Job Title Category: Associate

  • Milind Khurana

    Milind Khurana

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    Milind Khurana

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Milind Khurana focuses his practice on litigation matters and represents clients in a broad range of corporate and commercial disputes.

    While earning his law degree, Milind served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Lisette M. Reid of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He was also staff editor of the University of Miami Law Review. 

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    • University of Miami School of Law, JD, magna cum laude,, Order of the Coif
    • University of Miami, MA
    • University of Miami, BS
    Admissions
    • Florida
  • Lauren Ellison

    Lauren Ellison

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    Lauren Ellison

    Associate

    Washington, DC

    Areas of focus

    Lauren Ellison is a member of the Healthcare Practice Group.

    While earning her law degree, Lauren served as a summer associate at McDermott, as the managing editor of the Georgetown Food and Drug Law Journal and as a judicial intern for the Honorable F. Keith Ball of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. She also served as a student attorney at the Health Justice Alliance.

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    • Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude
    • University of Mississippi, BA, magna cum laude, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, Phi Beta Kappa
    Admissions
    • District of Columbia
  • John Zhang

    John Zhang

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    John Zhang

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

    Areas of focus

    John Zhang focuses his practice on US and international tax matters, with an emphasis on the healthcare and energy sectors. He advises institutional investors, strategic buyers, and fund sponsors on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, buyouts, recapitalizations, and joint venture formations.

    In his energy practice, John leverages his strong foundation in the tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border restructuring transactions involving partnerships and corporations to advise project sponsors, investors, and developers on the tax structuring of renewable energy transactions, including those involving the investment tax credit, production tax credit, and emerging technologies eligible under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. His work spans solar, wind, battery storage, renewable fuels, and carbon capture projects, with experience navigating the complex tax equity structures and partnership arrangements that underlie these transactions.

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    • George Washington University Law School, JD, with honors
    • University of Calgary, BCom
    Admissions
    • New York
  • Jessica Longoria

    Jessica Longoria

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    Jessica Longoria

    Associate

    Washington, DC

    Areas of focus

    Jessica Longoria is a member of the Healthcare Practice Group.

    While earning her law degree, Jessica served as a summer associate at McDermott; as a law clerk at the US Department of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch–Civil Fraud Section working on False Claims Act (FCA) cases; and as an intern at the Federal Trade Commission.

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    • District of Columbia Courts, Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, 2023
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    • George Washington University Law School, JD, Political Science, with honors
    • University of Michigan, BA
    Admissions
    • District of Columbia
  • Sophia C. Niemyski

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    Sophia C. Niemyski

    Associate
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    Sophia C. Niemyski focuses her practice on corporate advisory and transactional matters.

    While in law school, she served as a legal extern at Family & Children’s Services, Oklahoma’s largest community mental health center.

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    • SMU Dedman School of Law, JD
    • University of Arkansas, BA
    Admissions
    • Texas
    Languages
    • English
  • Inès Achour

    Inès Achour

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    Inès Achour

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Inès Achour focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, advising corporate clients across a range of industries including private equity, pharmaceuticals, finance, healthcare and venture capital.

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    • Columbia Law School, LLM, Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Paris-Saclay University, MA, Tax & Business Law
    • Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, MA, Private Law
    • Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, BA
    Admissions
    • Paris
    • New York
    Languages
    • English
    • French
  • Scott Kenkel

    Scott Kenkel

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    Scott Kenkel

    Associate
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    Scott Kenkel focuses his practice on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. He has experience assisting clients with regulatory compliance matters related to tax-qualified retirement plans and executive compensation arrangements. He also regularly works with clients on benefits and compensation issues in connection with corporate transactions.

    While in law school, Scott served as an intern for the University of Chicago Housing Initiative Transactional Clinic, which provides legal representation to support affordable housing development.

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    • University of Chicago Law School, JD, with honors
    • University of Kentucky, MA, summa cum laude
    • University of Kentucky, BA
    Admissions
    • Illinois
  • Devonna Thompson

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    Devonna Thompson

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Devonna Thompson focuses her practice on corporate and transactional matters, with a particular concentration on real estate transactions. She represents a broad range of clients, including owners, developers, borrowers and lenders, in the acquisition, disposition, financing and development of commercial and residential real estate.

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    • National Immigration Justice Center, Rookie of the Year Honorable Mention, 2022
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    • Black Women’s Lawyer Association
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    • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, JD
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BSW
    Admissions
    • Illinois
    Languages
    • English
  • Leenor Gold

    Leenor Gold

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    Leenor Gold

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Leenor Gold is a commercial and transactional lawyer who represents banks, developers, real estate investment funds and institutional investors in a variety of real estate transactional matters. Among other engagements, Leenor has advised clients on acquisitions, dispositions, property development and portfolio financings of hotels, residences, offices and industrial facilities. She also drafts, negotiates and restructures complex joint venture agreements and other corporate documents.

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    • University of Chicago Law School, JD
    • University of California, Berkeley, BA
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    • Illinois
    • New York
    Languages
    • English
    • Hebrew
    • Russian
  • Rebecca (Becca) Meyer

    Rebecca (Becca) Meyer

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    Rebecca (Becca) Meyer

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

    Areas of focus

    Rebecca (Becca) Meyer focuses her practice on handling litigation and arbitration cases related to construction and engineering disputes, particularly those stemming from large-scale international energy and infrastructure projects. She has represented clients in arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

    Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Rebecca served as a law clerk to the Hon. Claire R. Kelly of the US Court of International Trade. She also completed an international arbitration traineeship at a global law firm in Paris.

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    • Brooklyn Law School, adjunct professor
    • American Society of International Law
    Credentials
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    • Brooklyn Law School, JD, cum laude,
    • Pennsylvania State University, BA
    Admissions
    • New York
    Courts/Agencies
    • US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    • US District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • US Court of International Trade