With approximately 1,700 attorneys in 23 offices on five continents, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates serves clients in every major financial center. Our strategically positioned U.S. and international locations allow us proximity to our clients and their operations and ensure a seamless and unified approach at all times.

For more than 60 years, Skadden has provided a wide array of legal services to the corporate, industrial, financial and governmental communities around the world in many significant corporate transactions and litigations. Our clients range from a variety of small, start-up companies to a substantial number of the 500 largest U.S. corporations and many of the leading global companies. We have represented numerous governments, many of the largest banks — including virtually all of the leading investment banks — and major insurance and financial services companies. The firm has more than 50 practice areas and advises clients in matters involving, among others, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and arbitration, corporate finance, corporate restructuring, securities law, banking, project finance, energy and infrastructure, antitrust, tax and intellectual property.

Our Executive Compensation and Benefits Group advises public and private companies, management, boards of directors and executives on a full range of matters relating to employee compensation plans and arrangements, including issues arising in the areas of transactional, tax, securities, bankruptcy and corporate governance. Heightened scrutiny of executive compensation issues has resulted in an increasingly complex maze of government regulation and market pressures. Our attorneys help clients manage the impact of these regulatory and market developments.