London – 22 Bishopsgate
Bhavesh Madia is an associate in the London Finance, Restructuring and Special Situations Group and focuses his practice on leveraged finance, advising financial institutions, corporates, direct lenders and sponsors on a wide range of financing transactions. He has a wealth of experience in cross-border acquisition/leveraged finance, corporate lending, syndicated and investment grade lending and restructurings.
- Advised Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics on the acquisition of Hytest Limited*
- Advised Blackstone on the financing for the privatisation and delisting of SGX listed Soilbuild Business Space REIT by way of trust scheme of arrangement under Singapore takeover code*
- Advised Doncaster Group on its restructuring pursuant to a UK scheme of arrangement*
- Acted for MLAs on CVC’s acquisition of Zabka and subsequent divided recap transaction*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
- Hong Kong Law Society, Registered Foreign Lawyer
- Monash University, JD
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- England and Wales
- Englisch
- Hindi
Simon Margesson
London – 22 Bishopsgate
Simon Margesson focuses his practice on corporate transactional mandates for private equity sponsors and venture capital funds. Simon has advised clients in a diverse range of sectors and industries with particular experience in healthcare, banking & finance and energy sectors.
- Advised Aksiom Group on its acquisition of the px Group.
- Advised HSBC Asset Management on the establishment of its first venture capital fund.
- University of Law, LPC, International Banking Law and Finance
- University of Edinburgh, LLM
- University of Edinburgh, LLB
- England and Wales
Justine Wadhera
London – 22 Bishopsgate
Justine Wadhera focuses her practice on private client matters, advising high net worth individuals and trustees of high value trusts on a wide range of issues. She advises clients on all aspects of succession planning, trust creation and administration of high value UK and foreign estates. Justine also works on tax planning for domiciled and non-domiciled individuals.
- McDermott Pro Bono Committee
- BPP University, LPC
- BPP University, GDL
- University College London, BA
- England and Wales
- Englisch
- Französisch
Brandon Sloane
New York — One Vanderbilt Avenue
Brandon Sloane focuses his practice on advising public and private companies on raising capital, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He focuses his practice on representing private and public companies in all aspects of public and private securities offerings, public company reporting and disclosure compliance and stock exchange-listing compliance.
- The Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2023
- Super Lawyers, New York Metro Rising Star, 2023-2024
- Boston College Law School, JD
- University of Florida, BA
- New York
- Massachusetts
Camille LoPresti
Chicago
Camille LoPresti focuses her practice on a broad range of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxation matters. Camille advises clients on various proactive estate planning strategies, estate and trust administration, and business succession planning. Camille also counsels clients on matters regarding private foundations, charitable transfers, and family governance.
- Preparation and implementation of transfer tax planning for families involving leveraged sales of interests in closely held businesses to perpetual trusts
- Implementation of trust mergers and consolidations for multi-generational families to achieve extensive tax and administrative efficiencies
- Counseling families and their businesses regarding sound governance mechanisms and developing long-term family governance plans, including family constitutions, mission statements, family councils, and shareholder committees
- Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Trusts and Estates & Corporate Law, 2024–2025
- Chicago Bar Association, Member
- Chicago Estate Planning Counsel, Member
- Wills for Heroes Foundation, Volunteer
- Georgetown University
- Yale University
- Illinois
- Englisch
- Französisch
Kaylynn Webb
Dallas
Kaylynn Webb focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation matters. She has experience defending depositions, drafting dispositive motions, and negotiating settlements.
During law school, Kaylynn served as the Symposium Editor of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, where her student comment was published and later quoted by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. After graduating from Emory Law, Kaylynn clerked for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
- State Bar of Texas, member
- Dallas Bar Association, member
- Emory University School of Law, JD, summa cum laude
- Howard University, BA
- Texas
- Georgia
- US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- US District Court for the Western District of Texas
Tobias Meyer-Hotting
Düsseldorf
Der Tätigkeitsschwerpunkt von Tobias Meyer-Hotting liegt im Bereich Prozessführung & Streitbeilegung.
Während seines Referendariats konnte Herr Meyer-Hotting wertvolle Erfahrungen bei zwei internationalen Wirtschaftskanzleien in Düsseldorf im Bereich Prozessführung und Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit sowie bei der Deutsch-Irischen Außenhandelskammer in Dublin sammeln. Als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter war er mehrere Jahre bei einer international tätigen deutschen Wirtschaftskanzlei im Bereich Gesellschaftsrecht tätig.
Im Rahmen seines Studiums der Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Osnabrück arbeitete er bei Prof. Dr. Lars Leuschner am Lehrstuhl für Bürgerliches Recht, Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht.
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, „Ones to Watch“ in Deutschland: Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und Konfliktlösung, 2025
- Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf, Zweites Staatsexamen
- Universität Osnabrück, Erstes Staatsexamen
- Deutschland
- Deutsch
- Englisch
Sanjeet Johal
London – 22 Bishopsgate
Sanjeet Johal focuses her practice on real estate, covering a wide range of commercial property matters including sales and purchases, landlord and tenant work, property management, acting for utility companies in respect of major infrastructure projects, residential transactions for high net worth individuals and advising on the property aspects of corporate and finance transactions.
Sanjeet has acted for property companies, private investors, funds, developers, health trusts, insolvency practitioners, institutional landlords, occupiers and end users, high net worth individuals and financial institutions.
She has led on the legal and regulatory issues relating to a broad range of assets including business parks, developments, hotels, industrial estates, offices, residential properties, retail space, shopping centers, warehouses and a data center.
Prior to joining McDermott, Sanjeet was a Senior Law Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, where she headed up property on the LLM Legal Practice Course and taught Property Law to undergraduates on the LLB
- University of Birmingham, LPC
- Brasenose College, Oxford University
- England & Wales
Chris Benedik
Washington, DC
Chris Benedik focuses his practice on regulatory and international trade matters. Chris joined McDermott after clerking for Judge Timothy C. Stanceu on the United States Court of International Trade.
- Cornell Law School, JD, magna cum laude
- Cornell Law School, LLM in International and Comparative Law, BA, magna cum laude
- University of Chicago, honors
- District of Columbia
- New York
- US Court of International Trade
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Han Cui
Chicago
Han Cui focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including antitrust, consumer protection, trade secret, employment, breach of contract, bankruptcy and insurance matters. She has experience representing clients from a wide array of industries, including technology, finance, manufacturing, energy, health care, beverage, fashion and entertainment.
- Secured a complete summary judgment victory for a leading supplier of enterprise headsets and videoconferencing products in a trade secret misappropriation case brought by competitor
- Won dismissal of a putative class action brought by a customer who purchased client’s residential energy storage systems battery under recall
- Won dismissal of a lawsuit brought by an outpatient center challenging a client’s acquisition of a hospital in southern Illinois
- American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
- University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, JD, Order of Coif, summa cum laude
- Brown University, BA
- Illinois
- US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Englisch
- Chinese Mandarin