Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s litigation and controversy platform helps clients navigate boardroom disputes, securities litigation, and complex commercial conflicts. Global practice head James Carroll, based in Boston, is a seasoned advocate whose docket encompasses securities and commercial disputes, with experience spanning insurance and reinsurance, antitrust, and restrictive covenant issues. In New York, Scott Musoff bolsters the core trials bench with a focus on securities litigation and other high-stakes business disputes, while Susan Saltzstein is regularly sought out by companies and individuals for her work on class and derivative actions, board representations, and shareholder lawsuits. Also in New York, Michael McTigue adds firepower in class actions and mass arbitrations. In Wilmington, Paul Lockwood concentrates on corporate litigation – he advises boards, companies and investors on fiduciary duty and deal-related disputes before the Court of Chancery. Lauren Aguiar retired from her role as partner in April 2025.
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Key clients
Barclays Plc and its subsidiary (officers and directors)
FS Credit Opportunities
South Lake One LLC
FMR LLC
FanDuel; Fanatics Holdings; Caesars Sportsbook
Papaya Gaming
CME Group Inc.
Embraer S.A. (Embraer) and its related entities
Mars, Incorporated
California state court judges and justices
Monsanto Company
Fenix International Limited
Work highlights
Secured a precedent-setting victory at the New York Court of Appeals for current and former officers and directors of Barclays Plc and its subsidiary, after a year's long saga through the court system, in a shareholder derivative action alleging breach of fiduciary duties on behalf of Barclays, a UK-organized corporation. It raised the question whether New York's internal affairs doctrine was overruled by Business Corporation Law § 1319, which mandates application of New York law. The NYS Supreme Court rejected the plaintiff’s theory and confirmed the continuing application of the internal affairs doctrine.
Led a team of several firms on behalf of FS Credit Opportunities and represented various investment funds to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to take up an important case about the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA).
Represented the Chilean salmon farming company Australis and its new owner, Food Investment Services, which brought claims against its former owner Isidoro Ernesto Quiroga Moreno and South Lake One LLC (South Lake), alleging that Mr. Quiroga fraudulently transferred Chilean real estate to South Lake.
Practice head
James Carroll
Other key lawyers
Scott Musoff; Susan Saltzstein; Michael McTigue; Paul Lockwood; Lara Flath; Eben Colby; Jason Russell; Lance Etcheverry; Noelle Reed; Amy Van Gelder