COVERAGE
February 20, 2023
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Heather Cooper is quoted in Law360 about how clients can take advantage of brand-new federal tax credit eligibility for energy storage projects.
COVERAGE
February 20, 2023
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David Saunders is quoted in Law360 discussing how the Illinois Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision on how often biometric privacy claims accrue.
DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT / PRESS RELEASE
February 20, 2023
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McDermott Will & Emery is advising Luxempart on an investment agreement to acquire a minority stake in Kestrel Vision, a leading global developer of quality control and inspection solutions for the rigid packaging industry.
Luxempart joins Kestrel Vision’s existing shareholders, including Caravelle, a prominent French family investor, and management.
The transaction, which remains subject to customary regulatory approvals, is expected to close at the end of March 2023 and is designed to strengthen the Group’s capital base to continue its growth strategy.
The McDermott team advising Luxempart consisted of:
• Henri Pieyre de Mandiargues, partner, Antoine Ricol, counsel, Boris Wolkoff, and Pénélope Renard, associates on corporate aspects,
• Antoine Vergnat, partner, and Côme de Saint Vincent, counsel on tax matters,
• Pierre-Arnoux Mayoly, partner, and Julie-Anne Thiébaut, associate on financing aspects,
• Jilali Maazouz, partner, Abdel Abdellah and Naré Arshakyan, associates on employment law,
• Sabine Naugès, partner, and Benoît Feroldi, associate on regulatory aspects,
• Laura Morelli, partner, and Charles de Raignac, associate, on intellectual property aspects,
• Romain Perray, partner and Hélène Adda, associate, on Tech and Data aspects
• Frédéric Pradelles, partner in competition (antitrust)
DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT / PRESS RELEASE
February 17, 2023
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McDermott Will & Emery advised Argos Wityu on the sale to PAI Partners of La Compagnie des Desserts, a producer of premium artisanal ice cream and premium frozen pastries. La Compagnie des Desserts distributes its products to more than 23,000 customers in the food service sector across Europe.
Argos Wityu acquired a major stake in La Compagnie des Dessert in 2016. During the many years of close cooperation between the management and Argos Wituy, Compagnie des Desserts has doubled its revenue reaching almost EUR 117 million. This partnership has also permitted external growth operations including three strategic acquisitions in the UK, Spain and France, allowing Compagnie des Dessert to develop new services and products such as takeaway sales and the use of environmentally responsible products.
On the seller’ side, Argos Wityu was advised by McDermott: on corporate aspect, the team was led by Bertrand Delafaye (Partner) with Marie-Muriel Barthelet (Counsel) and Sarah Louifi (Associate) and on employment aspect, by Abdel Abdellah (Associate) and Michèle Gueravetian (Associate).
COVERAGE
February 17, 2023
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Paul Hughes is quoted in Law360 about the importance of telling a good story, one that captures the predispositions of Supreme Court justices.
COVERAGE
February 17, 2023
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Watch the recording of the press conference to present the memorandum “The role of MVZs in outpatient medical care – is there a need for regulatory action?” with one of the authors, Dr. Stephan Rau, among others.
DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT / PRESS RELEASE
February 17, 2023
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McDermott Will & Emery has advised TreeFrog Therapeutics, a French-based biotech company aiming to unlock access to cell therapies for millions of patients, on its collaboration with GAIA BioMedicine for the expansion of healthy donor-derived « Natural Killer » (NK)-like cells.
The McDermott team that advised TreeFrog Therapeutics consisted of Emmanuelle Trombe, partner, and Edouard Becker, associate.
COVERAGE
February 17, 2023
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London finance partner Mark Fine and Nicholas Jupp coauthored an article in relation to a review of last year’s financing trends and what to expect in 2023 in Global Turnaround.
This article first appeared in the February issue of Global Turnaround. Global Turnaround is the leading source of market intelligence for the restructuring and bankruptcy industry and is read in over 70 countries. To find out more, go to www.globalturnaround.com.
COVERAGE
February 16, 2023
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Stephen Hash, Alexander Piala and Samoneh Schickel represented Natera in the case.
COVERAGE
February 16, 2023
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McDermott is featured in Global Legal Chronicle for representing Lee Equity Partners.
The deal team was led by Joel Rush, Alex Clavero and Jun Won Kim with significant assistance from Jamie Gelfman, Kevin Hall, Ryan Higgins, Drew McCormick, Brian Mead, Jarrett Szczesny, Daphne Trotter, Allison Wilkerson, Ty Carson, Niraj Patel, Jodi Benassi, Jeffrey Cassidy, Callee Donovan, Andrew Granek, Kyle Hafkey, Dino Ilievski, Vince Leahey, Niya Mack, Alison Mackenzie, Marika Miller, Glen Ready, Sarah Reis, Danielle Scheer, Anna Sikorski, Mary Waller, Kate Williams, Ann McClintic, Traci Ottenfeld and Deepak Tamasker.
