Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP‘s team maintains close relations with a roster of blue-chip clients, including private equity funds such as GIC and Oaktree as well as their portfolio companies, and benefits from full-service capabilities that enable it to support funds across the entire transactions lifecycle. In addition to handling impactful sell- and buy-side private equity investments and transactions, including Brookfield’s $13.3bn take-private acquisition of Triton, the practice also advises portfolio and target companies on related antitrust, restructuring, tax, and regulatory issues. The team is led by Kenneth Wolff, whose diverse transactional practice encompasses advice on joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, and strategic investments, and is also home to domestic and cross-border M&A expert Blair Thetford as well as to Allison Schneirov, who is particularly adept at handling transactions in the tech and life sciences sector. All mentioned lawyers are based in New York.