Teal Trujillo focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation matters for public and private companies. She regularly leads due diligence and advises on liability related to retirement plans, health and welfare plans and executive compensation in stock purchase and asset purchase transactions.
- Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2024–2025
- Cook County Minority Bar Association
- Notre Dame Law School, JD, cum laude
- Saint Louis University, BA, summa cum laude
- Illinois
Michael J. Tang
Michael J. Tang advises high-net-worth individuals, closely held businesses, and family offices on all aspects of income, gift, and estate tax planning. He helps wealthy families and family offices optimize the investment and deployment of family capital in both public and private markets across a variety of asset classes.
- Represented a family in the purchase of a controlling interest of a professional sports franchise across multiple professional sports leagues
- Prepared straightforward and complex estate plans for individuals and families
- Successfully defended a private foundation in an audit performed by the California attorney general involving self-dealing issues
- Implemented multiple gift and generation-skipping tax transfers to irrevocable trusts involving cryptocurrency and unique asset classes
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association, secretary and Executive Committee member of the Board of Governors
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, volunteer
- New York University School of Law, LLM, Tax
- Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law, JD, cum laude
- University of Southern California, BS, cum laude
- California
- Englisch
- Chinese (Cantonese)

Isabelle R. Cunningham
Isabelle R. Cunningham focuses her practice on regulatory matters, particularly in the area of alcohol and distribution.
Isabelle concentrates her work on tied house law, alcohol distribution issues, franchise law, alcohol advertising, and commercial agreements related to the production, sale and marketing of alcohol products. Additionally, Isabelle advises in-house teams on trade practice issues, new product launches, pre-market label review and wholesaler relations. As an in-house attorney, Isabelle advised senior leadership on supplier’s rights under distribution agreements, wholesaler consolidation efforts and the termination of wholesaler contracts. Isabelle also negotiated commercial agreements related to the marketing and promotion of alcohol products.
- Assisted a senior leadership team managing the Boston Beer and Dogfish Head merger, including nationwide wholesaler consolidation efforts
- Launched products in new and innovative categories
- Reviewed and negotiated large sponsorship and advertising agreements, ensuring compliance with state and federal alcoholic beverage laws
- Northeastern University School of Law, JD
- University of Missouri, BA
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
Marisa E. Poncia
Marisa (Reese) E. Poncia focuses her practice on antitrust matters and competition law, including antitrust litigation and compliance matters, consumer protection, internal and government investigations, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions.
- The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-2025
- US Supreme Court of Virginia Pro Bono Service Honor Roll, 2024-2025
- District of Columbia, Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, 2023
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude
- Wake Forest University, BS, cum laude
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- Englisch
- Spanish

Thomas Claeßens
Thomas Claeßens berät schwerpunktmäßig zu Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht. Er berät nationale und internationale Unternehmen bei Immobilientransaktionen, Projektentwicklungen sowie im gewerblichen Mietrecht einschließlich aller Fragen des Asset- und Facility-Managements.
Während seines Referendariats arbeitete Thomas Claeßens unter anderem für das Auswärtige Amt bei der Deutschen Botschaft in Peking sowie bei einer führenden internationalen Wirtschaftskanzlei in Köln.
- Landgericht Aachen, Zweites Staatsexamen
- Universität Köln, Erstes Staatsexamen
- University College London
- Deutschland
- Deutsch
- Englisch
- Französisch
Jannika Glendon
Jannika Glendon focuses her practice on commercial High Court litigation and international arbitration matters, and has experience in contractual disputes, as well as enforcement proceedings, particularly in the energy industry. She also has some experience in private client disputes, including acting for high-net-worth individuals in private trust disputes and contested estate disputes.
- Representing a UAE-based IOC in two PCA-administered ad hoc arbitrations against a Middle-East NOC in relation to its total failure to supply pursuant to a long-term gas supply agreement, including:
- Successfully defending the US$2.4 billion award in challenges to the English High Court and Court of Appeal pursuant to ss.67, 68 and 69 Arbitration Act 1996, as well as obtained a favourable finding pursuant to s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
- Acted in ongoing second arbitration with claims of up to US$30 billion.
- Advising a Balkan State and two government-owned entities in relation to two related LCIA arbitrations regarding a contract dispute in connection with an investment in the tourism sector.
- Advising a healthcare company in two parallel LCIA arbitrations for breach of warranty, including against the W&I Insurer.
- Representing healthcare companies in public procurement challenges against NHSE.
- The Best Lawyers in United Kingdom, “Ones to Watch” in Trusts and Personal Tax Law, 2024-2025
- The Legal 500 UK, Recommended Lawyer in Contentious Trusts and Probate, 2023
- Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales, 2026
- Co-head of the McDermott Diversity Committee Mentoring Working Group
- Member of the Justice, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Committee
- University of Law, LPC 2017
- University of Essex, LLB (Hons)
- England and Wales

