Julia Cronin focuses her practice on corporate advisory and transactional matters.
While in law school, Julia was a legal intern at the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office and a summer associate at McDermott. She also was a comment editor for the Suffolk Transnational Law Review.
Dominik Rissmann berät deutsche und internationale Mandanten umfassend zu Fragen des gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes. Sein Tätigkeitsschwerpunkt liegt in der Beratung zu standardessentiellen Patenten (SEPs) und FRAND-Verteidigungen, der Gestaltung von IP-Lizenzvereinbarungen in allen Bereichen des gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes sowie markenrechtlichen Fragen und Domainstreitigkeiten.
Vor seiner Tätigkeit als Rechtsanwalt konnte Dominik Rissmann bei McDermott breits als Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Referendar in der Abteilung des gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes an den Standorten Düsseldorf und Boston wertvolle Praxiserfahrung sammeln. Sein Referendariat absolvierte Dominik Rissmann im Bezirk des Oberlandesgerichts Düsseldorf.
Athanasia Eleftheriadou berät Mandanten umfassend im Bereich Arbeitsrecht.
Athanasia Eleftheriadou legte ihren Master of Laws an der Universität zu Köln ab. Ihr Referendariat absolvierte Athanasia Eleftheriadou im Bezirk des Oberlandesgerichts Köln.
Christopher Smith is a Senior Associate in the London Finance, Restructuring and Special Situations Group. He focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border leveraged finance transactions, advising corporate borrowers and issuers, corporates, private equity firms, and other institutional investors.
Referenzmandate
Advised Barings in connection with its financing of Zenchef and CoverManager
Advised Oaktree Capital in connection with its financing of Biomedica plc
Advised Tristan Capital Partners on the acquisition and same-day enforcement of a German mixed residential and commercial assets NPL portfolio
Advised the financing sources in connection with the financing of a private equity firm’s bid of more than €1.2bn for a publicly listed company.*
Advised a group of private credit funds on the more than £1.2 billion financing for a private equity firm’s cash offer to acquire a publicly listed company.*
Advised the arrangers in connection with the implementation of a new term loan b facility and a revolving facility in aggregate exceeding €2bn for a private equity firm’s portfolio company.*
Advised the mandated lead arrangers on the underwritten financing package supporting the bid by a consortium for a global company in a deal valuing firm at more than €2 billion*
Acted for a publicly listed company supporting its financing of over €4bn for the acquisition of a multinational’s local subsidiary.*
Malte Arndt berät Mandanten zu Anliegen im Bereich Gesellschaftsrecht und bei M&A-Transaktionen.
Malte Arndt studierte Rechtswissenschaft an der Universität Heidelberg und der Universität Löwen, Belgien. Vor seiner Anstellung als Associate bei McDermott arbeitete er bereits als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Bereich Gesellschaftsrecht bei einer renommierten Wirtschaftskanzlei. Sein Referendariat absolvierte Malte Arndt beim Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe mit Stationen bei Mittelstands- und Großkanzleien.
Carina Schützeberg ist auf das Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht spezialisiert. Sie berät Mandanten umfassend entlang des gesamten Immobilientransaktionsprozesses. Dies umfasst insbesondere die rechtliche Begleitung von Legal Due Diligence-Prüfungen sowie die Gestaltung und Verhandlung von Immobilienkaufverträgen. Zudem berät Carina Schützeberg bei sämtlichen Fragen des gewerblichen Mietrechts unter anderem bei der Strukturierung und Verhandlung von gewerblichen Mietverträgen und zu Fragen des laufenden Asset Managements.
Vor ihrer Anstellung als Rechtsanwältin bei McDermott arbeitete Carina Schützeberg bereits als Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin bei McDermott.
Ihr Referendariat absolvierte Carina Schützeberg im Bezirk des Landgerichts Limburg an der Lahn.
Referenzmandate
Carina Schützeberg beriet:
Schoeller Group beim Erwerb des Upper West in Berlin
Venator beim Verkauf aus der Insolvenz an ICIG
Würth Elektronik ICS bei Übernahme von MRS Electronic
Laura Sabia focuses her practice on litigation matters. Previously, she served as a judicial law clerk at the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
While earning her law degree, she was a research assistant at The Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law and a research fellow at the Cambridge Negotiation Institute. Laura also clerked at a nonprofit public interest law firm and interned at a global human rights research organization.
Nana Agyeman Taylor focuses her practice on corporate matters, particularly on the structuring, formation, investor negotiations, and operation of private investment funds, including those involving buyouts, private credit, venture capital, and other pooled investment funds. She represents and advises sponsors of, and institutional investors in, private investment funds, co-investment vehicles, and separately managed accounts across a variety of sectors. She also drafts fund documentations, including subscription agreements, offering memoranda, side letters, investment management agreements, limited partnership agreements, operating agreements, and various ancillary agreements.
Nana has assisted clients in their pursuit of private equity investments, including with early-stage development funds, breakout company funds, purchases, and acquisitions. She also advises clients on regulatory compliance with federal securities laws and other onshore and offshore fund compliance.
Sarah Seiwon Kyung focuses her practice on private client and wealth management matters.
Sarah has experience handling a wide range of domestic and international estate planning matters. She has assisted high-net-worth individuals with federal income and transfer tax compliance and mitigation strategies and also handles cross-border matters such as offshore tax compliance, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act compliance, pre-immigration planning, and expatriation.
Raffi Teperdjian advises clients on complex corporate and technology transactions, with an emphasis on emerging technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). His practice encompasses drafting and negotiating various sophisticated agreements, including service agreements, intercompany agreements, user agreements, terms of service, and market-making agreements. He also provides strategic counsel on regulatory matters involving token launches and innovative crypto-based products and services.
In addition to his practice at McDermott Will & Schulte, Raffi is an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches Artificial Intelligence Law and Policy. He regularly researches, publishes, and presents on emerging technologies and their intersection with the law, contributing to thought leadership in areas such as blockchain, AI, data privacy, and cybersecurity.
Raffi has deep experience advising on systems development and big data analytics projects across federal and commercial sectors, guiding clients through complex regulatory and transactional issues.
Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Raffi served as senior counsel at an open-source research and development lab. In this role, he handled investment and deal structuring, treasury management, regulatory compliance, venture capital financing, corporate restructuring and spinouts, asset-based lending, and related compliance matters for FinTech, Web3, blockchain, and other technology-driven enterprises. His work encompassed drafting and reviewing key corporate and transactional documents, including certificates of formation, operating agreements, voting agreements, term sheets, stock purchase agreements, intellectual property transfer agreements, derivatives trading agreements, asset-based lending arrangements, and simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs). He has also advised technology companies on strategic intellectual property transactions, data management, privacy compliance, and cybersecurity issues.
Armenian Bar Association, DC Region Chapter, treasurer
Qualifikationen
Ausbildung
George Washington University Law School, JD
James Madison University, BBA
Zulassungen
District of Columbia
New York
Sprachen
Armenian
Englisch
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