Richard Youle > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Richard Youle
Work Department
Private Equity
Position
Partner – head of Skadden’s London office and co-head of the firm’s Private Equity Group.
Career
Richard Youle is head of Skadden’s London office and co-head of the firm’s Private Equity Group. He focuses on private equity matters, including advising private equity houses and financial sponsor clients on all types of leveraged M&A and portfolio assistance, such as restructuring advice.
Memberships
- England & Wales
- Solicitor, England & Wales
Education
- Legal Practice Course, The College of Law, 1996
- LL.B., Newcastle University, 1995
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
(Hall of Fame)Richard Youle – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Praised by clients for its ‘fantastic work ethic and commercial approach‘, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP‘s City private equity practice is engaged by numerous leading buyout houses and portfolio companies for assistance with multi-billion-dollar transactions. Practice head Richard Youle, who also now serves as head of Skadden’s London office, continues to handle a range of high-value international deals. Katja Butler – co-head of the UK corporate practice – works with some of the firm’s top clients on investment deals and acquisitions, while Bruce Embley leverages his capabilities in M&A to advise on a host of sponsor-side and portfolio company mandates. Steven Hannah is also noted for his active sponsor-focused practice. Further names to note include George Gray and counsel Chetan Sheth, while fellow counsel Alex McCarney joined the team from Latham & Watkins in December 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+) London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition