Overview
LONDON (March 17, 2023) – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery’s European practices have once again been recognized in Chambers Europe 2023, with 15 practice rankings and 30 lawyers listed across its Belgium, France, Germany and Italy offices.
The Firm received excellent client feedback and market reviews with praise across the board for understanding clients’ needs as well as great negotiations skills of its lawyers and their ability to offer solutions to the most complex problems. Many commentators indicated that McDermott’s lawyers provide “excellent execution of complex cross-border transactions,” are “smart, fast, pragmatic and solution-oriented,” and “innovative and practical.”
Notable practice area rankings include:
Band 1
- Germany: Healthcare
Band 2
- France: Pharma/Life Sciences
- Germany: Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
- Germany: Real Estate
- Germany: TMT Media
Band 3
- Germany: Real Estate: Finance
- Italy: Tax
Band 4
- France: Private Equity
- France: Public Law
- Germany: Capital Markets: Equity
- Germany: Life Sciences
- Germany: Restructuring/Insolvency
Band 5
- France: Banking & Finance
- Germany: Private Equity
- Germany: Tax
30 individual McDermott lawyers were also ranked.
BELGIUM:
Notable Practitioners:
- Hendrik Viaene – Band 2 in Competition/EU Law: State Aid and Band 3 in Competition: Domestic.
FRANCE:
Notable Practitioners:
- Grégoire Andrieux – Band 2 in Private Equity: Mid-market
- Laurent Ayache – Band 4 in Public Law
- Nicolas Faguer – Band 5 in Litigation
- Timothée Gagnepain – Band 3 in Restructuring/Insolvency
- Diana Hund – Up and Coming in Private Equity: Mid-Market
- Guillaume Kellner – Band 6 in Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
- Pierre-Arnoux Mayoly – Band 5 in Banking & Finance
- Sabine Naugès – Band 4 in Public Law
- Guillaume Panuel – Band 3 in Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Anthony Paronneau – Up and Coming in Pharma/Life Sciences: Corporate
- Henri Pieyre de Mandiargues – Band 2 in Private Equity: Buyouts (Acting for Management)
- Frédéric Pradelles – Band 4 in Competition/European Law
- Emmanuelle Trombe – Band 1 in Pharma/Life Sciences: Corporate
- Antoine Vergnat – Band 5 in Tax
GERMANY:
Notable Practitioners:
- Uwe Goetker – Band 4 in Restructuring/Insolvency
- Jana Grieb – Band 4 in Life Sciences
- Matthias Kampshoff – Band 3 in Restructuring/Insolvency
- Oliver Lieth – Band 3 in Real Estate: Finance
- Jens Ortmanns – Band 2 in Real Estate
- Dirk Pohl – Band 3 in Tax
- Stephan Rau – Band 1 in Healthcare
- Dustin Schwerdtfeger – Band 4 in Real Estate: Finance
- Wolfgang von Frentz – Band 2 in TMT Media
- Nikolaus von Jacobs – Band 5 in Private Equity
ITALY:
Notable Practitioners:
- Emidio Cacciapuoti – Band 2 in Private Equity: Fund Formation and Band 4 in Tax
- Giancarlo Castorino – Band 2 in Real Estate: Finance
- Stefano Mechelli – Band 5 in Dispute Resolution
- Carlo Paolella – Band 3 in Tax
- Andrea Tempestini – Band 2 in Tax
To view McDermott’s full results, please click here.
ABOUT CHAMBERS EUROPE
Chambers Europe guide covers 52 jurisdictions across Europe. Chambers began its research in March 2022 and finished in November 2022; submissions for the Firm’s different offices and practices were provided to Chambers during this time. Chambers guides are the culmination of thousands of in-depth interviews by the largest research team of its kind and are trusted globally to objectively rank the world’s best lawyers and law firms.
About McDermott
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