Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is an international law firm established in 1948 and has offices in the Americas, Asia and Europe. The French office of Skadden boasts of having both French and US qualified legal professionals advising on notable transactions across Europe. The deal team in Paris is led by highly regarded partner Armand Grumberg and supported by notable practitioners such as Pascal Bine, François Barrière and Arash Attar-Rezvani. The team is particularly active in M&A and Private equity.

Highlights

The firm advised JAB Holding Company on its over $ 1.4 billion acquisition of Cardif Pinnacle from BNP Paribas Cardif to form a strategic joint venture.

The firm also advised Renault Group on a €764 million share buyback of Nissan Motor Co. Renault Group sold 211,000,000 Nissan shares, representing 5% of Nissan share capital, to Nissan Motor Co.

Key clients

Air France-KLM, Ardian Private Equity, JAB, HG Capital and Renault.