Job Title Category: Associate

  • Louise Barrière

    Louise Barrière

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    Louise Barrière

    Associate

    Paris

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    Louise Barrière* focuses her practice on life sciences advice to corporate and commercial clients with a particular focus on transactions.

    Louise has prior experience acting as in-house counsel to an international pharmaceutical company and a multinational telecommunications company.

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    Recognitions
    Capabilities and industries
    Intellectual Property IP Licensing & Transactions Patent Litigation Trademark & Copyright Strategy & Counseling Life Sciences Intellectual Property & Innovation
    Regional markets
    France Germany United States
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • University of California, Los Angeles, LLM, General Private Law
    • EM Lyon Business School, Masters, Law
    • Paris Nanterre University, Masters
    • Paris Nanterre University, BA
    Admissions
    • New York
    Languages
    • English
    • French
  • Rashad X. Abdallah

    Rashad X. Abdallah

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    Rashad X. Abdallah

    Associate

    Los Angeles

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    Rashad Abdallah focuses his practice on labor and employment matters and related litigation. He has experience supporting all stages of a dispute, including pre-litigation investigations, discovery, and pleadings and dispositive motions.

    Through his pro bono work, Rashad has handled matters concerning veterans’ benefits, prisoners’ rights and criminal appeals.

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    Results
    Recognitions
    • The National Black Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, 2024
    • Army Commendation Medal
    Capabilities and industries
    Employment Labor
    Regional markets
    United States
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • University of Michigan Law School, JD, magna cum laude,
    • University of San Francisco, BA
    Admissions
    • California
    Courts/Agencies
    • US District Court for the Central District of California

  • Giuseppe Tinello

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    Giuseppe Tinello

    Associate

    Milan

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    Giuseppe Tinello focuses his practice on business and corporate criminal law, anti-corruption compliance, international-trade compliance and internal investigations. He advises Italian and international clients in complex cases, often spanning multiple jurisdictions.

    Prior to joining McDermott, Giuseppe gained experience working for leading domestic and international law firms in Milan. He has a wealth of experience advising on criminal law and compliance issues, with particular focus on corruption, financial crimes, tax and customs offences, bankruptcy related offences, cybercrime, defamation and corporate frauds.

    Giuseppe also gained experience working on international trade issues, assessing the risk deriving from trade restrictions, economic and financial sanctions. He also advised on internal investigations related to corruption and corporate crime, as well as on drafting and implementing compliance models under Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001.

    Results
    • Assisted a US multinational company operating in the pharmaceutical industry in a criminal trial on alleged corruption of public officials*
    • Assisted a French multinational company operating in the pharmaceutical industry with an internal investigation on possible corporate fraud*
    • Assisted a Chinese multinational company operating in the manufacturing industry with an internal investigation on possible product-liability issues*

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    Capabilities and industries
    White-Collar Defense & Government Investigations Anti-Corruption Investigations & Compliance International Trade
    Regional markets
    France
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • Università di Pisa, JD, magna cum laude
    • Scuola superiore di studi universitari e di perfezionamento Sant''Anna, Pisa (Italy), Graduate Diploma, magna cum laude
    Admissions
    • Milan
    Courts/Agencies
    • Court of Milan, Clerkship
    Languages
    • English
    • Italian
  • Leonardo Sabatini

    Leonardo Sabatini

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    Leonardo Sabatini

    Associate

    Milan

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    Leonardo Sabatini focuses his practice on national and international taxation. He has a wealth of experience in corporate and group taxation, M&A and reorganization transactions, transfer pricing, real estate taxation, assistance in pre-litigation procedures and tax litigation.

    Results
    • Assisted a well-known banking institution with the purchase of a real estate asset based in the center of Milan*

    *Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

    Recognitions
    Capabilities and industries
    Tax Acquisitions & Restructurings Tax Controversy & Litigation Tax Structuring
    Regional markets
    Italy
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • 24ORE Business School, MA, Tax
    • Università degli Studi di Firenze, MA, Law
    Admissions
    • Italy
    Courts/Agencies
    • Italian Courts
    Languages
    • English
    • Italian
    • Spanish
  • Charles Darantiere

    Charles Darantiere

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    Charles Darantiere

    Associate

    Washington, DC

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    Charles Darantiere advises public companies on a broad range of M&A and capital markets transactions, including offerings of equity and debt securities, and de-SPAC transactions.

