Jeffrey H Cohen

Practice Areas

Jeffrey H. Cohen is consistently recognized as one of the leading M&A and private equity lawyers in Southern California and served as leader of the Corporate Group in Skadden’s Los Angeles office for nearly 20 years. He represents both buyers and sellers, including strategic buyers and sellers, entrepreneurs and family businesses, as well as private equity funds and their portfolio companies, in large and middle-market mergers and acquisitions, investments and dispositions around the world. In addition, he has counseled clients on numerous investments in distressed debt and acquisitions of distressed businesses. Mr. Cohen’s representations have included clients in an array of industries, such as apparel, beauty, consumer, energy, fintech, food, gaming, mobile gaming, retail, and sports and media, among others. Representative clients include: Oaktree Capital Management's special situations and power funds; Scopely, Inc.; ABL Space Systems; ArchKey Holdings; Silver Point Capital; PLBY Group; Cardenas Markets; the founders of HCT Group, Too Faced and Glow Recipe; GlamGlow; FRAME LA Brands; H.I.G. Capital; North American Bancard; Serge Azria and The Collected Group; BCBG Max Azria Group; New Cotai Holdings; Saban Capital; Highview Capital; and Crimson Investment.

Mr. Cohen has been widely and repeatedly recognized for his work, including in:

• Chambers Global in its U.S., International & Cross-Border category and Chambers USA in its Corporate/M&A and Private Equity: Buyout categories

• The Legal 500 U.S. (including as part of its M&A Private Practice Powerlist) and IFLR1000

• the Los Angeles Business Journal, which included him among its Who’s Who in L.A. Law, Top 40 Most Influential M&A Advisors in Los Angeles and top five corporate lawyers in Los Angeles

• Best Lawyers, including as its 2022 Los Angeles Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year, and Lawdragon as one of its 500 Leading Dealmakers in America

• the Daily Journal as one of its top 10 private equity lawyers in California and as part of a cover story that profiled Mr. Cohen and documented Skadden’s success in building its corporate practice in Los Angeles

Professional Memberships

Board Chair, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Wilshire Boulevard Temple

Education