PARIS (22nd December 2017) – McDermott Will & Emery has advised Chauffeur Privé, the second largest French chauffeur rental services company (18,000 chauffeurs), in connection with the acquisition of a majority (over 50%) stake by the German car manufacturer Daimler.

Since its creation in 2011, nearly 1.5 million customers have signed up to the Chauffeur Privé service, securing its position as the second fastest growing start-up in 2016 in France.

McDermott Will & Emery worked alongside Chauffeur Privé with a team led by Grégoire Andrieux (partner), including Marie-Muriel Barthelet and Claire Barra on corporate aspects, Lionel Lesur (partner), on competition law aspects, Romain Perray (partner), on data protection aspects and Myrtille Lapuelle (counsel) on social law aspects.

McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

CHICAGO (Dec. 20, 2017) – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has promoted 19 lawyers to the Firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2018. The new partner class is comprised of a talented group of lawyers from across the firm’s global footprint and key practice areas, including Health, Private Client and Tax. The class also represents the firm’s broader diversity, with 58% women.

“On behalf of everyone at McDermott, I would like to congratulate our new partners,” said Ira Coleman, chairman of McDermott Will & Emery. “This year’s class epitomizes the best of McDermott—they have gone above and beyond in demonstrating excellence in a way that inspires and motivates us all. They are not only the future leaders of our firm, but the future leaders of our industry, and we look forward to supporting and encouraging them on each step of their journey.”

McDermott’s 2018 partner class includes:
Robbie Chen, Shanghai, US & International Tax
Dana Dombey, Miami, Health
Sarah Engle, Chicago, Employee Benefits
Amanda Enyeart, Chicago, Health
Lauren Ferrante, Chicago, State and Local Tax
Arne Fuchs, Frankfurt, Litigation
Simon Gibb, London, Private Client
Philipp Grenzebach, Düsseldorf, Transactions
William Hadler, Chicago, Transactions
Lisa Haidostian, Chicago, Litigation
Mary Hallerman, Washington, DC, Intellectual Property
Mandy Kim, Orange County, Intellectual Property
Benjamin Kirschner, Chicago, Transactions
Ashley McCarthy, New York, Employee Benefits
Hersh Mehta, Chicago, Intellectual Property
Caitlin Orr, Washington, DC, Private Client
Matthew Rupp, Chicago, Transactions
Nina Siewert, Frankfurt, US & International Tax
Jenny Wang, Los Angeles, Health

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

Munich, November 7, 2017. – International commercial law firm McDermott Will & Emery advised Mr. Bernd Menrad on the sale of 51% of shares of MBN GmbH to Perusa GmbH, the German private equity house. MBN GmbH, with Mr. Bernd Menrad as its Chief Executive, specializes in development, production, and distribution of LED lighting. Under the brand names PROLED and MBNLED, MBN offers high quality LED lighting, control systems, and components worldwide.

The buyer is German Private-Equity firm, Perusa GmbH, an independent private equity firm which invests primarily in businesses and corporations from German-speaking and Scandinavian countries. Mr. Menrad retains a significant 49% minority stake in MBN GmbH, and continues to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer together with Mrs. Isabela Ladwig as COO. The goal of the partnership is to achieve a leading European position for MBN through growth and acquisitions.

Counsel Bernd Menrad
McDermott Will & Emery (Munich): Dr. Carsten Böhm and Dr. Germar Enders (Corporate Law, Head Management), Dr. Björn Biehl and Ralf Richter (Corporate Law), Markus Hill (Tax Law, Frankfurt), Dr. Paul Melot de Beauregard and Maximilian Baur (Labour Law), Dr. Oliver Hahnelt (Financing Law, Frankfurt), Daniel von Brevern (Antitrust Law, Düsseldorf), Steffen Woitz (Industrial Property Law), Thomas Beisken and Philipp Berrsche (Real Estate Law, Düsseldorf), and Dr. Alexa Ningelgen (Public Law, Düsseldorf).

Counsel Perusa GmbH
DLA Piper UK LLP

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

CHICAGO (July 14, 2017) — International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is delighted to announce that partner Todd A. Solomon is the new global leader of the Firm’s Employee Benefits practice. Mr. Solomon will lead McDermott’s robust Employee Benefits team by building on the group’s premier reputation of delivering superior client service, and ensuring that McDermott’s lawyers serve as trusted, indispensable partners in all employee benefits matters. As a dedicated practitioner, Mr. Solomon will also maintain his practice and continue to serve clients.

