Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, a firm whose reputation for transactional work is so strong it was once paid to not get involved in hostile deals during the 1980s, has had a busy month on the deal front amid an otherwise down period for M&A.
Earlier this week, Skadden grabbed a lead role advising SprintNextelthe nation’s third-largest wireless carrierin connection with its proposed $20.1 billion sale to Japanese buyer SoftBank, according to sibling publication The Asian Lawyer, which has the complete breakdown on the lawyers involved in that transaction. (Skadden is also advising heavy-duty truck maker Oshkosh on a $3 billion unsolicited bid by Carl Icahn.)
