Skadden’s First Female M&A Partner Says No to Forced Retirement

Martha McGarry, the first woman to make partner in the M&A practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, joined the partnership of Mayer Brown in New York this week after bumping up against a mandatory retirement policy at her former firm.

Like many other Big Law firms, Skadden requires its attorneys to ramp down their work and step away upon hitting a set age. McGarry confirmed that Skadden’s retirement age is 70 years old.

McGarry has been a prolific M&A lawyer for decades and said in an interview with Bloomberg Law she wants to maintain that practice. She has ...