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-10 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.