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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

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England - London • Dispute resolution

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Commercial litigation: premium

The commercial litigation team at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP is a ‘class act, dripping with quality’, representing multinational companies and major domestic clients. Team head Kate Davies KC is ’very bright and super commercial’, and has vast complementary arbitration experience. Daniel Gal KC is a ‘technically accomplished and pragmatic lawyer with great experience of international litigation’, while Bruce Macaulay is regarded for combining 'an easygoing manner with a real depth of knowledge of his case’. Nicholas Adams is praised as ’a highly committed and capable young litigator.’
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Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Incredible client-base involved in huge value disputes. Team under Kate Davies KC is full of clever people who work really hard for their clients.’

  • ‘Kate Davies KC - very bright and super commercial, clients love her for sound advice and high-quality advocacy.’

  • ‘Responsive, considered and strategic advice.’

  • 'Nicholas Adams - approachable, clear, strategic, considered and understanding of the internal debates within clients when forming responses to advice.’

  • ‘Skadden are just a class act, dripping with quality. Their partner engagement is second to none - and they have an array of seriously talented junior lawyers.’

  • ‘Bruce Macaulay is an exceptional partner. He combines an easygoing manner with a real depth of knowledge of his cases - and talent for great strategic choices. His associates are a class apart. I would make a huge shout-out to Alex Hough, who engages with cases at a depth that is unusual for his level of experience. Kiara Kottegoda is one to watch out for: relentless, hard-working, but a seriously talented lawyer.’

Key clients

  • Tether
  • Mowi ASA, Mowi Consumer Products UK Limited, Mowi Scotland Limited, Mowi Holding AS
  • Seadrill
  • The trustees of a series of offshore trust structures
  • Viatris
  • A UK insurance company
  • Grand View Private Trust Company
  • Renaissance Financial Holdings Limited

Work highlights

Representing Tether in its dispute with former Bitcoin mining joint venture partner, Swan Bitcoin. The dispute centres around a Bitcoin mining joint venture, 2040 Energy, which was established by the parties in June 2023 (and was the subject of a shareholders’ agreement signed in July 2023), and carries out Bitcoin mining in a variety of locations around the world.
Advising Mowi on the defence of an action issued by 10 claimants for over £675 million in damages against 13 defendants.
Advising the trustees of a series of offshore trust structures on their defence of removal claims brought by a child of a settlor.
Practice head

Kate Davies KC

Other key lawyers

Daniel Gal KC; Bruce Macaulay; Nicholas Adams