Paris
Hugo Lamour focuses his practice on structured financing transactions, leveraged buyouts, external growth, debt restructuring and fund financing. Hugo represents both lenders (senior, mezzanine, unitranche) as well as borrowers.
- The Best Lawyers in France, “Ones to Watch”, 2026
- Université Paris II, Panthéon-Assas
- Master 2 Droit des affaires et fiscalité
- Paris
- English
- French
- Japanese
Sarah Schanz
Chicago
Sarah Schanz focuses her practice on employment law. Sarah has diverse experience with federal, state and local labor and employment matters including litigation, acquisition-related risk assessment, internal investigations and alternative dispute resolution involving claims of harassment and discrimination in the workplace, and counseling with respect to restructuring-related labor and employment issues.
- Duke University School of Law, JD, cum laude,
- University of California, Los Angeles, BA, cum laude
- Illinois
Lene Niemeier
Düsseldorf
Lene Niemeier advises clients on all aspects of public law, including administrative, constitutional and regulatory law. She has extensive expertise in construction and environmental law, particularly in the context of real estate transactions and real estate developments. One of her main areas of expertise is advising on public procurement law, in which she has also successfully completed the specialist lawyer course. She also specializes in matters of immigration and citizenship law.
Having completed an additional master’s degree in European Union law, Lene Niemeier has profound knowledge of European Union law. Throughout her legal traineeship, she worked for the German Federal Ministry of Economics and the German Consulate General in San Francisco.
Lene advised:
- Companies and private clients on immigration and citizenship law issues.
- An international infrastructure company on public law, in particular advising on bidding procedures for PPP licenses
- Various institutional funds and project developers on public construction law in complex real estate developments
- Various clients from the retail, gastronomy and real estate sectors in connection with corona measures and compensation claims
- Major German cities on administrative law, in particular commercial and traffic law
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, “Ones to Watch” in Germany: Environmental Law, Regulatory Practice and Public Law, 2025-2027
- The Legal 500 EMEA/Germany, “Recurring Recommended Lawyer” in Germany: Commercial Administrative Law, 2024
- German Women Lawyers Association e.V.
- GrundGesetzVerstehen e.V.
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Second State Exam, 2009 – 2015
- Georg-August-University of Göttingen, First State Exam
- Georg-August-University of Göttingen, 2009 – 2015
- Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Supplementary studies "Legal Integration in Europe" Magister Legum Europae (MLE.), 2011-2013
- Germany
- English
- German
- Spanish
Ludovica Rabitti
London – 22 Bishopsgate
Ludovica Rabitti advises on EU and UK regulatory matters, with a focus on EU and UK export controls, sanctions, as well as product compliance, and related ESG concerns.
Ludovica has advised on export controls and sanctions related matters in the context of high-value private equity transactions and merger and acquisition deals in manufacturing, oil and gas, aviation and transport sectors. She also assists clients with navigating sanctions imposed by the EU and UK against Russia, and has extensive experience advising on divestment and separation of Russian subsidiaries.
- Advised an international manufacturer of test kits on regulatory and import requirements for Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) and authorisations for substances contained in articles
- Advised a global e-commerce platform on import and storage requirements in connection with the launch of their UK warehousing operations
- Assisted a chemicals manufacturer with preparing a challenge against harmonised classification under CLP
- Successfully represented metal traders in a cost and data sharing dispute against the relevant REACH consortium
- Legal 500 UK, Recommended, 2026-2027
- Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales, 2026
- BPP University, LPC
- University of Portsmouth, LLB Law with Business
- England & Wales
- English
- Italian
Daniel Thomson
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Daniel Thomson focuses his practice on corporate restructuring and trust. He represents debtors, bondholders, secured and unsecured creditors, and strategic investors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, out-of-court debt restructurings and other insolvency situations.
- Representing the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust
- Represented official committee of unsecured creditors in a Chapter 11 case filed by a specialty pharmaceutical company*
- Represented an ad hoc noteholder committee in a Chapter 11 case filed by a real estate investment company*
- American Bankruptcy Institute, member
- St. John''s University School of Law, LLM, summa cum laude
- University of Alabama School of Law, JD, magna cum laude
- University of Tennessee, BA
- New York
Jay D. Kreismann
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Jay D. Kreismann focuses his practice on private equity funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), sovereign wealth funds, institutional capital partners, sponsor operators and developers in the structuring of commercial real estate transactions. Jay has experience drafting and negotiating joint venture agreements, contemplating preferred equity investments and platform arrangements, as well as other equity documents, including property and asset management agreements, development agreements and contribution agreements. He also manages corporate compliance and tax structuring issues.
