About Us
Skadden is one of the world's elite law firms with approximately 1,700 lawyers in 22 offices across the globe. With over three decades of experience in Asia Pacific and approximately 100 lawyers residing in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo, Skadden has the resources to handle the largest and most complex matters involving entities throughout the region. Our global network of offices strategically positions the firm to coordinate and execute the cross-border elements of a wide range of transactions, litigation and investigations.
Our Strengths
Our attorneys take on a wide range of matters throughout the region. On the corporate side, we advise on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as the competition law issues raised in multinational M&A; capital markets matters; investment management; and banking transactions. We provide the full range of international dispute resolution services across the region, and we also counsel on internal investigations; enforcement actions; and related governance, disclosure and litigation matters. Our attorneys also focus on a wide range of energy and infrastructure projects and real estate-related transactions. Our clients include major multinational corporations, large state-owned enterprises, leading investment banks and commercial banks, private equity firms, investors and developers.
Our vacation placement schemes are important for candidates interested in a training contract with Skadden’s Hong Kong office. The schemes provide hands-on experience with active transactions and cases from a diverse client base, often with an international aspect, as well as insight into the firm’s culture. Placements are for four weeks and are offered in January and February, and again in June and July. Students in a vacation scheme are assigned a mentor during their time with us. Throughout the placement, attorneys give students substantive assignments with proper supervision and feedback.
Our vacation placements come from a diversity of schools, experiences and backgrounds. We look for academic achievement, including a minimum of a 2:1 (UK/HK) or HD/D (Australia) at degree level or equivalent. We recruit our vacation placements through interviews on campus in the U.K. and Australia, and through in office interviews in Hong Kong.