People

Todd Finger

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New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

Areas of focus

Mergers, stock and asset deals, and leveraged buyouts

Venture capital investments and growth financings

Joint ventures, restructurings, and recapitalizations

Private equity and venture-backed transactions

Todd Finger advises clients across the full spectrum of corporate transactions and financings, including mergers, purchases and sales, leveraged buyouts, venture investments, joint ventures, restructurings, and recapitalizations.

He represents both operating companies and investors, with notable experience for clients in biotechnology, medical device, healthcare, consumer products, food and beverage, entertainment and media, and fashion and apparel.

He also negotiates financings and transactions for private equity and venture capital firms, serves as head of McDermott’s Transactions Practice Group in New York, and sits on the firm’s Management Committee. Earlier in his career, he worked at the White House in the Office of Scheduling and Advance under President William Clinton.

Ranked in

Ranked in

Thomson Reuters, 2026

Ranked in

Ranked in

Chambers USA, 2015-2025

Ranked in

Ranked in

Legal 500 US, 2019-2025

Recognitions
  • Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, 2015-2026
  • Legal 500 US, Leading Lawyer in M&A: Middle-Market Deals and M&A Corporate, 2019-2025
  • Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer – independently rated lawyers, 2026
  • IFLR1000, M&A, 2023
Capabilities and Industries
Regional Markets
Community
  • New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, board member
  • Blue Star Families, board member and outside general counsel
  • Hope For The Warriors, community council member and outside general counsel
Credentials
Education
  • New York University School of Law, JD
  • Emory University, BBA, with distinction
Admissions
  • New York
Languages
  • Inglese