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NameRyan Dzierniejko
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PositionPartner, Capital Markets
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LocationNew York
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Law SchoolOsgoode Hall
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About Ryan
An Ontario native, Ryan joined Skadden’s Toronto office as an associate before moving to New York and working his way up to partner. One of Skadden’s key strengths is our global platform and ability to work as “one firm” between offices — whether the office has 10 attorneys (Toronto) or 700+ attorneys (New York). The key lies in a global culture built around teamwork, collaboration, respect and client service.
While in Toronto, Ryan spent a lot of time working with U.S. partners on high-profile deals out of New York. Now that he is based in New York, he continues to represent an extensive roster of Canadian clients — he’s worked on representations involving more than a quarter of the companies in the TSX 60, including the then-largest equity offering in Canadian history. One of the things Ryan appreciates most about Skadden is that the work — and the clients — are always top notch, regardless of geography. That said, the one drawback of relocating to the U.S., Ryan says, is that he’s still having trouble finding a foursome for euchre.
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Air Canada Deal ToyAs an associate, Ryan worked on Air Canada’s inaugural offering of high-yield notes. The partner allowed Ryan to take a leading role, including leading the drafting sessions with the client and quarterbacking eight sets of local counsel. Those types of experiences — where senior partners offer mentorship and opportunities to grow — were the norm, Ryan says, and something that Ryan now prides himself on paying forward, particularly in his role as an attorney development partner.
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Offering Documents
Ryan has worked on some of the largest and most notable capital markets transactions in recent years, including IPOs for companies like the Match Group and Shopify and notes offerings for companies such as WeWork. Ryan’s favorite part about these types of deals isn’t the high-profile work itself (although his parents are always impressed!), but rather the relationships built with the companies and the people who work there. Ryan counts many of his clients among his good friends.
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Heart
Serving as a mentor is near and dear to Ryan’s heart. He has long been active in associate recruiting and development, including as a co-leader of the firm’s Summer Associate Capital Markets training program. In Toronto, he sat on the board of a youth shelter and served as a coach of its basketball team. He currently is a member of the board of the Ali Forney Center, the largest LGBTQ youth shelter in the U.S.
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NameEileen Nugent
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PositionOf Counsel
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PracticeMergers & Acquisitions
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LocationNew York
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Law SchoolBrooklyn Law School
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Brief Biography
Widely recognized as one of the world's leading M&A attorneys, Eileen helped us become the first law firm to advise on more than $1 trillion worth of deals in a single year. At Skadden, Eileen shares her knowledge and experience one on one, mentoring countless associates as they work together on their field's most challenging and groundbreaking transactions. She has also passed on the insight gained from her award-winning work in Negotiated Acquisitions of Companies, Subsidiaries and Divisions, a treatise studied in classrooms across the country, and as an adjunct professor, at the University of Virginia School of Law and Cornell Law School.
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M&A TreatiseFor many associates, reading Eileen's treatise, Negotiated Acquisitions, brings back memories from their law school days — good ones, hopefully.
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Client Memoir
Eileen represented Donna Karan in the sale of her company to the French multinational LVMH. If you want to skip straight to her memories of Eileen, start on page 275.
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Deal ToyEileen collects "deal toys" from her transactions. She received this miniature plunger, perhaps her oddest toy, when she closed two deals for American Standard.
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NameBoris Bershteyn
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PositionPartner, Complex Litigation and Trials; Antitrust/Competition
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LocationNew York
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Law SchoolYale
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About BorisBoris served as a senior attorney in the Obama White House, but he grew up far from Pennsylvania Avenue, in the former Soviet Union, where a legal career would not have been a realistic option. He came to the United States at age 12 and gravitated toward activities — like the high school newspaper and debate team — that would improve his English; these, in turn, sparked an interest in the law. In addition to several senior positions at the White House and Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration, Boris’ résumé includes clerkships for the U.S. Supreme Court (Justice David Souter) and Second Circuit (Judge José Cabranes). He now works on a range of complex matters before appellate and trial courts and has particularly extensive experience in antitrust class actions and government investigations. He also is deeply involved in several policy organizations and nonprofit boards. Despite his busy schedule, Boris is known by the associates he mentors for his humble nature and approachability.
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White House LetterAmid shelves of binders for his ongoing cases, a framed memo from President Obama appointing Boris to be the acting “regulatory czar” (officially, acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs) hangs on his wall.
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Amicus BriefBoris served as counsel of record for this U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief supporting challenges to state bans on same-sex marriage. Having a say in one of the defining civil rights issues of our time was deeply rewarding for Boris and the team of associates who worked on the brief.
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Russian BookBetween antitrust treatises, Boris recently made time to reread — in Russian — The Master and Margarita, a 20th century classic.
