Paris
Lucille Madariaga focuses her practice on complex commercial transactions, insolvency proceedings and restructurings, including prevention proceedings. She has an additional strong background in contentious matters, both during and after the restructuring, and more generally on all types of commercial litigation.
Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Lucille Madariaga practiced with a top ranked law firm specialized in restructuring and insolvency matters in France.
Lucille is also a fully qualified sports lawyer.
- The Best Lawyers in France, Ones to Watch, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2025 & 2026
- The Legal 500 EMEA, Recommended, 2022-2025
- University of Montpellier, MA, Business & Finance
- University of Montpellier, MA, Business & Enterprise
- Paris
- English
- French
- Spanish
Laetitia de Dinechin
Paris
Laetitia de Dinechin focuses her practice on corporate law, advising clients across the pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare industries. Laetitia has experience on a number of acquisition and private equity transactions, including financing rounds and joint ventures for French and non-French corporations.
Prior to joining McDermott, Laetitia was a lawyer at various law firms based in Paris and London.
- University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Master’s 2, French and Anglo-American Business Law
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, LLM
- Paris
- English
- French
- Spanish
Daniel P. McGuire
Washington, DC
Daniel McGuire counsels clients on corporate transactions, US securities regulation and general commercial matters. He has assisted public and private companies with complex cross-border restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting and disclosure compliance, the negotiation of commercial distribution agreements, and compliance with federal and state regulations governing the distribution of regulated products.
- Ave Maria School of Law, JD, magna cum laude
- Christendom College, BA, summa cum laude
- District of Columbia
Claire Barra
Paris
Claire Barra focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. She advises French and international companies as well as managers or funds on all aspects of corporate and financial law.
Prior to joining McDermott, Claire practiced business law as a trainee at various corporate law firms.
- Represented HLD group and Didier Tabary, shareholders of Filorga and SVR, in their acquisition of Le Couvent de Minimes
- Represented Weathernews Inc. in the acquisition of Metnext
- Represented the management team of software leader InfoVista on the company’s acquisition by a French investment fund
- Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master 2, Private Law
- Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Civil Law
- Paris
- English
- French
Matt Evola
Washington, DC
Matt Evola assists clients with premerger analysis and notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act and in defending mergers and acquisitions before the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), US Department of Justice (DOJ), state antitrust authorities and foreign competition authorities. He also counsels clients in relation to complex antitrust litigation and government investigations. Matt has experience in a variety of industries, including representing clients in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, packaging, aggregates, consumer products, and telecommunications industries.
- District of Columbia Courts, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2023
- Georgetown University, JD, History & Political Science
- Northeastern University, BA
- District of Columbia
- New York
Theodore Alexander
Washington, DC
Theodore (Ted) E. Alexander focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement and compliance matters, and complex civil litigation.
Ted has substantial experience conducting internal investigations and representing clients in healthcare, securities, and other government enforcement matters. He has conducted independent investigations on behalf of audit and special litigation committees of the board of directors and has handled criminal and civil healthcare matters for various organizations, including in connection with alleged violations of the False Claims Act, Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, and matters arising under the Stark law.
- Represents major health care systems in False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and controlled substance diversion investigations
- Advises large audit and wealth management firms regarding SEC regulations
- Represented Special Litigation Committee of the Board of Directors of a publicly traded company investigating a derivative suit
- District of Columbia Courts, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2023
- DC Volunteer Lawyers Project, Junior Board Member
- George Washington University Law School, JD, with honors
- Cornell University, BS
- District of Columbia
- US District Court for the District of Columbia
Philip Shecter
San Francisco
Philip Shecter focuses his practice on employment law. He represents employers in state and federal litigation, including wage and hour class actions and single-plaintiff discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, wrongful termination and contract breach claims. He counsels employers on labor and employment issues, including EEOC and DFEH compliance, wage and hour requirements, accommodation, recruiting and hiring, employee discipline and termination. He handles unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
Philip has represented companies in a wide variety of industries, including transportation, healthcare, telecommunications and higher education.
- The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch in Labor and Employment Law – Employee and Litigation – Labor and Employment , 2022-2023
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD
- George Mason University, MEd
- University of Pennsylvania
- California
- US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
- US District Court for the Central District of California
- US District Court for the Southern District of California
- Chinese (Cantonese)
- English
Antida Cutuli
Milan
Antida Cutuli worked in major international law firms in the banking and finance sector. She regularly advises national and international lenders as well as borrowers, on a broad range of financing transactions, with a focus on national and cross-border real estate and property finance as well as restructuring law. She has also been involved in capital markets transactions.
- Advised a leading funds and its Italian arm, focused on investments in Italian corporate credit opportunities, in connection with the acquisition, through a dedicated investment platform, of an UTPs portfolio to be further securitized
- Advised a pool of banks in connection with term loan facilities granted to companies belonging to a leading operator in the real estate sector with particular reference to fashion outlets
- Advised a pool of banks in connection with a term loan facility and a guarantees issuance facility granted to a newly established AIF with the aim of supporting its financial needs connected to the acquisition of a real estate area located around Milan and the development over such area of the new futuristic headquarter of one of the most important multinational companies in the energy sector
- Bocconi University, JD, cum laude
- Milan
- Italian
- English
Emily A. Mussio
Chicago
Emily A. Mussio advises clients on various aspects of United States and international tax law. She is experienced with tax controversy and litigation, and federal income tax covering individuals, corporate and partnership taxation.
While in law school, Emily served as an Associate Editor for the Valparaiso University Law Review and as an Associate Justice of the Moot Court Society. She also served as a judicial extern for The Honorable Susan E. Cox, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- New York University School of Law, LLM, Political Science, magna cum laude
- Valparaiso University School of Law, JD
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, BA
- Illinois
Sakai Shabo
Düsseldorf
Sakai Shabo advises domestic and foreign institutional investors and project developers on commercial real estate transactions (asset and share deals, individual and portfolio transactions).
His practice focuses on advising on real estate transactions and complex project developments with a particular focus on office and logistics properties. In addition, he has profound knowledge and experience in the restructuring of retail companies as well as acquisitions and sales from insolvencies. Furthermore, Sakai Shabo advises on all aspects of commercial tenancy law.
During his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, he worked for other international law firms in Düsseldorf and Stockholm.
Sakai advised:
- Nagel-Group on the sale of a logistics real estate portfolio in Germany and Denmark, also providing ongoing advice on tenancy law and post-closing issues
- International logistics project developers (in particular Goodman Group and Scannell Properties) on the sale, project development and leasing of logistics properties
- SIGNA Group on various transactions, including the purchase and project development of the Carsch-Haus in Düsseldorf including the letting to the KaDeWe Group and the Sale of the Berlin project development STREAM by way of a forward share deal; also ongoing tenancy law advice regarding the Upper West in Berlin
- Atalaya Capital on an indirect investment in a European commercial real estate portfolio
- National and international retail companies on restructuring projects (e.g. Douglas, GALERIA) and tenancy law issues (e.g. HEMA, MANGO and Foot Locker)
- Düsseldorf Bar Association
- Immobilienjunioren GmbH
- YREPNY – Young Real Estate Professionals New York
- Bond University, LL.M. Corporate & Commercial Law and Practice, Second State Examination
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, First State Examination
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- Germany
- Aramaic
- German
- English
