Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Practice/Organization Description

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates offers clients around the globe solutions to the most challenging legal issues in virtually every area of corporate law. We share a commitment to providing our clients with the highest-quality and most cost-effective legal services in an atmosphere emphasizing teamwork, creativity, responsiveness and diversity.

With 23 offices, approximately 1,800 attorneys and more than 40 distinct areas of practice, we serve clients in every major international financial center, providing the specific legal advice companies across a spectrum of industries need to compete most effectively in a global business environment. Our clients include approximately 50 percent of the Fortune 250 industrial and service corporations, as well as financial and governmental entities, start-up companies and nonprofits.

Honors and Awards

"Best Corporate Law Firm" in the U.S. for the 12th straight year — Corporate Board Member 2012

A top law firm in each of the two "U.S. Innovative Lawyers" reports — Financial Times 2012 and 2011

Best legal adviser — both globally and in the U.S. — Global Finance 2011

"Law Firm of the Year: USA" — Chambers Global 2012

126 attorneys listed among the world's leading lawyers — Chambers Global 2012

Most "Client Service All-Stars" — BTI Consulting Group

202 attorneys listed as leading individuals in their practices — more than any other firm — Chambers USA 2012

"Client Service Firm of the Year" — Asia-Pacific region — Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012

Number of Attorneys

1,000+ Attorneys