Joseph Larkin

Joseph O. Larkin is a litigation partner in the Corporate Restructuring department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Wilmington, Del. He represents a broad range of clients in high-profile, bet-the-company disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, antitrust matters, securities class actions, corporate control challenges and troubled-company litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country. He also frequently advises clients on Delaware law governing corporations and alternative entities. Mr. Larkin has represented companies and boards in litigation arising from some of the largest transactions in history, and he has been at the forefront of corporate innovation. He was one of the lead litigators that represented MacAndrews & Forbes in the Delaware Supreme Court’s seminal decision in Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. (MFW), and he has successfully tried cases and arbitrations to judgment for Sabre Corp., CommonWealth REIT, Service Properties Trust, TravelCenters of America LLC and the stockholders of EPCO Carbon Dioxide Products, Inc. Mr. Larkin has been repeatedly named to The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law, and has been consistently recognized by The American Lawyer and the Financial Times for litigation victories in the Delaware Court ofChancery. He also has been recognized by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine as one of its Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers and by Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, in addition to being named as a Litigator of the Week in September 2020 by The American Lawyer for a victory in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Mr. Larkin received his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Richmond and his J.D. magna cum laude from Villanova University School of Law, where he was admitted to the Order of the Coif and served as associate editor of the Villanova Law Review.