Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ‘s cybersecurity and data privacy team supports clients across the aerospace, defense, finance, healthcare and telecommunications sectors with particular expertise handling large-scale data breach matters and cyberattacks. David Simon joined the team in July 2023 from Mayer Brown, dual qualified across the US and EU and bringing government experience to co-heading the practice group from Washington DC. Fellow co-head WIlliam Ridgway, based in Chicago, advises clients on sensitive cybersecurity, data privacy and white collar matters, benefitting from previous experience as a federal prosecutor. Michael Leiter heads the firm’s national security practice in DC.