Skadden Arps – Encouraged by the success of proxy access proposals in the 2015 proxy season, shareholder proponents have submitted almost 200 proxy access shareholder proposals for 2016 annual meetings. As of mid-June, approximately 65 percent of companies receiving a proxy access shareholder proposal have adopted or proposed a 3 percent proxy access bylaw or
LawFuel.com – US Law Firm Newswire – In the 2013 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Skadden was ranked in 334 separate categories — more than any other firm. We also topped the following categories: 245 total attorney rankings, including 73 in Band 1; 89 total practice rankings, including 36 in Band
LawFuel.com – The Law Firm Newswire – The National Law Journal has named Skadden to its annual “Intellectual Property Hot List” (May 6), which recognizes 20 law firms “that have demonstrated creative, formidable talent” in their intellectual property practices. The article stated that “come plaintiff or defendant, trial or not, Skadden’s intellectual property
On March 28, The American Lawyer named two Skadden partners — global corporate finance practice co-head Stacy Kanter and mergers and acquisitions attorney Nancy Lieberman (pictured) — among the publication’s “Dealmakers of the Year.” Ms. Kanter was profiled for her advising Realogy Holding Corp. in its $1.2 billion initial public offering, which was the largest private
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LawFuel.com – Skadden represented a group of more than two dozen institutional investors in connection with a global private placement of shares representing approximately 12 percent of the share capital of German specialty chemicals maker Evonik Industries AG. This private placement, which closed on March 12, constitutes the largest-ever pre-IPO capital markets financing in
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