Skadden received three awards at the International Financial Law Review Americas Awards Dinner on March 21, 2013, in New York: "M&A Team of the Year" (noting our work on the Amylin, Alibaba and Shelf Drilling transactions); "Equity Team of the Year" (for our IPO work for BTG Pactual and CEMEX); and "Equity Deal of the Year" (for the BTG Pactual IPO).
At IFLR's Europe Awards on April 10 in London, Skadden received two top honors, including "M&A Deal of the Year" (for our work on the Outokumpu transaction), which marked the second straight year the firm has won in this category; and "Private Equity Deal of the Year" (for advising HSE24's management in its reinvestment in the company in connection with AXA Private Equity’s sale of HSE24 to Providence Equity Partners).