Chicago

Skadden’s Chicago office, which opened in 1984, offers a variety of transactional, litigation and regulatory services to local, national and international clients doing business in the Midwest and around the globe.

We represent U.S. and international clients, including public and private entities, from a wide range of industries in connection with corporate matters, including those relating to mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, capital markets, private equity, banking and investment management. We also advise clients in a wide variety of tax, real estate and REITs-related matters. Our litigation attorneys have a robust practice dedicated to representing a broad range of clients, including many in Chicago and throughout the Midwest, in an array of corporate, securities, products liability, bankruptcy, regulatory, white collar, intellectual property and other matters.

Skadden’s Chicago office has an exceptional breadth of experience and resources to serve its clients with innovative advice and novel legal solutions. Our diverse practice area strengths also have been repeatedly noted by the legal and business press. Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Chambers Global, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, Financial Times “Innovative Lawyers,” IFLR1000, Tax Directors Handbook, The American Lawyer, Law360 and other publications frequently recognize Skadden’s Chicago M&A, corporate, litigation and regulatory attorneys. In addition, a number of our attorneys formerly have held government positions, including U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, national chief of appeals for the IRS, and Assistant U.S. attorneys for both the Southern and Northern Districts of Illinois.