Schulte advised Caligan Partners LP in its campaign at AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“AMAG”). The parties agreed to settle the consent solicitation launched by Caligan with AMAG agreeing to appoint two new members to their board, David Johnson, partner and co-founder of Caligan, and Paul Fonteyne, former chief executive officer of Boehringer Ingelheim USA.

The Schulte team was led by Ele Klein, partner and co-chair of the firm’s global Shareholder Activism Group. The team also included special counsel Adriana Schwartz, associates Brandon Gold, David Rothenberg, Abraham Schwartz and former Schulte lawyer William Tevlin.

Leading international law firm McDermott Will & Emery is hosting its first Hospital & Health Systems Innovation Summit on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at the Lotte New York Palace.

The Innovation Summit will facilitate discussions among hospital and health system innovation leaders, including c-suite executives, in-house counsel and other healthcare leaders regarding business, regulatory, compliance and legal challenges they face when navigating innovation efforts within their system.

“Hospitals and health systems are spurring innovation efforts to accelerate improvement to patient care and services. This forum will give hospital and health system leaders the insights needed to anticipate and address business, transactional and regulatory issues in connection with these novel arrangements and investments,” said Kerrin Slattery, co-chair of the summit and a Chicago-based partner.

“Although hospitals and health systems and academic medical centers have been pivotal participants in research and development for years, the landscaping is now shifting. Health systems and medical centers are forming venture funds to facilitate investments and getting directly involved with startup companies to not only license out technology for outside development but to remain intimately involved in the full life cycle of product and service development,” said Kristian Werling, co-chair of the summit and co-chair of the Firm’s Life Sciences Practice, based in Chicago.

“These types of investments require a new skill-set and an understanding of how these investments can play out, both for good and for bad,” Kristian said.

Panel topics will include:

• A look at the evolution of innovation centers, including the opportunities, challenges and strategies related to innovation center development, infrastructure and investments
• Approaches for developing successful investment structures, including an understanding of venture-style investments and startups
• What you need to know about data collaborations, including the legal and regulatory issues unique to patient, clinical and third party data
• Diligence strategies at every stage of a company’s life cycle, and strategies for risk assessment and deal terms
• Key governance best practices and planning considerations for the board

Lessons learned from innovation investment arrangements, including preparing for the unexpected, and exit strategies Additional McDermott lawyers hosting the event will be Stephen Bernstein, co-chair of the Firm’s Life Sciences Practice and co-leader of the Firm’s Digital Health affinity group, and Michael Peregrine, who is a regular Forbes.com contributor on governance concerns.

Members of the media who are interested in talking to attendees in advance of this event should contact Stephen Hastings at shastings@mwe.com or +1-202-756-8052 or Rebecca Shore at rshore@mwe.com or +1-202-756-8987.

McDermott Will & Emery is the nation’s leading healthcare law firm. The Health Industry Advisory group is the only health practice to receive top national rankings from U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, and Law360. The practice was also recognized by Chambers as “Health Team of the Year” in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019. McDermott has held the top spot in PitchBook’s League Tables as the most active firm for healthcare private equity since 2017.

McDermott Will & Emery partners with leaders around the world to fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. With more than 20 locations on three continents, our team works seamlessly across practices, industries and geographies to deliver highly effective—and often unexpected—solutions that propel success. More than 1,100 lawyers strong, we bring our personal passion and legal prowess to bear in every matter for our clients and the people they serve.

McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Brian Jenn, immediate past Deputy International Tax Counsel (“DITC”) at the US Department of the Treasury, has joined the Firm’s Tax Practice as a partner in its Chicago office. Brian has extensive experience in international tax regulations and related guidance, which will be helpful to clients seeking to navigate the international implications of US tax reform, as well as issues pertaining to the global digital economy, foreign currencies and transfer pricing.

“Brian speaks from a position of knowledge and authority about the policies and practical implications of tax reform, the new tax rules governing the evolving, digitalized economy, as well as a wide range of international tax issues,” said Jane Wells May, global head of McDermott’s Tax Practice. “He expands our capabilities as trusted advisor to some of the most sophisticated tax departments in the world, and enriches our ability to provide both insightful and pragmatic counsel to multinationals conducting business around the globe.”

During his tenure in public service, Brian had first-hand experience with many of the most significant tax developments that impact companies doing business both domestically and internationally. In particular, he helped manage the development of international tax regulations and guidance implementing the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Brian was also co-chair of the OECD’s Task Force on the Digital Economy and U.S. delegate to the Committee on Fiscal Affairs. The OECD Task Force comprises delegates from over 80 countries and is charged by the G20 with developing a consensus-based solution to the tax challenges associated with the digitalization of the economy.

In addition, Brian served as US delegate to Working Party 6 on the Taxation of Multinational Enterprises during the entirety of the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project. He negotiated major changes to international transfer pricing standards, including changes to the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines chapters on intangibles, cost contributions arrangements, risk and recharacterization and low value added services. Finally, Brian was also one of the primary drafters of a recently issued set of foreign currency regulations.

With this background, Brian is positioned to offer multinational clients strategic tax counsel on various aspects of their cross-border operations.

“McDermott’s Tax Practice is unparalleled, and I’m thrilled to join some of the brightest minds in the field, who are committed to helping clients resolve complex challenges that significantly influence their business objectives,” Brian said. “The team at McDermott have been driving the conversation around many key issues coming out of tax reform. In addition, the Firm boasts the global platform and multifaceted knowledge that clients need in an increasingly complex economy.”

Brian received his BA and MA from Northwestern University and his JD from Yale Law School.

McDermott Will & Emery partners with leaders around the world to fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. With more than 20 locations on three continents, our team works seamlessly across practices, industries and geographies to deliver highly effective—and often unexpected—solutions that propel success. More than 1,100 lawyers strong, we bring our personal passion and legal prowess to bear in every matter for our clients and the people they serve.

