McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

October 7, 2024 – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has been recognized in Legal 500 UK 2025, with 20 practice rankings, the most rankings received to date. Additionally, 16 lawyers were ranked, and 31 lawyers were recommended. This recognition continues to strengthen McDermott’s growth momentum in London and adds to other recently achieved honors, further demonstrating the Firm’s position as one of the world’s leading law firms.

McDermott gained two new rankings in Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products (Tier 4) and Risk advisory: ESG (Tier 4). The Firm also moved up in the rankings in Industry Focus: Life Sciences and Healthcare (Tier 3); Finance: Acquisition Finance (Tier 4); Finance: Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Loans (Tier 5); Projects, Energy, Natural Resources: Renewables (Tier 5); and Real Estate: Property Finance (Tier 5).

Clients praised the Firm for being “solutions-oriented” and providing “a simply incredible service to clients that is second to none.” Other commentators highlighted how “the excellent team is collaborative, pragmatic and solutions driven” and “they always do the utmost to secure a win for their clients.”

PRACTICE RANKINGS

• Contentious Trusts and Probate – Tier 3
• Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation Mid-Market – Tier 3
• Emerging Markets – Tier 3
• Finance: Debt Capital Markets – Tier 3
• Industry Focus: Life Sciences and Healthcare – Tier 3
• M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals – Tier 3
• Private Client: Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate – Tier 3
• Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration – Tier 4
• Finance: Acquisition Finance – Tier 4
• Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products – Tier 4
• Finance: High Yield – Tier 4
• Private Equity: Transactions Mid-Market Deals – Tier 4
• Risk Advisory: ESG – Tier 4
• Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime – Tier 4
• Corporate Tax – Tier 5
• Finance: Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency – Tier 5
• Finance: Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Debt Loans – Tier 5
• Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewables – Tier 5
• Real Estate: Property Finance – Tier 5
• Employment: Employers – Tier 7

LAWYERS RANKED

• Simon Airey 
• Nicholas Azis
• Ranajoy Basu
• Elisa De Carolis
• Mark Fennessy
• David Gibson
• Romilly Holland
• Shah Jahan Khandokar
• Christopher Kandel
• Usman Khan
• Sharon Lamb
• Aymen Mahmoud
• Fatema Orjela
• Andrew Savage
• Kimberley Smith
• Jack Thorne

RECOMMENDED LAWYERS

• Alexander Andronikou
• Michal Berkner
• Sebastien Bonneau 
• John Burge
• Philip Corser
• Kevin Cummings
• Michael Darowski
• Raminta Dereskeviciute
• James Dobias
• Mark Fine
• Anita Franklin
• Sarah Gabbai
• Victoria Kuhn
• Peter Lu
• Vlad Maly
• Rob Marshall
• Paul McGrath
• William Merry
• Charlotte Moorhouse 
• Elisabeth Moseley
• Bella North
• Edward Perkins 
• Sunay Radia
• Devina Rana
• Darren Rogers
• Marcia Shekerdemian
• Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan
• Priya Taneja
• Giulia Venanzoni
• Eleanor West 
• Hamid Yunis

ABOUT LEGAL 500 

The Legal 500 series, now in its 38th year, is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide. More than 300,000 buyers of legal services are surveyed and interviewed globally each year.  Legal 500 is an independent guide, and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit. It is the only guide to truly reflect the needs of corporate counsel by focusing on the strength in depth of the teams (practice and associates) rather than simply listing individual partners.

McDermott Will & Emery partners with leaders around the world to fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. Our team works seamlessly across practices and industries to deliver highly effective solutions that propel success. More than 1,400 lawyers strong, we bring our personal passion and legal prowess to bear in every matter for our clients and the people they serve.