Skadden again ranked first among law firms — for the 19th consecutive year (and in 26 of 28 years) — in handling the greatest number of the largest M&A transactions in The American Lawyer's annual "Corporate Scorecard" (April 2011).
Additionally, the firm ranked first as Issuer's Counsel for non-U.S. IPOs by value and first as Issuer's Counsel for Equities by value.
Our 28 top rankings — more than any other firm — include M&A (Principals and Investment Counsel), Private Equity, U.S. IPOs (Issuer's Counsel), Non-U.S. IPOs (Issuer's Counsel), Equities (Issuer's Counsel), High-Yield Debt (Issuer's Counsel and Underwriter's Counsel), Investment-Grade Debt (Issuer's Counsel and Underwriter's Counsel), REIT Debt (Issuer's Counsel and Underwriter's Counsel), REIT Equities (Issuer's Counsel and Underwriter's Counsel) and Bankruptcy.
Jay Goffman, New York partner and global corporate restructuring group co-head, is featured as one of the Dealmakers of the Year and recognized for his work in restructuring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM), which was the largest prepackaged bankruptcy ever done in under 30 days.