New Beginnings Investment (Hong Kong) Co, Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhende Medical Co., Ltd, and Multigate Medical Products UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary established by Multigate Medical Products Pty Ltd, have jointly acquired the entire issued share capital of Rocialle Healthcare Limited, a manufacturer and supplier of medical devices and consumables in the UK, from Berendsen Healthcare Limited, a subsidiary of Elis SA, a French multi-service provider and a manufacturer and supplier of medical devices and consumables in the UK.

Multigate Medical Products Pty Ltd, is one of Australia’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of procedure packs and medical consumables for the public and private hospital markets. Zhende Medical Co., Ltd is a Shanghai Exchange-listed business and market leader in the design and manufacturing of medical products, specializing in wound management, infection and prevention, pressure treatment, sports protection and rehabilitation.

This is the purchasers’ first acquisition in the United Kingdom.

• This transaction was completed on August 22, 2019.
• McDermott Will & Emery acted as legal advisor to Multigate Medical Products Pty Ltd while Mazars LLP advised on accounting aspects of the transaction.
• Osborne Clarke LLP acted as legal advisor and KPMG acted as financial advisor to Berendsen Healthcare Limited.
• The McDermott team was led by Sharon Lamb and Linda Zeman and included Matthew Chen, Sarah Gabbai, Gary Howes, Christopher Lynn, Paul McGrath, Thomas Calnan, Rosemary McSwiney, Rosie Mist and Laura Scaife.

McDermott Will & Emery is the only Health practice to receive top national rankings from U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, and Law360. The practice was also recognized by Chambers as “Health Team of the Year” in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019. McDermott has held the top spot in PitchBook’s League Tables as the most active firm for healthcare private equity since 2017.

McDermott Will & Emery partners with leaders around the world to fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. With more than 20 locations on three continents, our team works seamlessly across practices, industries and geographies to deliver highly effective—and often unexpected—solutions that propel success. More than 1,100 lawyers strong, we bring our personal passion and legal prowess to bear in every matter for our clients and the people they serve.

On July 25, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the District of Columbia’s motion to dismiss a class action suit filed by a Schulte pro bono litigation team and Disability Rights DC, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and the National Center for Youth Law. The team filed the suit against the District of Columbia and its relevant officials for unnecessarily institutionalizing hundreds of children with mental health disabilities or placing them at serious risk of institutionalization by failing to provide them essential intensive community-based services as required by federal law.

The complaint alleged violations of both the Medicaid Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires the district to serve its children with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate. For virtually all children, this setting is their own home, another family or foster home or other community-based settings. The Medicaid Act requires the district to provide intensive community-based services to all children with mental health disabilities who need them, to help them live in their own homes and communities and participate fully in family and community life. The complaint seeks a federal court order permanently enjoining the district from subjecting the plaintiff children to its policies and practices that violate their rights under the ADA and the Medicaid Act, and lawyers for the children and for Disability Rights DC have asked the district to develop a plan for how it will develop appropriate intensive community-based services and provide them to every district child who needs them.

The Schulte litigation team is led by partner Howard Schiffman and includes special counsel Jason Mitchell.

LONDON (July 4, 2019) – Leading international law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that 47 of its lawyers have been listed in the Best Lawyers European editions for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the UK as leading practitioners.

The Best Lawyers list is based on a peer-review survey, those named are among the most respected lawyers in their fields.

The 2020 list recognised the firm’s work in Real Estate Law in Germany; Jens Ortmanns was named “Lawyer of the Year” for receiving the strongest overall feedback in the peer review compared to other listed lawyers, while the Dϋsseldorf-based practice received a distinction for the most lawyers listed.

With 18 new names featuring in the list (*), the following McDermott practitioners have been named in the 2020 edition:

Belgium:

Antitrust

• Philip Bentley
• Wilko van Weert

France:

Transactions

• Grégoire Andrieux*
• Carole Degonse
• Timothée Gagnepain*
• Henri Pieyre de Mandiargues
• Emmanuelle Trombe

Germany:

Transactions

• Carsten Böhm
• Jochen Eimer*
• Ulrich Flege*
• Uwe Goetker
• Rüdiger Herrmann*
• Jan Hückel
• Clemens Just
• Matthias Kampshoff*
• Tobias Koppmann*
• Joseph Marx*
• Bernd Meyer-Witting*
• Jens Ortmanns
• Norbert Schulte
• Philipp von Ilberg
• Nikolaus von Jacobs
• Sebastian von Lossow*
• Christian von Sydow
• Holger Weiß*

Employment

• Gudrun Germakowski*
• Volker Teigelkötter*
• Sandra Urban-Crell

Health

Stephan Rau (Health)

Intellectual Property

• Boris Uphoff
• Wolfgang von Frentz
• Ralf Weisser

Tax

• Dirk Pohl
• Arndt Raupach
• Nina Siewert*

Litigation

• Thomas Hauss*
• Sabine Konrad

Italy:

Transactions

• Giancarlo Castorino

UK:

Cybersecurity

• Ashley Winton

Energy

• David Birchall

Private Client

• Astrid Owen
• Andrew Vergunst

Transactions

• Michael Holter
• Gary Howes
• Rachel Kelly*
• Richard Mitchell

For McDermott’s full Best Lawyers ranking results, please click here.

About Best Lawyers™

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 87,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received almost 10 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honour. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.

McDermott Will & Emery partners with leaders around the world to fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. With more than 20 locations on three continents, our team works seamlessly across practices, industries and geographies to deliver highly effective—and often unexpected—solutions that propel success. More than 1,100 lawyers strong, we bring our personal passion and legal prowess to bear in every matter for our clients and the people they serve.