Overview
April 2, 2024 – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has once again been recognized by The Legal 500 EMEA as one of the leading firms in European jurisdictions, with 36 practice rankings and 87 lawyers ranked and recommended.
The Firm received the following five improved practice rankings:
- France – Data Privacy and Data Protection, Tier 2
- Italy – Tax, Tier 2
- France – Private Equity: Fund Formation, Tier 3
- Germany – Private Equity Transactions: Mid-Sized Deals, Tier 3
- France – EU, Competition and Distribution, Tier 4
McDermott also received five new practice rankings:
- France – Private Equity: Venture/Growth Capital, Tier 4
- Italy – Banking and Finance: Borrower Side, Tier 5
- Belgium – EU Regulatory: Privacy and Data Protection, Firms to Watch
- France – Compliance, Firms to Watch
- Germany – Antitrust, Firms to Watch
Additionally, 24 lawyers were ranked in special categories, such as “Hall of Fame,” “Leading Individuals,” “Next Generation Partners” and “Rising Stars.”
McDermott’s teams received outstanding comments from clients and were praised for “professionalism, responsiveness, rigor”; their “technical expertise, efficiency, project and customer knowledge”; and for being “robust,” “reliable” and offering a “well-rounded team with diverse skills.”
RANKING TAKEAWAYS
Belgium:
- Competition: Belgian Law – Tier 3
- Competition: EU and Global – Tier 4
- EU Regulatory: Privacy and Data Protection – Firms to Watch
Leading Individual: Hendrik Viaene
Full ranking results and editorial here.
France:
- Healthcare and Life Sciences – Tier 1
- Administrative and Public Law – Tier 2
- Data Privacy and Data Protection – Tier 2
- Private Equity: LBO – Tier 2
- Banking and Finance: Transactional Work – Tier 3
- Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation – Tier 3
- Insolvency – Tier 3
- Private Equity: Fund Formation – Tier 3
- Tax – Tier 3
- EU, Competition and Distribution – Tier 4
- Private Equity: Venture/Growth Capital – Tier 4
- Mergers and Acquisitions – Tier 5
- Compliance – Firms to Watch
Leading Individuals: Grégoire Andrieux, Timothée Gagnepain, Pierre-Arnoux Mayoly, Guillaume Panuel, Anthony Paronneau, Romain Perray, Emmanuelle Trombe and Antoine Vergnat
Next Generation Partner: Diana Hund
Full ranking results and editorial here.
Germany:
- Healthcare and Life Sciences – Tier 2
- Media: Entertainment – Tier 2
- Real Estate – Tier 2
- Commercial Administrative Law – Tier 3
- Information Technology: IT Transactions and Outsourcing – Tier 3
- Private Equity Transactions: Mid-Sized Deals (€100m – €500m) – Tier 3
- Restructuring – Tier 3
- Corporate M&A: Corporate – Tier 4
- Information Technology and Digitalization – Tier 4
- Real Estate Finance – Tier 4
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-Sized Deals – Tier 5
- Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation – Tier 5
- Employment – Tier 6
- Tax – Tier 6
- Antitrust – Firms to Watch
Leading Individuals: Alexa Ningelgen, Jens Ortmanns, Dirk Pohl and Stephan Rau
Next Generation Partners: Maximilian Clostermeyer, Deniz Tschammler and Matthias Weissinger
Rising Stars: Alina Affeld, Monika Emilia Richter and Antje Weiss
Full ranking results and editorial here.
Italy:
- Tax – Tier 2
- Banking and Finance (Lender and Arranger Side) – Tier 4
- Private Equity – Tier 4
- Banking and Finance: Borrower Side – Tier 5
- Dispute Resolution – Tier 5
Hall of Fame: Giancarlo Castorino and Carlo Maria Paolella
Leading Individual: Andrea Tempestini
Next Generation Partner: Fabio Cozzi
Rising Star: Alessio Persiani
Full ranking results and editorial here.
ABOUT THE LEGAL 500 EMEA
The Legal 500 Series, now in its 37th year, is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide. More than 300,000 corporate counsel have been surveyed and interviewed globally in the past 12 months. Legal 500 is an independent guide, and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit.
About McDermott
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