The push toward year’s end is perennially an optimistic time for M&A, with recent reports by financial services firms like Deloitte and JPMorgan Chase pointing to a robust deal market that has many corporate lawyers looking forward to 2015. And if the first week of December is any indication of what next year may bring, Christmas appears to have come early for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Over the past week, the firm has grabbed roles on more than $15 billion in deals for clients like Japanese pharmaceutical giant Otsuka Holdings, luxury lifestyle magazine publisher the Robb Report, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund and Hawaiian Electric Industries.
