Job Title Category: Associate

  • Matthew Stern

    Matthew Stern

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    Matthew Stern

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

    Areas of focus

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

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    Credentials
    Education
    • George Washington University Law School, JD, cum laude
    • Pennsylvania State University, BA
    Admissions
    • New York
    • Florida
  • Madison Lupino

    Madison Lupino

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    Madison Lupino

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Madison Lupino focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation matters and internal investigations with experience in drafting pleadings, motions and discovery requests and responses in bankruptcy matters. She has represented clients across a wide array of industries including healthcare and financial services.

    While in law school, Madison was a student-attorney at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, member of the black law students association, member on the sports and entertainment committee, technical and submissions editor for Harvard Negotiation Law Review and also graduated with 1,000 hours of pro bono work, which included representing clients in various family law proceedings.

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    Education
    • Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude
    • University of Miami, BA
    Admissions
    • Florida
    • New York
  • Boris Wolkoff

    Boris Wolkoff

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    Boris Wolkoff

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Boris Wolkoff focuses his practice on advising companies and private equity funds on mergers & acquisitions and private equity transactions.

    Before joining McDermott, Boris worked in a major international law firm in Paris, focusing on private equity.

    Results
    • Advising the industrial group Terreal on its acquisition of the clay building materials specialist Creaton from Etex*
    • Advising the investment fund Novalpina on its acquisition of the pharmaceutical group Laboratoire X.O from its founders*
    • Advising the investment fund Tethys Invest on its reinvestment in the educational group Galileo Global Education alongside a consortium of investors*

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    Recognitions
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    • Member of the HEC Paris Law Society (BDJ)
    • Member of the Sorbonne / King’s College London Law Society (AJPK)
    Credentials
    Education
    • HEC Paris, Master in Management & Business Law (Grande Ecole)
    • Sorbonne University, Master 2 in Business & Tax Law
    • King’s College London, LLB in English & French Law
    Admissions
    • Paris
    Languages
    • English
    • French
  • Danny Min

    Danny Min

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    Danny Min

    Associate

    New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

    Areas of focus

    Danny Min focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters, and represents investment firms, banks and private equity firms in complex mortgage and mezzanine finance transactions, joint ventures and acquisitions.

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    Results
    • Represented a Singapore entity in its acquisition of a portfolio of office parks located in California, North Carolina and Oregon*
    • Represented a joint venture between four partners in the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of 10 office properties in New Jersey*
    • Represented a private equity firm in connection with a joint venture agreement and for the acquisition and financing of a large multifamily housing development in New York*

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    Credentials
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    • St John''s University School of Law, JD
    • Boston College, BA
    Admissions
    • New York
    Languages
    • English
    • Korean
  • Dawn M. Peacock

    Dawn M. Peacock

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    Dawn M. Peacock

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Dawn M. Peacock is an employment advisor and litigator. She regularly defends employers in all phases of single-plaintiff and class action litigation in state and federal court. Dawn also regularly handles employment-related agency matters. Her practice focuses on discrimination and retaliation. She has particular experience with claims brought under the ADA, ADEA, Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act and data protection laws.

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    Education
    • Chicago-Kent College of Law, JD, cum laude
    • University of Louisville, BS, summa cum laude
    • University of Louisville, AS
    Admissions
    • Illinois
    • New York
    Courts/Agencies
    • US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Rebecca M. Dufur

    Rebecca M. Dufur

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    Rebecca M. Dufur

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Rebecca (Becky) Dufur, focuses her practice on the representation of leading academic and research institutions, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies in complex licensing, collaboration and strategic alliance transactions.

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    Community
    • Boston Cares, volunteer, present
    • Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP), volunteer attorney, present
    Credentials
    Education
    • Suffolk University Law School, JD
    • Sage Graduate School, MA
    • Siena College, BA
    Admissions
    • Massachusetts
  • Sarah R. Nabors

    Sarah R. Nabors

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    Sarah R. Nabors

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Sarah R. Nabors focuses her practice on energy related transactions, particularly in the commodity markets, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters.

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    • The University of Texas School of Law, JD
    • Texas A&M University, BS
    Admissions
    • Texas
  • Saba Bajwa

    Saba Bajwa

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    Saba Bajwa

    Associate

    Los Angeles

    Areas of focus

    Saba Bajwa focuses her practice on privacy and cybersecurity matters. Saba provides compliance advice and guidance on the impact of evolving domestic and international privacy regimes. She has experience advising clients on US and international privacy laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), state laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and similar laws in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah, marketing laws like the CAN-SPAM Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and other data security and privacy laws and regulations, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and US state data breach notification laws.

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    Results
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    • Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Associates Advisory Board, member
    Credentials
    Education
    • University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD, Economics, cum laude
    • Rutgers University, BA, Political Science, cum laude
    • Rutgers University, BA
    Admissions
    • California
  • Alina Affeld

    Alina Affeld

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    Alina Affeld

    Associate
    Areas of focus

    Alina Affeld focuses her practice on real estate law.

    She advises German and international clients, in particular institutional investors, project developers and real estate companies, on real estate transactions in Germany. In addition, she assists clients with ongoing asset management matters, with a particular focus on commercial leases. Her advice covers in particular office, residential, retail and hotel properties.

    During her legal clerkship, Alina Affeld gained valuable experience in corporate law, M&A and real estate law at various law firms in Düsseldorf and London, including McDermott Will & Schulte. She also worked for the German Embassy in Myanmar.

    Results
    Recognitions
    • Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, “Ones to Watch” in Germany: Corporate Law, 2025-2027
    • Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, “Ones to Watch” in Germany: Real Estate, 2027
    • The Legal 500 EMEA, “Leading Associate” in Germany: Real Estate, 2025-2026
    • The Legal 500 EMEA, “Rising Star” in Germany: Real Estate, 2024-2025
    Capabilities and industries
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    Community

    Chamber of Lawyers Düsseldorf

    Credentials
    Education
    • District Court of Bonn, Second State Exam
    • University of Bonn, First State Exam
    Admissions
    • Germany
    Languages
    • German
    • English
  • Kay Kim

    Kay Kim

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    Kay Kim

    Associate

    Los Angeles

    Areas of focus

    Kay Kim focuses her practice on corporate and transactional matters.

    While in law school, Kay served as a legal extern for the Civil Division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. She was also the co-chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Law Students Association and articles editor for the Asian Pacific American Law Journal.

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    Credentials
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    • University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, JD
    • University of California, Berkeley, BA
    Admissions
    • California