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    Results
    Recognitions
    • District of Columbia Courts, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2023
    Capabilities and industries
    Corporate & Transactional Capital Markets & Public Companies Mergers & Acquisitions
    Regional markets
    United States
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • Notre Dame Law School, JD, magna cum laude
    • Sorbonne University, Masters, summa cum laude
    • Institute of Comparative Philosophy, Paris, France, BA, summa cum laude
    Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    Languages
    • English
    • French

  • Victoria E. Chu

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    Victoria E. Chu

    Associate

    Silicon Valley

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    Victoria Chu focuses her practice on private client and wealth management matters.

    Victoria is a certified public accountant. Prior to attending law school, she advised individuals and small businesses on tax compliance and tax planning. She was previously in charge of state, local, and foreign tax reporting for a global technology company.

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    Capabilities and industries
    Private Client
    Regional markets
    United States
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, JD
    • University of California, Berkeley, BA
    Admissions
    • California
    Languages
    • English
    • Chinese (Cantonese)
    • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Jae Hyun Lee

    Jae Hyun Lee

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    Jae Hyun Lee

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

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    Jae Hyun Lee is a member of the Healthcare Practice Group. He focuses his practice on healthcare mergers and acquisitions as well as regulatory and compliance matters.

    Jae is a licensed pharmacist in the state of New Jersey. While earning his doctorate degree in pharmacy, he researched methods to optimize the clinical trial process and worked with clinical sites with relation to documentation, data reconciliation and trial requirements. Jae draws upon the strengths of his pharmacy experience in counseling healthcare and life sciences clients.

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    Results
    Recognitions
    Capabilities and industries
    Health & Life Sciences Health Transactions & Strategic Growth Health Regulatory & Compliance Life Sciences FDA, Global Regulatory & Market Access Life Sciences Transactions & Strategic Growth 
    Regional markets
    United States
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • Columbia Law School, JD, cum laude
    • Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, PharmD, summa cum laude
    Admissions
    • New York
    Languages
    • English
    • Korean
  • Cheng-Hau Kee

    Cheng-Hau Kee

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    Cheng-Hau Kee

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

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    Cheng-Hau Kee is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds Group. They counsel private fund clients in connection with issues of formation, capital raising, structuring, investor negotiations, and ongoing operations.

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    Results
    Recognitions
    Capabilities and industries
    Corporate & Transactional Investment Management Private Equity
    Regional markets
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • New York University School of Law, JD
    • Stanford University, BA
    Admissions
    • New York
    Languages
    • English
  • Saadet Demir-Canpolat

    Saadet Demir-Canpolat

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    Saadet Demir-Canpolat

    Associate

    Frankfurt

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    Saadet Demir-Canpolat advises clients on all aspects of real estate matters, including commercial real estate transactions (asset and share deals, individual and portfolio transactions) and ongoing asset management.

    Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Saadet worked as an associate in the real estate practice group of an internationally renowned law firm. Saadet completed her legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt/Main with stops in the Frankfurt and New York offices of McDermott in the real estate practice group.

    Results
    Recognitions
    Capabilities and industries
    Real Estate
    Regional markets
    Germany
    Community
    • Frankfurt Bar Association
    • Member at Deutscher Juristinnenbund e.V. (djb)
    Credentials
    Education
    • Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, Second State Examination
    • Goethe University Frankfurt, First State Examination
    Admissions
    • Germany
    Languages
    • German
    • English
    • Turkish
  • Armand d’Aboville

    Armand d’Aboville

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    Armand D'Aboville

    Associate

    Paris

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    Armand d’Aboville focuses his practice on French and international corporate tax matters. He advises national and international companies on corporate tax law, in particular in connection with transactions, restructurings and litigation.

    Results
    • Advised a leader company in premium spirits in its sale of a brand and related assets*
    • Advised on the initial public offering of a water industry company on Euronext Growth*
    • Advised a radiologist medical company on its partnership with a global investment management company*
    • Advised an aesthetic medical company on its partnership with a global investment management company*
    • Advised a world leader in pumps and sprayers on its sale of a dispensing activity*

    *Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

    Recognitions
    • The Best Lawyers in France, “Ones to Watch” in Tax Law, 2024-2026
    Capabilities and industries
    Tax Acquisitions & Restructurings Tax Controversy & Litigation Tax Structuring Healthcare Private Equity Private Equity
    Regional markets
    France
    Community
    Credentials
    Education
    • Paris Cité University
    • Paris Cité University
    • Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
    Admissions
    • Paris
    Languages
    • English
    • French