Carolina Erb
Carolina Erb ist (nach Stationen bei einem Bundesministerium in Bonn und einem Community Law Center in Neuseeland) seit 2020 als Rechtsanwältin bei McDermott Will & Schulte tätig und auf das Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht spezialisiert. Sie berät schwerpunktmäßig zu allen Fragen des gewerblichen Mietrechts einschließlich Asset-Management und hat bereits eine Vielzahl von Immobilientransaktionen (Asset und Share Deals, Einzel- und Portfoliotransaktionen) und Projektentwicklungen begleitet. Zudem verfügt sie über besondere Kenntnisse im Bereich von Erbbaurechten und Nachbarschaftsvereinbarungen.
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, „Ones to Watch“ in Deutschland: Immobilienwirtschaftsrecht, 2027
- Oberlandesgericht Köln, Zweites Staatsexamen
- Oberlandesgericht Köln, Erstes Staatsexamen
- Universität zu Köln
- Deutschland
- Deutsch
- Englisch
Hélène Adda
Hélène Adda focuses her practice on data protection, cybersecurity and information technology law.
Hélène advises clients in many business sectors, such as e-commerce, advertising, automotive, life sciences, as well as the voluntary sector.
In particular, she has advised a number of companies on the establishment and maintenance of their GDPR compliance program. Hélène has also conducted many data protection audits, regarding in particular the review of user experience on websites and mobile applications.
- The Best Lawyers in France, 2026
- The Legal 500 EMEA, Recommended, 2022-2025
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- Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
- Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
- Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
- Paris
- Englisch
- Französisch

Lukas Deutzmann
Lukas Deutzmann berät schwerpunktmäßig zu Arbeitsrecht.
Während seines Referendariats sammelte Lukas Deutzmann Erfahrungen beim Landesarbeitsgericht Köln sowie beim Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. Darüber hinaus war er als Referendar und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in der arbeitsrechtlichen Abteilung einer international tätigen Kanzlei in Köln tätig. Zwischen 2016 und 2018 arbeitete Lukas Deutzmann als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Deutsches und Europäisches Arbeits- und Sozialrecht der Universität zu Köln bei Herrn Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Preis.
- Oberlandesgericht Köln, Zweites Staatsexamen
- Universität Köln, Erstes Staatsexamen
- Deutschland
- Deutsch
- Englisch

Sebastian Klein
Die Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte von Herrn Klein liegen in den Bereichen des Gesellschaftsrechts sowie Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) und der Corporate Governance.
Nach seinem ersten Staatsexamen war Herr Klein als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Referendar bei mehreren internationalen Wirtschaftskanzleien in New York, Shanghai und Düsseldorf mit Schwerpunkten im Patent- und Gesellschaftsrecht sowie in Unternehmenstransaktionen tätig. Dabei hat Herr Klein besondere Erfahrungen bei Unternehmensreorganisationen und auf dem Gebiet der Arbeitnehmermitbestimmung erworben.
- Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf, Zweites Staatsexamen, Betriebswirtschaftslehre
- Universität Münster, Erstes Staatsexamen, 2010-2012
- Universität Münster
- Deutschland
- Deutsch
- Englisch