Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (“Skadden”) primarily represents Australian and New Zealand clients on the U.S. aspects of cross-border transactions, such as corporate finance and M&A deals. Since we opened our Sydney office in 1989, we have been involved in many of the most significant corporate transactions involving Australian and New Zealand companies. We have a significant transactional capability on the ground in Australia. Skadden was named “Client Service Firm of the Year” for the Asia Pacific region by Chambers Asia 2012.
Corporate Finance
We represent issuers and investment banks in a wide range of public and private equity and debt offerings, including IPOs and entitlement offers, high-yield bond offerings and other leveraged financings, investment grade bond offerings and institutional U.S. debt private placements. Our attorneys have participated in some of the largest debt and equity offerings by Australian and New Zealand companies in the U.S. and international capital markets of the past 20 years. Skadden is ranked as a top tier firm for Capital Markets: U.S. Law in Australia in Chambers Global 2015 and Chambers Asia 2014.
Corporate Advisory
We regularly advise some of Australia’s leading corporations on U.S. securities law issues, including SEC registration and reporting issues, SEC deregistration, American Depositary Receipt programs, Sarbanes-Oxley and other corporate governance issues, and NYSE and NASDAQ requirements.
Mergers and Acquisitions
We represent both U.S. and Australian companies in a variety of inbound and outbound cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including negotiated and contested takeovers.
