Paris
Francesca Casalone focuses her practice on EU competition and antitrust matters.
Before joining McDermott, Francesca interned in several law firms as well as at an international banking group and within a key governmental agency.
- Association Monaco-Argentina (AMA), Volunteer
- Sciences Po Paris, Master in Economic Law
- Paris
- English
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
Kiana Lozzi
Boston
Kiana Lozzi focuses her practice on corporate advisory and transactional matters.
While in law school, Kiana was a corporate counsel extern for a community health center and a summer associate at McDermott. She also was an editor for the Review of Banking and Financial Law.
- Boston University School of Law, JD
- Boston University, BA, magna cum laude
- Massachusetts
- English
Julia Cronin
Boston
Julia Cronin focuses her practice on corporate advisory and transactional matters.
While in law school, Julia was a legal intern at the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office and a summer associate at McDermott. She also was a comment editor for the Suffolk Transnational Law Review.
- Suffolk University Law School, JD, cum laude
- College of the Holy Cross, BA
- Massachusetts
- English
Andrew A. Mark
Wilmington
Andrew A. Mark advises debtors, creditors, and other stakeholders in complex restructuring transactions and bankruptcy proceedings, including Section 363 asset sales, debtor-in-possession (DIP) financings, special committee investigations, and the solicitation and confirmation of chapter 11 plans.
- Represented a pharmaceutical company and its affiliates in connection with expedited litigation over contested DIP financing*
- Represented a global specialty pharmaceutical company in litigation over the ownership of a clinical trial drug research package in another pharmaceutical company’s chapter 11 proceedings, ultimately securing sole and exclusive ownership of the research package for the client under a pre-bankruptcy co-development agreement*
- Represented a software and cloud services company as the prior lender and asset purchaser in a tech startup’s chapter 11 case regarding a motion to enforce a sale order*
- Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, JD
- Fordham University, BA
- Delaware
- English
Lauren B. Flynn
Boston
Lauren B. Flynn focuses her practice on regulatory and transactional matters impacting the healthcare industry.
While in law school, Lauren was a summer associate at McDermott, where she worked with the healthcare team on transactional and regulatory matters. Lauren served as case comment editor for the Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy.
- Boston Bar Association, member
- Suffolk University Law School, JD, cum laude
- Quantic School of Business and Technology, MBA, with honors
- Brown University, MPH
- Brown University, BA
- Massachusetts
Dominik Rissmann
Düsseldorf
Dominik Rissmann advises German and international clients comprehensively on intellectual property matters. He focuses his practice on standard-essential patents (SEPs) and FRAND defenses. Other areas of his practice include drafting and negotiation of business agreements such as IP licensing agreements as well as trade mark law issues and domain disputes.
Before he was admitted to the German bar, Dominik already gained practical experiences at McDermott as a research assistant and legal clerk in the field of intellectual property in Düsseldorf and Boston. He completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf.
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Second State Exam
- Bielefeld University, First State Exam
- Germany
- German
- English
Athanasia Eleftheriadou
Düsseldorf
Athanasia Eleftheriadou advises clients on employment law.
Athanasia holds a Master of Laws from the University of Cologne. She completed her legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne.
- Higher Regional Court of Cologne, Second State Examination
- University of Cologne, LL.M.
- University of Cologne, First State Examination
- Germany
- German
- English
- Greek
Victor Malraux
Paris
Victor Malraux focuses his practice on distressed situations, in the context of financial restructurings, in-court or out-of-court proceedings and in bonis disposals.
Before joining McDermott, Victor was an intern in several law firms in Paris and a legal analyst for a judicial administrator and for a restructuring lobby.
- HEC Paris, Master in Management, Programme Grande École
- Université Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne, Master in Business & Tax Law
- Universität zu Köln, Juristische Zwischenprüfung
- Paris
- English
- French
- German
Jenna F. Ray
Chicago
Jenna F. Ray focuses her practice on private client and wealth management matters.
- University of Chicago Law School, JD
- College of William & Mary, MA
- Spelman College, BA, magna cum laude
- Illinois
Amit K. Saha, PhD
San Francisco
Amit K. Saha, PhD, focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and transactional matters, including patent prosecution in the biotechnology and life sciences sectors.
- Honorable William A. Ingram Inn of Court, member
- The San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Inn of Court, member
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, member
- Santa Clara University School of Law, JD, with honors
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, BTech, Biotechnology
- California
- Texas
- US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
- English
- Bengali
- Hindi