3 Min Read NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) - Former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom capital markets partner Christopher Betts has left the firm to become general counsel at Grab Holdings Inc, the largest ride-hailing and food delivery firm in Southeast Asia. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Betts' move comes after Skadden, along with Hughes Hubbard & Reed, said it had advised the Singapore-based delivery service here on its record $40 billion blank-check merger with special purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth in April. Betts, who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, was not listed as an adviser on Grab's SPAC merger. The deal, which paves the way for a backdoor Nasdaq listing for Grab here, is expected to close by the end of this year and will be the largest U.S. equity offering by a Southeast Asian company. Ropes & Gray is advising Altimeter, while Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is representing Altimeter Capital Management and Altimeter Capital Markets.