Los Angeles
Doris Yuen assists clients in navigating the ever-shifting regulatory framework of federal, state and international data protection, privacy and cybersecurity laws. She counsels organizations on a broad range of regulatory compliance and transactional matters, including privacy disclosures, data breach response, vendor management and information governance strategies.
Prior to joining the Firm, Doris served as a law clerk for the Honorable John M. Campbell at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She also interned at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of International Affairs and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity. During law school, Doris was an editor of The George Washington International Law Review.
Doris is accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US).
- Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, board member
- National Pacific American Bar Association, member
- International Association of Privacy Professionals, member
- George Washington University Law School, JD, with honors,
- University of California, Davis, BA
- California
- District of Columbia
Romy Lanz
Cologne
Romy Lanz focuses on banking and finance.
She studied law at the University of Mannheim. Before joining McDermott, she gained valuable experience, in particular as a research assistant at an international commercial law firm in the area of banking and capital markets law.
Romy completed her legal traineeship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf with stations at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin (Bonn), an international law firm and the German Chamber of Commerce for Spain (Madrid).
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Second State Examination
- University of Mannheim, First State Examination
- Germany
- German
- English
- Spanish
Nicole Kaps
Munich
Nicole Kaps specializes in legal advice on international and national M&A transactions. She focuses her practice on private equity. In addition, she advises on general corporate law as well as on reorganisations and restructurings.
Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Nicole worked for two international law firms in the private equity and corporate/M&A sectors.
- Regional Court of Mosbach, Second State Exam
- University of Bayreuth, First State Exam
- Germany
- German
- English
Carlota Huth
Düsseldorf
Carlota Huth focuses her practice on corporate law and mergers and acquisitions.
Carlota gained valuable experience in the areas of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions as a research assistant in an international law firm as well as in a German boutique law firm.
During her legal clerkship, Carlota worked, inter alia, at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy in the department for federal companies and corporate matters. Furthermore, she completed her legal clerkship at the Düsseldorf and New York offices of McDermott in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital.
- Higher Regional Court of Cologne, Second State Exam
- University of Bonn, First State Exam
- Germany
- German
- English
Anthony Teng
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Anthony Teng focuses his practice on federal and international tax matters.
Anthony’s practice includes advising on private equity fund formation and operation, renewable energy credits, tax insurance underwriting, tax-exempt organizations, cryptocurrency taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings.
- Boy Scouts of America, Assistant Scoutmaster
- New York University School of Law, JD
- Cornell University, BS, summa cum laude
- New York
- English
- Chinese
Ennio Keyte
London – 22 Bishopsgate
Ennio Keyte has a broad commercial practice encompassing contentious and transactional mandates, focusing on litigation, arbitration, investigations, restructurings, cross-border M&A, joint ventures and general corporate law matters. This combination of contentious and transactional experience, spanning Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, equips Ennio to guide clients through their most complex international transactions and disputes with a rounded commercial perspective.
He advises clients across a range of industries including financial institutions, energy, mining and infrastructure, healthcare and life sciences, technology, aviation, industrials and consumer goods. Ennio also has significant experience advising high net worth individuals on complex multi-jurisdictional litigation and investigation matters.
Contentious Matters
- Advised a mining company in relation to a multi-billion dollar dispute arising out of a joint venture in the Republic of Congo, encompassing arbitration and court proceedings in Hong Kong and the BVI
- Advised a majority shareholder on the administration of a mining company based in Johannesburg and London*
- Advised Novartis on successfully recovering a multimillion-dollar debt claim via an arbitration in Switzerland, as well as enforcement insolvency proceedings in Hong Kong.
- Advised Bank of China on several regulatory and contentious matters*
- BPP Law School, LPC, Distinction
- BPP Law School, GDL, Distinction
- Durham University, BA, First Class Honours
- England and Wales
- English
- Chinese (Mandarin)
- German
Ari Mandell
Los Angeles
Ari Mandell focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters, particularly on issues related to commercial lending and financial services.
While earning his law degree, Ari served on the staff of the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal. He was an active member of the Armenian Law Students Association, the Jewish Law Students Association and the recipient of various CALI awards. Ari has also served as executive online editor and creative director for the Law for Business Digest, an online journal examining the intersection of legal and business issues.
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law, JD, Business Law Certificate
- Southwestern Law School, BS, 2019–2020
- University of Southern California
- California
Michaela Novakova
London – 22 Bishopsgate
Michaela (Míša) Novakova focuses her practice on advising clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors in the context of transactions (M&A, joint ventures and private equity), regulatory matters (compliance and strategy), and data and privacy compliance issues.
Míša’s practice includes advising on projects covering:
- Data protection and healthcare regulatory due diligence
- Online advertising and marketing strategies, including both privacy and healthcare regulatory aspects;
- Data sharing terms and data processing agreements;
- Cybersecurity incidents and data breaches;
- Internal and external policy drafting and reviews; and
- Advising on other compliance issues in the context of healthcare services, clinical trials and investigations and health data.
- Assisted with advising a manufacturer of biopharmaceutical therapeutics and vaccines on its long-term agreement with a public entity
- Assisted with data protection due diligence review in the context of investments and M&A transactions, on multiple transactions including deals concerning a payment platform provider, an orthopedic hospital and a clinical research organization
- Assisted with advising a sexual health online testing service provider on their in-vitro diagnostics device adverting campaign
- Assisted with advising on various regulatory matters, such as classification and registration of medical devices, regulatory requirements for telemedicine and coaching services
- Assisted with preparing a benchmarking memorandum for a healthcare sector transformation program for a country
- Envision, Mentor
- Legal Experts in Schools, Volunteer
- University of Law, LLM
- University of Law, GDL
- Cornell University, BA
- England and Wales
- English
- Czech
- Slovak
Chenjia Zhu
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Chenjia Zhu focuses her practice on complex commercial and securities litigation. She has experience representing financial institutions and individuals in government investigations. In addition, Chenjia maintains an active pro bono practice.
While in law school, she served as an articles editor for the International Law Journal.
- Cornell Law School, JD
- Smith College, BA
- New York
- English
- Chinese (Mandarin)
Luke Barrett
Boston
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Luke Barrett advises clients on corporate restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters, including large bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. He represents parties involved in distressed situations, having worked with debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, agents, trustees and equity holders with interests across a wide range of industries such as manufacturing, food and beverages, energy and exploration, entertainment and more.
Luke also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on helping clients pursue remedies for violations of their constitutional rights. He also represents individuals seeking to obtain citizenship in the United States.
- Steering committee of term loan lenders and debtor-in-possession lenders in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Cineworld Group Plc, a publicly-listed company on the London Stock Exchange and the world’s second-largest cinema chain with operations in 10 countries, across 787 locations and 9,500 screens.
- Ad hoc group of first lien term lenders and debtor-in-possession lenders to Libbey Inc., one of the world’s largest table glass and stemware manufacturers, with respect to the company’s chapter 11 cases.
- Ad hoc secured bondholder group in connection with a chapter 11 credit bid for substantially all of the assets of Techniplas LLC, a leading global provider of highly engineered plastics systems and components.
- Boston College Law School, JD, cum laude
- College of the Holy Cross, BA
- New York
- Massachusetts
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York