Mr. Solomon has been at McDermott for almost 20 years and most recently served as the Employee Benefits Practice Group Leader in Chicago. He focuses his practice on designing, amending and administrating defined benefit pension, profit sharing, 401(k), employee stock ownership and 403(b) plans, as well as nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements. He counsels privately and publicly held corporations and tax-exempt entities regarding fiduciary issues under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), plan investment matters, employee benefits issues involved in corporate transactions, executive compensation matters and the implementation of benefit programs for domestic partners of employees. Mr. Solomon is also Chair of the Firm’s Pro Bono and Community Service Committee and is a member of McDermott’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

“Todd leads by example and sets a high bar in everything he does: delivering client excellence, being an industry thought leader, leading the Firm’s Pro Bono initiative, and mentoring colleagues,” said Firm Chair, Ira J. Coleman. “Our Employee Benefits team has long been recognized as one of the best, and with Todd’s outstanding leadership and our deep bench of extraordinary attorneys, we look forward to bringing ever-greater results to our clients.”

Mr. Solomon will be supported by a leadership team of seasoned employee benefits lawyers from various McDermott offices. The team will consist of: Steven Eckhaus in New York; Andrew Liazos in Boston; Diane Morgenthaler in Chicago; and Erin Turley in Dallas. All will maintain their full-time practices while working together to extend McDermott’s client excellence in Employee Benefits.

McDermott has recently bolstered the firm’s strength in the employment arena by welcoming a number of talented lawyers to the group, including preeminent litigator, Kerry Scanlon, in Washington, DC, as head of McDermott’s US Labor & Employment Litigation practice. Mr. Scanlon was joined by his colleague, Jeremy White, and together they brought over 40 years of combined employment litigation experience to McDermott. McDermott’s labor and employment practice also welcomed Steven Eckhaus and Evan Belosa to the New York office as preeminent figures in US executive compensation and employment law. Mr. Eckhaus formed and led the executive compensation practice at his previous firm and he immediately took the helm as the leader of McDermott’s Employee Benefits, Compensation, Labor & Employment Practice Group in the New York office. In addition, in 2015, McDermott’s Dallas office welcomed the talented team of Erin Turley and Allison Wilkerson, who are both nationally known as authorities in advising large publicly traded clients on all areas of ERISA and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

MIAMI (July 5, 2017) — The Miami office of McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to welcome Roy Larson as a partner in the Corporate & Transactional Practice Group.

Mr. Larson represents clients in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with extensive experience handling domestic and cross-border transactions in the health care sector. He counsels clients in connection with public and private equity offerings and is known for representing companies in matters involving corporate governance, securities offerings, and joint ventures.

“We are thrilled to welcome Roy to our firm,” said Jerry J. Sokol, Managing Partner of McDermott’s Miami office. “We have known Roy for a long time. He is an exceptional transactional attorney with a practice focused right on one of our ‘power alleys’ – health care transactions. By moving his practice to the McDermott platform, where collaboration is paramount, Roy’s practice should really flourish.”

“Roy’s experience at the intersection of health and transactions will further enhance the synergy between two of McDermott’s core practices,” said Harris C. Siskind, global head of McDermott’s Corporate & Transactional Practice Group. “His focus on domestic and cross-border transactions will be a great addition as the collaboration between our corporate and health practices in the US and abroad continues to deliver best-in-class client service across the Firm’s global platform.”

There is a great amount of growth momentum in the Miami office as last month prominent health care litigator, Michael Austin, rejoined McDermott from DLA Piper where he was hiring partner and leader of that firm’s local health care litigation practice. Experienced litigator, Kamal Sleiman, joined Mr. Austin and together they will focus on advising McDermott clients throughout complex commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on the health care arena. In order to accommodate recent growth, the Miami office has expanded its physical footprint with the build out of newly acquired space on the 33^rd floor of the downtown office tower. This growth momentum experienced by McDermott’s Miami office reinforces it as one of the Firm’s powerhouse locations with a thriving book of business sustained by a vibrant and energetic culture that fosters creativity and collaboration among lawyers and staff.

Mr. Larson’s arrival not only continues the growth momentum in the Miami office, but it also continues the hiring momentum within McDermott’s Corporate & Transactional Practice Group. Over the past year the Firm’s US offices have welcomed partners Ivan Presant, Jeffrey Meyers, Armando Ramirez, Josh Samis, Ian Schwartz, Gregory Metz, David Lipkin, Rob Goldstein, Frank Steinherr, Daniel Martin, Jeremy Dickens and Albert Sokol. In addition to its growth in the US, McDermott’s Corporate & Transactional Practice Group has recently strengthened the depth of its bench around the world with the addition of Peter Crichton, Alan Gar, Elizabeth Moseley, Alicia Videon, Michael Holter, and Piero Carbone in London; Dr. Michael Cziesla and Dr. Oliver Hahnelt in Frankfurt; Alexa Ningelgen and Eva Schöneich in Düsseldorf; and most recently a team in Milan consisting of partners Giancarlo Castorino, Ettore Scandale, and Emidio Cacciapuoti.

