Boston
Kyle Y. Faget advises a diverse client base – including life sciences companies, digital health platforms, virtual care providers, and academic medical centers – on regulatory, transactional, and compliance matters, with a focus on software as a medical device and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare. She has extensive experience in developing corporate compliance programs and regulatory strategies and provides guidance on US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations for both established products and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled solutions.
- JD Supra, Reader’s Choice Awards, Top Author – Life Sciences, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Health Care Law, 2023-2024
- Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Healthcare: 2021-2025, Life Sciences: 2025
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers®, Rising Star, 2018-2019
- American Health Lawyers Association, member
- American Bar Foundation, fellow
- Fenway Health, board of directors
- Lexis Practical Guidance Life Sciences Advisory, board member
- University of Michigan Law School, JD
- Bryn Mawr College, Certificate in Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Studies, AB
- Smith College
- Massachusetts
Henry Smokler
With more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer, senior business leader, and strategic advisor, Henry Smokler advises boards, executives, and high-performing organizations operating at scale. His practice focuses on crisis leadership, governance, high-stakes transactions, and emerging issues that pose regulatory, political, and reputational risk, among other matters.
Henry spent nearly a decade at the PGA of America, where he served as chief legal and risk officer and senior advisor. In that capacity, he served as principal and legal and strategic advisor to the chief executive officer, other executive leadership, the board of directors, and affiliated regional organizations. He directed the organization’s response to existential and reputational crises, led the enterprise-wide litigation strategy and investigations, and managed risk mitigation across complex matters. During his tenure, Henry also co-led the negotiation of long-term national media rights agreements with CBS, oversaw acquisitions and strategic investments, directed governance reform and nonprofit compliance initiatives, and led the development and negotiation of a transformative headquarters and mixed-use development project.
Prior to that, as senior legal and commercial leader at the national governing body of golf, he negotiated and executed a landmark multi-year media rights agreement with 21st Century Fox for more than $1 billion.
Earlier in his career, Henry practiced law in capital markets, executive compensation, and mergers and acquisitions transactions in the advertising, media, and technology sectors.
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude
- Cornell University, BA, with distinction
- New York
Gregg M. Galardi
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Gregg M. Galardi is the Global Co-Head of the firm’s Business Restructuring group. Over the course of his 30 years in legal practice, Gregg has represented several high-profile debtors, creditors, secured and unsecured lenders, and other stakeholders in and out of court on high profile complex chapter 11 restructurings and international solvency matters across diverse industries. His practice encompasses all phases of restructuring proceedings, from prepetition planning and debtor-in-possession (DIP) financings through plan confirmation and emergence, as well as reorganizations, restructurings and turnarounds, and distressed asset sales. He also has extensive experience advising private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in liability management transactions, distressed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and special situations.
- Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, Class XXI
- Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2016-2025
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, 2016-2025
- American Bar Foundation, fellow
- American College of Bankruptcy, member
- American Bankruptcy Institute, member
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD, cum laude
- University of Pennsylvania, PhD, cum laude
- University of Pennsylvania, MA
- University of Pennsylvania, BA
- New York
- Colorado
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- US District Court for the District of Delaware
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
- English
Peter J. Tucci
Los Angeles
Peter J. Tucci advises high-net-worth individuals and families on sophisticated estate planning and tax optimization strategies, including estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer (GST), and income tax matters. His practice spans the full range of estate planning services, from drafting wills, revocable trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts, insurance trusts, and charitable trusts to preparing business documents such as LLC operating agreements, purchase agreements, and promissory notes.
- New York University School of Law, APC, Taxation
- Yale Law School, JD
- Princeton University, AB, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- California
- New York
- English
Tyler Carson
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
A seasoned lawyer, Tyler Carson advises clients on complex domestic and cross-border, public and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across multiple sectors and transaction sizes. Whether handling mid-market or multibillion-dollar deals, Tyler manages internal and external deal teams throughout the transaction life cycle, from term-sheet negotiation through post-closing matters. His strategic advice is anchored in his deep knowledge of securities law, including ’33 Act and ’34 Act compliance, US Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and corporate governance matters.
