In the first half of 2015 as M&A levels soared, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom advised on the largest volume of deals worldwide – $403.4 billion – capturing 22 percent of the overall market share, according to Bloomberg’s quarterly M&A league tables .
That was a healthy $93 billion above the No. 2 place holder Davis Polk & Wardwell, which advised on $310.6 billion worth of deals in the first six months this year, with 17 percent market share.
What fueled Skadden’s success? An industry breakdown of the M&A activity showed that the consumer sector accounted for 20.8 percent and ...
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