Joseph O. Larkin > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP > Wilmington, United States > Lawyer Profile
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Offices
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
ONE RODNEY SQUARE
WILMINGTON, DE 19801
DELAWARE
United States
ONE RODNEY SQUARE
WILMINGTON, DE 19801
DELAWARE
United States
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Joseph O. Larkin
1.302.651.3124 [email protected]
Work Department
Litigation; Corporate Restructuring
Position
Partner
Career
Joe Larkin is a trial lawyer who represents a broad range of clients in high-profile, bet-the-company disputes in federal and state courts throughout the country. Throughout his career, Mr. Larkin has represented companies and their directors in litigation arising from some of the largest transactions in history, and he has been at the forefront of corporate innovation. Mr. Larkin has substantial trial experience and has obtained successful judgments for clients in the Delaware Court of Chancery, other state and federal courts throughout the country, and in AAA arbitrations. He also leads Skadden’s Corporate Restructuring Practice in Delaware, focusing on litigation arising from bankruptcy.
Education
- J.D., Villanova University School of Law (magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Villanova Law Review)
- B.A., University of Richmond (magna cum laude)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- International trade and national security > National Security
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism