Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Serving large corporates, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, the group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is co-led by Steven Messina and Janine Jjingo. Its caseload includes large-cap acquisitions and corporate credit facilities, handling syndicated and alternative, leveraged and investment-grade financings, navigating bridge financings, private credit deals, asset-based financings and green financings for major corporates in industries such as healthcare, transportation and cosmetics. Chicago-based David Wagener advises on various debt financing matters, from leveraged acquisition deals to exit financings, and in New York, Sean Francis Cornely focuses on LBOs, bridge loans and more. In Los Angeles, Leila Sayegh advises corporate and private equity clients on various arrangements, from LBOs and bridge loans to first and second lien financings. In New York, Christian Nahr is sought out for guidance on dividend recapitalizations, restructurings, private credit and direct lending, and Danielle Li tackles acquisition financing, bridge and margin loans, LBOs and more. Two further key New York office figures are David Passes, whose experience encompasses high-profile acquisition and REIT financing, and Andrew Alvarez, who helps arrange various acquisition financing deals for heavyweights in food and beverage, travel and tourism, infrastructure and more. Tracey Chenoweth left in October 2025.