- Super Lawyers – New York Rising Stars, 2017 – 2018
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD
- Johns Hopkins University, MBA
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College, MA
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College, BA
- New York
Tina Happ
Frankfurt
Tina Happ specializes in real estate business law. Her practice focuses on advising on large-scale real estate transactions (single property and portfolio transactions in the form of asset deals and share deals). In addition, Tina Happ advises on all aspects of commercial landlord and tenant law.
During her legal clerkship and internships, Tina also gained experience at the district court, the public prosecutor’s office and several law firms in Frankfurt.
Prior to joining McDermott, Tina worked for a German air traffic control company, where she focused on contract drafting (purchasing and distribution agreements) as well as private construction law and public law issues.
- Advised KKR and Mirastar, the European industrial and logistics platform of KKR Real Estate, on the acquisition of a logistics property in Hanover. The transaction is the first acquisition by KKR and Mirastar in this asset class in Germany and also the first German acquisition for KKR’s pan-European Core+ Real Estate strategy.
- Advised an international family office on the acquisition of the “Silver Tower” and an office campus in Frankfurt am Main
- Advised the buyers on the acquisition of the “HighLight Towers” in Munich
- Advised SIGNA Group on the acquisition and sale of various major single assets and portfolios
- Advised ReInvest on the acquisition of the new LKA Berlin headquarters
- German-American Lawyers’ Association
- Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, Second State Examination
- Goethe University Frankfurt, First State Examination
- Germany
- English
- German
Anita Franklin
London – 22 Bishopsgate
Anita Franklin focuses her practice on complex and multi-jurisdictional disputes in private wealth litigation matters, commercial matters and international arbitration. She has represented clients in breach of trust, negligence, fraud, money-laundering, forfeiture, accounting disputes, regulatory investigations and estate and probate matters.
Anita has strong trial experience advising international private clients, institutional clients and corporations across multiple jurisdictions including the UK, the US the Middle East, Latin America and offshore jurisdictions.
- Represented an ultra-high-net-worth family in substantial proceedings for breach of trust in the Bahamas between the beneficiaries and trustees in a long-running and high value family dispute.
- Represented beneficiaries of certain offshore trusts in respect of Subject Access Requests under the DPA and securing a victorious and landmark judgment in the Court of Appeal for beneficiaries seeking information from data controllers in the age of transparency.
- Represented a beneficiary of a BVI trust and successfully defending against an attack on the structure of the trust by reason of foreign matrimonial property rights. This was the first case to test the effectiveness of the BVI firewall legislation and its ability to repel claims arising from a foreign community property regime.
- The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom, Trusts and Personal Tax Law, Ones to Watch, 2023 – 2025
- Private Client Global Elite, The American Lawyer, Rising Leader, 2022 – 2025
- Spear’s Magazine, Rising Star Contentious Trust Lawyer, 2024
- Legal 500 UK, Key Lawyer for Contentious Trusts and Probate, 2024
- Legal 500 UK, Recommended Lawyer for Contentious Trusts and Probate, 2021 – 2025
- Kaplan Law School, LPC, Politics
- University of Law, GDL
- University of Bristol, BSc
- England and Wales
Natalie A. Rowles
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Natalie Rowles focuses her practice on corporate restructuring and insolvency matters. She represents debtors, creditors, official committees, investors and other parties-in-interest in a variety of restructuring transactions, including Chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings and distressed asset sales.
- Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of discount and closeout retail chain Big Lots
- Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of appliance parts maker Robertshaw
- Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of marketing firm Troika Media Group
- Represented Midwestern healthcare service provider Sunland Medical Foundation d/b/a Trinity Regional Medical Center Sachse in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2026-2027
- National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges NextGen Class of 2024
- New York International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Membership/Sponsorship Co-Chair and Board Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- Boston University School of Law, JD
- Barnard College, BA
- New York
- California
- Massachusetts
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
- US District Court for the Central District of California
- US District Court for the Eastern District of California
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
- US District Court for the Southern District of California
Emmy Clode
London – 22 Bishopsgate
Emelia (Emmy) Clode focuses her practice on corporate matters, in particular in private equity and private mergers & acquisitions. Emmy has a strong background advising on employment law and fund formation. Emmy has advised clients in a diverse range of sectors and industries including, insurance, technology, banking & finance and energy.
- Advised a large German insurance broker on its purchase of a UK insurance intermediary*
- Advised a European financial services private equity firm on its sale of a leading independent provider of trust, corporate, real estate and fund administration services*
- Advised an asset management company on its purchase of a leading alternative investment manager and loan servicer*
- Legal 500 UK, Recommended, 2026
- BPP Law School, LPC
- BPP Law School, GDL
- University of Bristol
- England & Wales