Mr. Larson received his JD from Columbia and his BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He most recently served as the Managing Partner of the Miami Office of Baker & McKenzie, and is also a former member of the Steering Committee for the North America Pharmaceutical and Health Care Industry Group.

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

LONDON (July 5, 2017) – International law firm, McDermott Will & Emery has been recognized by Legal Week in its Private Client Global Elite 2017 ranking.

Six McDermott Private Client lawyers were recognized among the world’s top 200 private client and trust practitioners, placing the Firm among the global leaders with the most lawyers honored. Named were Carlyn McCaffrey, Charles Lubar, Henry Christensen, Laurelle Gutierrez, M. Read Moore and Nicholas Holland from the Firm’s New York, London and Silicon Valley offices.

In addition, Chris Nason an associate in the New York office has been selected to Private Client ‘Ones to Watch’ 2017, a list of up and coming lawyers.

About Private Client Global Elite 2017
The prestigious listing, published once every five years, is a mark of esteem for private client litigators, advisors and advocates providing an exceptional level of service to high-net worth individuals and families based both within the UK, and internationally.

McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

LONDON (June 30, 2017) – 28 of McDermott’s European lawyers have been listed as leading in their jurisdiction and practice by The Best Lawyers™ European editions for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Best Lawyers®, a peer-to-peer review publication that originated in the United States, has been expanding their rankings internationally and gaining credibility and market recognition across Europe. Recognition by Best Lawyers is solely based on peer nominations and votes, and their methodology is designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

Best Lawyers recognized the following practitioners in the Firm’s offices in:

• Belgium: Philip Bentley (Antitrust)
• France: Carole Degonse (Transactions), Henri Pieyre de Mandiargues (Transactions), Emmanuelle Trombe (Transactions)
• Germany: Carsten Böhm (Transactions), Clemens Just (Transactions), Sabine Konrad (Trial), Jens Ortmanns (Transactions), Dirk Pohl (Tax), Stephan Rau (Health), Arndt Raupach (Tax), Norbert Schulte (Transactions), Sandra Urban-Crell (Employment), Boris Uphoff (IP), Wolfgang von Frentz (IP), Philipp von Ilberg (Transactions), Nikolaus von Jacobs (Transactions), Christian von Sydow (Transactions), Ralf Weisser (IP) and Katharina Wodarz (Health)
• Italy: Giancarlo Castorino (Transactions), Veronica Pinotti (Antitrust), Massimo Trentino (Transactions)
• The United Kingdom: David Birchall (Energy Advisory), Michael Holter (Transactions), Gary Howes (Transactions), Richard Mitchell (Transactions), Andrew Vergunst (Private Client)

To view the full Best Lawyers ranking results, please click here.

About Best Lawyers®
For more than 30 years, Best Lawyers ranking service has helped identify lawyers best qualified in particular jurisdictions and legal areas. Best Lawyers lists are published in leading local, regional and national publications across the globe. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Firms do not provide submissions. Lawyers are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

Düsseldorf, June 8, 2017 – The commercial law firm McDermott Will & Emery advised insolvency receiver Dr. Yorck Streitbörger with the sale of ActionIT GmbH to the Swiss Littlebit Technology Group. The acquisition as part of the restructuring process will take effect as per July 1, 2017.

ActionIT GmbH is a leading German IT distributor with annual turnover of 220 million EUR in 2015. In 2016 the long-term successful ActionIT GmbH suffered a liquidity crisis, also due to legal disputes and was forced to file for insolvency.

The acquirer Littlebit Technology Group serves the entire German-speaking territory as an IT distributor with subsidiaries in Zug (CH), Frankfurt (D), Wien (A) and Utrecht (NL). The company represents reputable manufacturers of IT components and peripheral products. Littlebit Technology Group earned turnover of some 360 million CHF in 2016.

Littlebit Technology Group is acquiring ActionIT GmbH through an asset deal, the acquirer company is the newly formed ActionIT Distribution GmbH. All operationally active associates of ActionIT GmbH will be taken over by ActionIT Distribution GmbH and will continue to be at the service of customers and suppliers as contact partners without any changes. Logistical activities of the company group will be streamlined in Frankfurt.

About McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Further extending our reach into Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.