Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, the law firm, has elected Scott Hopkins, Penny Madden and several others as partners. Hopkins is an M&A corporate lawyer, and previously worked at regulatory body the Takeover Panel. He is also a member of the firm's Japan practice. Madden is an international arbitration lawyer who focuses on telecoms, trade and insurance disputes. She will work in Asia to develop an arbitration practice, starting in 2013. The other partners announced are Robert Fumerton, Alejandro Gonzalez Lazzeri, Emily Lam, Karen Hoffman Lent, Steven Messina, Tatiana Monastyrskaya, Erica Schohn, Peter Serating and Dwight Yoo.