In Thomson Financial's survey of debt, equity and equity-related offerings for 2005 (February 2006), Skadden ranked:
- first as manager's counsel in worldwide initial public offerings by U.S. issuers;
- second as manager's counsel and third as issuer's counsel in U.S. IPOs; and
- third as issuer's counsel in worldwide initial public offerings by U.S. issuers and in U.S. high yield corporate debt.