Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates,typically shortened to Skadden,is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City. The company is known for its work on company mergers and takeovers.
William R. Meagher (1903–1981) was a senior partner with the New York law firm Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom,one of the largest and highest-grossing law firms in the world. Meagher,a trial and appellate lawyer,served as senior partner from 1968 to 1974,and continued working with the firm until his death in 1981. Meagher was graduate of Fordham University.
Faryar Shirzad;born 1965 in London formerly served on the staff of the National Security Council at the White House from March 2003 through August 2006,first as a special assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs,and then as deputy assistant to the President and deputy national security advisor for International Economic Affairs. In those roles,Shirzad was responsible for advising the President,the National Security Advisor and the Director of the National Economic Council on all international economic policy matters,including trade,investment,finance,development,energy and environment. He also served as the President's personal representative to the G-8,and led the preparations for the President's participation in other international economic summits,such as the U.S.-E.U. Summit,the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum and the Summit of the Americas.
William Homer Timbers was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. In addition to his legal and judicial career,Timbers was known as dog enthusiast who served a term as chairman of the board of the American Kennel Club.
William Lawrence Daly III is an American attorney and the current deputy commissioner and chief legal officer of the National Hockey League (NHL) under Commissioner Gary Bettman. He is also a Hockey Hall of Fame board member and former NHL vice president and chief legal officer. Before joining the NHL front office he worked for the New York law firm of Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom,LLP. He received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and his J.D. degree from New York University School of Law.
Keith Gottfried is a strategic advisor to public companies and their board of directors in the areas of shareholder activism preparedness and defense. Over the course of a career that spans more than 30 years,Gottfried has advised numerous public companies and their boards of directors on shareholder activism preparedness and defense,including in connection with high-profile proxy contests,special meeting demands,consent solicitations,and withhold vote/vote no campaigns,as well as unsolicited takeover offers and negotiated and contested M&A situations. Earlier in his career,Gottfried served as a senior official in the administration of President George W. Bush and was notably nominated by President Bush on July 29,2005,and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 7,2005,to serve as the 19th General Counsel for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
George Calvin Kern Jr.,a native of Baltimore,Maryland,was a leading New York corporate lawyer in the 1970s and 1980s.
Joseph Harold Flom was an American lawyer and pioneer of mergers and acquisitions,specializing in representing companies in takeover battles. By the 1980s,he had acquired a reputation of being "Mr. Takeover". Flom became a partner at what is now known as Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom in 1954,and helped transform it from a four-lawyer firm into one of the largest law firms in the United States. In 1999,The American Lawyer named him one of their "Lawyers of the Century".
Wei Christianson is a Chinese-American businesswoman and lawyer,former CEO of Morgan Stanley's China operations and Co-CEO of its Asia Pacific division.
Cyrus Amir-Mokri was the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Treasury Department. He resigned from Treasury in April 2014.
Todd Boehly is an American businessman. He is the co-founder,chairman,chief executive officer and controlling member of Eldridge Industries,a holding company headquartered in Greenwich,Connecticut. He is also the interim CEO of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and co-controlling owner and chairman of Premier League football club Chelsea,and co-owner of Ligue 1 football club Strasbourg under BlueCo. As of 2024,Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates his net worth at US$7.2 billion.
Robert D. Drain is a former United States bankruptcy judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York who has presided at several high-profile corporate bankruptcies.
David McFarlane is an American and Canadian lawyer practicing and living in Los Angeles,California. He is currently a Partner with the international law firm Goodwin Proctor LLP in the firm's Los Angeles office. A specialist in health care reform law,Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and employee benefits in the U.S.,McFarlane also worked as a pension and benefits attorney in Ontario,Canada,having written a two-volume book on Ontario pension law. He also co-authored a book on Canadian Unemployment Insurance law. He is also a judge pro tem of the Superior Court of California,Los Angeles County.
Cary Douglas Pugh is a judge of the United States Tax Court.
Michael Yale Scudder Jr. is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Alex Rolf van der Zwaan is a Belgian-born Dutch attorney formerly with the London branch of New York–based international law firm Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom.
Mark N. Kaplan is an American lawyer and business executive who is the former CEO of Drexel Burnham Lambert and senior partner at Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates.
David Fox is an American lawyer with a specialty in public companies mergers and acquisitions. He was with Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom for over 20 years,where he was a partner and a member of the executive team before moving to Kirkland &Ellis in 2009.
John Hampton Slate was an American aviation lawyer and founding partner of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &Flom.
This article documents the history of Chelsea Football Club,an English association football team based in Fulham,West London. For a general overview of the club,see Chelsea F.C.
