Fabiola Vega focuses her practice on commercial litigation in federal and state court. She has represented financial institutions and corporations in class actions, antitrust, securities, qui tam, and breach of contract disputes. She also has experience assisting with internal corporate investigations and international arbitration proceedings. In addition, she maintains an active pro bono practice with a focus on immigration issues.

Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Fabiola worked as an associate in a global law firm in New York. While in law school, she was an articles editor for the Columbia Law Review.

Alessandro Antonacci focuses his practice on tax matters. He represents both national and international clients on a range of complex mandates, with particular experience in transfer pricing.

• Assisted an Italian-based group with the identification of prices and other conditions for transactions between associated enterprises, as well as helping to determine the relevant transfer pricing policy*
• Assisted Italian-based companies with tax assessment procedures, litigation and the interpretation of international rulings on key legislation, such as the Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) and the Mutual Agreement Procedure instances (MAP)*
• Assisted multinational enterprises with drawing up transfer pricing documentation (e.g. Master file and Country file) according to Italian regulations*
• Assisted several companies with concerns on international taxation (i.e., CFC regulations, proper application of the Tax Convention on Income and on Capital, etc.)*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

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Nicole Ann Lim focuses her practice on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity capital markets, funds formation and subscriptions, banking, and general corporate advisory work. She has experience working with Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) managers and trustees, asset managers, and fund investors in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advised the manager of Ascendas REIT as manager’s counsel on its S$1.66 billion acquisition of a portfolio of US properties. *
• Advised the manager of Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust as manager’s counsel on its S$1.54 billion merger with Frasers Commercial Trust. *
• Advised the ARA Asset Management group on its proposed joint venture with Zhongshan Dasin in (1) Dasin Retail Trust, a Greater Bay Area real estate focused business trust and (2) Dasin Retail Trust Management Pte. Ltd., the trustee-manager of the business trust. *
• Advised the manager of Lendlease Global Commercial REIT as manager’s counsel on its (1) S$45.0 million acquisition of a 5.0% stake in a private real estate fund and (2) up to S$337.3 million acquisition of a collective 53.0% stake in a separate private real estate fund from four third party investors. *
• Advised the investment arm of J.P. Morgan Chase SEA on its 49.0% fund investment into a private real estate fund with a portfolio of industrial properties valued at S$331.2 million. *

Capital Markets

• Advised the manager of Ascendas REIT as issuer’s counsel on its S$1.31 billion rights issue (one of Singapore’s largest rights issue to date). *
• Advised the manager of Ascendas REIT as issuer’s counsel on its S$1.1 billion equity fund raising (one of Singapore’s largest combined private placement and preferential offering in FY2020). *
• Advised the managers of Cromwell European REIT and Prime US REIT on their respective establishments and applications of distribution reinvestment plans. *

Funds

• Advised the manager of a €150.0 million private real estate fund on a listing on ADDX (formerly iSTOX), an online blockchain based stock exchange targeted at accredited investors. *
• Advised an asset management group on the establishment of a GBP200.0 million private real estate fund*
• Advised the partners of a Malaysian private real estate fund on the replacement of its fund manager. *

Banking/ Corporate

• Advised the manager and trustee of Manulife US REIT as borrower’s counsel on its entry into various loan agreements including the entry into a US$250.0 million sustainability linked facility. *
• Advised a private Singapore property holding group in various corporate matters, including the issuance of US$50.0 million worth of series A preferred shares to US institutional investors. *

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

• Law Society of Singapore
• Singapore Academy of Law

• District of Columbia Courts, Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, 2023

Michael J. Baldwin focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation matters.

While in law school, Michael served as a legal intern for the Hon. Robert R. Rigsby of the District of Columbia Superior Court. He also was a staff editor for the AIPLA Quarterly Journal. Michael holds a BS in chemistry.

Matthew P. Celano focuses his practice on corporate advisory matters for life sciences, biopharmaceutical and technology companies. Matthew counsels clients on a variety of commercial transactions and undertakings with peer companies, universities and academic institutions, including licenses, collaborations, distribution arrangements, marketing and distribution agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, services agreements, mergers, acquisitions, sales, and sponsored research agreements.

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• Represented a large national bank in a series of loan transactions totaling approximately $175,000,000 relating to property in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Kansas and Maryland*
• Represented a real estate investment firm in the acquisition of a $65,000,000 mixed-use property in southern California*
• Represented a real estate investment firm in the $240,000,000 acquisition of a portfolio of commercial properties throughout the United States*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Real Estate Law, 2022-2026

• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association