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George Knighton
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Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner and co-head of Skadden’s U.K. Corporate Practice.
Career
George Knighton is co-head of Skadden’s U.K. Corporate Practice. He has a wide range of experience advising on public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and restructurings.
Memberships
- England & Wales
Education
- Legal Practice Course, University of the West of England, Bristol, 1997
- LL.B., University of Birmingham, 1996
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
(Leading partners)George Knighton –Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP provides the ‘highest levels of excellent service’ according to clients, with an integrated transatlantic offering of English and US law, experience across a variety of M&A matters and Takeover Code expertise. The practice has been expanding its remit with FTSE 100-listed companies and offers multi-faceted support on transactions through strong capabilities in shareholder activism, antitrust, foreign investment, white collar crime and regulatory risk. Team leaders include global transactions head Lorenzo Corte, an expert in cross-border transactions, contested takeovers, de-SPAC transactions and corporate governance work, and UK corporate co-heads George Knighton, who is known for his broad experience in M&A, private equity and restructuring transactions and private equity specialist Katja Butler . Other key players include public M&A specialist Scott Hopkins, who is well-versed in advising companies on legal and regulatory responsibilities, and the ‘superlative’ Simon Toms, who specialises in the technology, fintech, media and telecoms sectors . John Adebiyi offers extensive knowledge and advice in relation to UK national security aspects of M&A and private equity transactions. ‘Go-to partner’ Bruce Embley regularly handles work for a range of client including international corporations and financial sponsors while Denis Klimentchenko regularly handles M&A and corporate financings. Ani Kusheva has significant experience in public company takeovers, joint ventures and private equity transactions. Counsel Sarah Knapp handles cross-border corporate transactions. The team continues to grow in terms of its client roster and bench strength, and notably added insurance M&A specialist Robert Chaplin from Slaughter and May in late 2022. Chaplin has a transactional and advisory insurance offering with extensive experience in matters involving insurers, portfolio companies, financial sponsors and private capital-owned vehicles.
London > Risk advisory > Corporate governance
(Leading partners)George Knighton –Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Corporate heavyweight Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP advises on the governance aspects of high-profile domestic and international M&A deals, as well as providing strategic advice to boards of directors, and advice around corporate disclosure, activism and listing issues. George Knighton heads the team and is well versed in advising on public and private M&A, as well as private equity transactions and governance issues. Scott Hopkins is strong in cross-border deals, regulatory responsibilities, and directors’ duties and liability issues, while Simon Toms, another corporate practitioner, is experienced in the tech, fintech, media and telecoms sectors. Elizabeth Robertson
is a contact for white-collar crime and investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate governance London > Risk advisory
- M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+ London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition