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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Belgium

Competition

Within Competition, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is a second tier firm,

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s Brussels office has a ‘fantastic merger practice’, and recently recruited Simon Baxter from Clifford Chance to boost partner numbers to four. Since joining, Baxter has advised Novell on its acquisition by Attachmate Corporation, and Trimaran Capital Partners on the $340m sale of Steel Wheels Acquisition Corporation. Working closely with the firm’s offices internationally, Frederic Depoortere guided Landis+Gyr through its $2.3bn acquisition by Toshiba Corporation. Ingrid Vandenborre provided antitrust advice on a number of transactions in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors including PharmaNet Development’s $600m sale to inVentiv Health; Stryker’s acquisition of Orthovita; and Watson Pharmaceuticals’ $562m takeover of Specifar. M&A regulatory expert James Venit is also recommended.


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