Corporate Group, on becoming the first woman chair of the Corporation Law Council of the Delaware Bar Association. The council formulates and recommends amendments to Delaware corporate and alternate entity laws.
New York M&A partner Martha McGarry has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
@NYLawJournal
. “The Lifetime Achievement Award isn’t for the lawyer who notches an occasional outstanding year but for the professional who does it year in and year out,” the publication said.
Jay Goffman, our global corporate restructuring co-head, proudly received this year’s Tina Brozman Mentoring Award for his dedication to helping
@TinasWish
find a cure for ovarian cancer.
Peter Atkins’ preeminence in the area of M&A law has long exemplified Skadden’s commitment to innovation and excellence — we proudly congratulate Peter on winning a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
@NYLawJournal
!
Congratulations to Washington, D.C. M&A practice leader and partner Pankaj Sinha on being named a 2022 Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer, which highlighted his work on multibillion-dollar transactions in the energy sector.
Shelisa Thomas — whose achievements include securing a pro bono client’s release from prison under Illinois’ new resentencing law — has been recognized as the Young Lawyer of the Year — Beyond Practice by The American Lawyer. Congratulations, Shelisa, on this well-deserved honor!
We agree that litigation partners Marcie Lape (Raia) and Amy Van Gelder and tax partner Sarah Beth Rizzo “brilliantly illustrate the sheer power of women in law.” Kudos to them on being named in
@CrainsChicago
' Notable Women in Law.
Congratulations to partner Chuck Smith on receiving the Champion of Justice Award from the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights in honor of his extensive pro bono work in the areas of voting rights, immigration, prisoners' rights and other areas of need.
“You can’t live in this city without feeling and seeing and experiencing the scars of the country’s and the city’s history of racism. Attorneys can make a real difference.” -Chuck Smith of
@SkaddenArps
, Champion of Justice Award Winner
#UntilVictory
Our attorneys played a leading role in “many major capital markets moments over the past year” — advising on deals totaling more than $125 billion — and were honored among
@Law360
's 2022 Capital Markets Groups of the Year. Read more in our profile:
We’re pleased to be Law Firm of the Year for Securities/Capital Markets Law! The
@BestLawFirms_
award goes to firms with “the highest overall performance” in the U.S.
“We aim to surpass clients’ expectations.”
Congratulations to our New York litigation practice on being named a finalist for the New York Law Journal’s Litigation Department of the Year award. For more of their discussion with the NYLJ, follow the link:
We're proud to have once again received the Women in Law Empowerment Forum’s U.S. Gold Standard Certification for “law firms that have integrated women into the highest leadership positions in the firm.”
“Clients rank Skadden as the firm to turn to in bet-the-company situations more than any other firm,” said BTI’s The Mad Clientist. Skadden was named by
@BTIConsulting
#1
best-branded law firm based on interviews with top legal decision-makers @ the world’s largest organizations.
Cliff Gardner and Andrew Kinsey discuss a recent opinion issued by the Delaware Court of Chancery that offers lessons to Delaware companies responding to stockholder demands to inspect company books and records.
Congratulations to partner Demetrius Warrick on being named a NYLJ Diversity Initiative Winner! The award honors lawyers making “significant contributions to progressing diversity and inclusion efforts in New York’s legal community.”
Congratulations to partners Lorenzo Corte and Scott Simpson on being named to
@FinancialNews
' list of the Fifty Most Influential Lawyers based in Europe.
Kudos to Haiping Li, the leader of our Shanghai office, on being included on Asian Legal Business’ list of China’s Top 15 Female Lawyers.
@ALB_Magazine
Congratulations to M&A partner Dohyun Kim on being selected for Crain’s New York Business 40 Under 40. An article on Dohyun notes that Allison Schneirov, the head of our New York M&A/Corporate Group, says, “Clients and colleagues, and even the opposing counsel, love her.”
Skadden is proud to be featured in the New England Innocence Project’s (NEIP) Partner Spotlight series, which highlighted the pro bono efforts of attorneys in our Boston office to aid NEIP in freeing wrongfully convicted people from prison.
We're excited to launch our Pro Bono Partner Spotlight series today, highlighting important work to identify & free wrongfully convicted people, exposing systemic flaws in the criminal legal system. September's spotlight is on
@SkaddenArps
! Thank you!
Congratulations to the Skadden Boston team that received the New England Innocence Project's inaugural Marching Toward Freedom Award for "devoting a tremendous amount of time and heart to a wrongfully convicted person who is currently incarcerated."
Meet the “tech trio” – Skadden partners Christopher Bors, Ken King and Sonia Nijjar – whose tenacious work on the largest video game acquisition in history helped secure their spots on Variety’s annual Dealmakers Impact Report:
Congratulations to the fantastic class of 2023 Skadden Fellows, who are embarking on public interest careers at legal nonprofits in 13 states and D.C. Follow the link for a description of each Fellow’s project.
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We’re thrilled to introduce our 2023 Skadden Fellows! These 28 Fellows come from 14 law schools and will address a wide variety of civil legal needs for people living in poverty across the U.S. To date, the Skadden Foundation has funded over 960 public interest fellowships.
Skadden was named Law Firm of the Year for Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation and for Securities Litigation as part of U.S. News — Best Lawyers’ 2020 Best Law Firms survey.