Job Title Category: Associate

  • Jordan E. Greene

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    Jordan E. Greene

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

    Areas of focus

    Jordan E. Greene is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Group. She represents private fund clients, including private equity funds, funds of funds, and other pooled investment vehicles, in connection with formation, capital raising, structuring, investor negotiations and ongoing operations.

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    Regional markets
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    Credentials
    Education
    • New York University School of Law, JD, with honors
    • Pomona College, BA
    Admissions
    • New York
    Languages
    • English
  • Neeraj Tah

    Neeraj Tah

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    Neeraj Tah

    Associate

    London – 22 Bishopsgate

    Areas of focus

    Neeraj Tah focuses his practice on complex UK, cross-border and international indirect/corporate real estate transactions including strategic M&A and private equity deals, investment management mandates, structured acquisitions of real estate, joint ventures, and multi-investor funds. Neeraj acts for some of the largest and most renowned private equity firms investing in real estate, and for alternative investment funds, sovereign wealth funds, REITs and listed property funds.

    Results
    • Acting for a large US real estate investment fund on its divestment and restructuring of certain assets in its UK care homes portfolio*
    • Acting on the acquisition of a large office building through an offshore corporate structure for one of the world’s largest alternative investment management companies*
    • Acting on the sale of a large real estate investment by an internationally diversified property group’s indirect investment business*
    • Acting on the acquisition on a number of UK holiday homes by a joint venture between a large holiday community group and one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers*
    • Acting on a venture between a large investment management company and a UK based real estate investment and development specialist to build a portfolio of urban/last mile high quality industrial and logistics warehouses across the UK*

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    Recognitions
    • Legal 500 UK, Recommended, 2026-2027
    Capabilities and industries
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    Credentials
    Education
    • Nottingham Law School, LPC
    • University of Birmingham Law, LLB
    Admissions
    • England and Wales
    Languages
    • English
    • Hindi
    • Punjabi
  • Maxime Girault

    Maxime Girault

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    Maxime Girault

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Maxime Girault focuses his practice on corporate and commercial litigation, which notably includes shareholder conflicts as well as post-acquisition litigation. Maxime is also experienced in complex restructuring as well as arbitration award enforcement.

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    Recognitions
    Capabilities and industries
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    Credentials
    Education
    • Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Master 2 Financial Law
    • Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University / HEC Paris, Master 2 Tax and Business Law
    • Cergy-Pontoise University, Master 1 Business Law
    • CY Cergy Paris University
    Admissions
    • Paris
    Languages
    • English
    • French
  • Morgan J. Graff

    Morgan J. Graff

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    Morgan J. Graff

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

    Areas of focus

    Morgan Graff focuses her practice on domestic and international tax and estate planning for high-net-worth individuals and families. While earning her law degree, Morgan interned at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

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    • University of Virginia School of Law, JD
    • Florida Atlantic University, BSW, summa cum laude
    Admissions
    • Connecticut
    • New York
    Languages
    • English
  • Ignacio F. Zabala Alonso

    Ignacio F. Zabala Alonso

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    Ignacio F. Zabala Alonso

    Associate

    Washington, DC

    Areas of focus

    Ignacio Zabala Alonso focuses his practice on cross-border dispute resolution, with an emphasis on international arbitration and civil litigation matters. He represents clients in complex international disputes, provides strategic counsel on arbitration proceedings, and helps clients navigate the intricacies of multijurisdictional litigation.

    Ignacio has experience with both common law and civil law traditions, giving him a dual perspective that blends these legal systems to offer comprehensive solutions to clients. He has represented clients under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Dubai International Arbitration Court (DIAC), and Spain’s Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA). Ignacio also handles M&A, copyright, construction, and insurance matters.

