Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The banking and finance team at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP often works in conjunction with the firm’s corporate restructuring, M&A, and private equity teams on acquisition financing, leveraged recapitalizations, and mezzanine financing. In Chicago, practice co-head Seth Jacobson is geared to handle asset-based loans, inter-creditor agreements, and liability management transactions. Also co-lead of the practice, New York-based Steven Messina handles domestic and international leveraged buyouts, investment grade financings, and debtor-possession financings for commercial banks, investment banks, and private equity funds. Working out of Los Angeles, Leila Sayegh is skilled at bridge loans, first and second lien financings, and debtor-in-possession financings. In New York, Christian Nahr has deep financing experience, and he is well-versed in leveraged finance transactions, dividend recapitalizations, and restructuring.