    Results
    • Supporting an arbitrator in an ICC arbitration related to an engineering contract concerning a major infrastructure project in Mexico which involves a Mexican state-owned entity
    • Acting for a leading multinational company in an ICC arbitration relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights over a medical software
    • Advising a Middle Eastern services company in a DIAC dispute seated in Cyprus against a European construction company and its Middle Eastern subsidiary, subject to Qatari law

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    Recognitions
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    Credentials
    Education
    • Georgetown University Law Center, LLM
    • IE Law School, LLM
    • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, LLB
    • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, BA
    Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • Spain
    • England and Wales
    Languages
    • English
    • Spanish
  • Paul Tisseyre

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    Paul Tisseyre

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Paul Tisseyre focuses his practice on advising both public and private entities on all aspects of public law, including administrative and regulatory law.

    Before joining McDermott, Paul was an intern in several major law firms in Paris and at the Conseil d’Etat, the French Supreme Administrative Court.

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    Credentials
    Education
    • ESSEC Business School
    • Université Paris X Nanterre, Master 2 Economic Law
    • Université Paris II Pantheon Assas, Master 1 Public Business Law
    Admissions
    • Paris
    Languages
    • English
    • French
  • Ruben C. Garza, III

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    Ruben C. Garza III

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Ruben Garza is a litigator who focuses his practice on employment matters. He has experience representing clients as civil defense counsel in both state and federal courts and handling administrative appeals.

    As part of the US Department of Justice Attorney General’s Honors Program, Ruben previously clerked for immigration judges at the Houston Immigration Court. During law school, he held clerkships and internships with the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Legislative Service Commission, where he grew acutely familiar with the judicial, administrative and legislative process involving employment discrimination and workers’ compensation.

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    Credentials
    Education
    • The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, JD
    • The Ohio State University, MA
    • Miami University, BA, cum laude
    Admissions
    • Ohio
    • Texas
    Courts/Agencies
    • US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
    • US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    • US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
    • US District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • Alexandra Nasar

    Alexandra Nasar

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    Alexandra Nasar

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

    Areas of focus

    Alexandra Nasar handles complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts and in private mediation. She also represents entities and individuals in cross-border disputes and has experience working with clients ranging from international business owners to nonprofit and charitable organizations.

    During law school, Alexandra was actively involved in pro bono work focusing on labor and immigration rights through the Columbia Human Rights Clinic and freedom of speech rights through the Clooney Foundation for Justice.

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    Credentials
    Education
    • Columbia Law School, JD
    • State University of New York at New Paltz, BA, summa cum laude,
    Admissions
    • New York
    Courts/Agencies
    • US District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Rachel Lee

    Rachel Lee

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    Rachel Lee

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

    Areas of focus

    Rachel Lee focuses her practice on litigation matters, where she represents clients in a broad range of corporate and commercial disputes.

    While earning her law degree, Rachel served as a housing law extern at The Legal Aid Society and a legal intern at the Tenant Protection Unit of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal. Rachel was staff development editor of the Review of Law & Social Change, a Moelis Urban Law & Public Affairs fellow and chair of the South Asian Law Student Association.

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    • New York University School of Law, JD, summa cum laude,
    • Rice University, BA
    Admissions
    • New York
  • Ambrogio Carriere

    Ambrogio Carriere

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    Ambrogio Carriere

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Ambrogio Carriere focuses his practice on real estate and acquisition financing transactions on both the borrower and lender side. He has also gained experience in asset management with specific regard to alternative investments.

    Results
    • Assisted an independent venture capital firm in launching its new venture capital fund*
    • Assisted an Italian investment company in launching a credit fund*
    • Assisted, respectively, a specialist investor acting as arranger of the transaction, and a company of Dutch investors, in a complex real estate securitization transaction*
    • Provided assistance to an Italian energy corporation in a multimillion financing granted from a pool of Italian financial institutions*
    • Assisted an international banking group in a consumer credit transaction in compliance with European regulations on STS securitizations*

    *Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

    Recognitions
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    Credentials
    Education
    • University of Milan, JD, cum laude
    Admissions
    • Milan
    Languages
    • English
    • Italian