Reflecting the breadth of his practice, Tyler’s client base includes strategic companies, private equity sponsors, investment funds, hedge funds, and global financial institutions. In addition to his traditional M&A practice, Tyler has advised clients on securities issuances, shareholder activism matters, complex derivatives transactions, and healthcare royalty financings. Throughout his career he has represented EMEA and US-based clients on securities offerings and M&A transactions, managing sophisticated, high-stakes matters with institutional investors and sponsors.
- Advised Revvity, Inc. in connection with its $2.45 billion asset carve-out sale of its global Applied, Food and Enterprise Services businesses to an investment manager*
- Advised Elliott Investment Management in connection with its formation and initial capitalization of Ascent Developer Solutions, a new specialty lending platform focused on originating short-term, secured bridge loans to professional real estate developers and operators*
- Advised SDC Capital Partners on its sale of Fatbeam Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of fiber-based network solutions to education, commercial, carrier, and government customers across eight states, to funds managed by Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLC*
- Advised Ocean Network Express on its acquisition of a controlling stake in TraPac LLC, a container terminal operator and vessel stevedore that provides container terminal services in the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Oakland*
- Advised Ocean Network Express on its acquisition of Yusen Terminals, a container terminal operator and vessel stevedore operating in the Port of Los Angeles, from Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Macquarie Infrastructure Partners*
- University of Virginia Law School, JD
- Yale University, BA
- New York
- English
Andrea Giaretta
Milan
Andrea Giaretta focuses his practice on banking and finance mandates, advising sponsors, international banks, alternative lenders and corporates on complex domestic and cross-border financing transactions.
He has extensive experience across real estate finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, corporate finance and structured finance transactions. He regularly advises on high-profile and sophisticated matters, supporting clients throughout the full lifecycle of a transaction, from structuring and negotiation through to execution, refinancing and restructuring scenarios.
Andrea brings deep technical knowledge and a strong commercial approach to sponsor-driven and bank-led transactions. His practice spans a broad range of financing structures, including secured and unsecured facilities, bond issuances, securitisations and hybrid capital solutions.
- Advised a US-based investment fund on a complex hybrid debt and preferred equity transaction for a strategic company acquisition, structuring mezzanine components and intercreditor arrangements*
- Advised a leading asset management firm on the acquisition financing for a prime logistics portfolio across Italy, coordinating facilities and real estate security packages*
- Advised an international syndicate of banks on the acquisition financing for a multinational corporate group, negotiating senior facilities and guarantees*
- Milan Bar Association
- Universtità degli studi di Torino, Law School, Corporate Law
- Milan
- Italian
- English
- Spanish
Bill Kloos
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Bill Kloos focuses his practice on investment fund matters, including the structuring, formation, and negotiation of public and private investment vehicles.
Before joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Bill spent more than a decade at a global alternative investment firm, where he served for many years as legal counsel assisting the firm with various fund-related legal matters, and later as chief operating officer of the asset-backed opportunities platform, among other leadership roles.
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD, magna cum laude,
- Syracuse University, BS, summa cum laude
- New York
Laurie Rosini
New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Laurie Rosini focuses her practice on money transmission licensing, change of control matters, and regulated fintech diligence for blockchain and digital asset companies. She advises cryptocurrency platforms, token issuers, payments platforms, and broker-dealers on multi-jurisdictional licensing initiatives, change of control filings, and state and federal financial regulatory requirements. She conducts 50-state regulatory analyses and develops compliance programs tailored to digital asset business models. Laurie has handled state licensing for some of the industry’s most prominent cryptocurrency exchanges and similar platforms.
- Conducted multiple 50-state regulatory analyses for various digital asset services, financial technology, and payments platforms, in-game virtual currencies, and online marketplaces, distinguishing the regulatory posture of each service across all states*
- Led several 50-state money transmission licensing projects from start to finish, including regulator interactions with state regulators. As part of these projects, assisted clients in obtaining a New York State BitLicense, working closely with the New York State Department of Financial Services*
- Conducted Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) risk assessments and drafted BSA/AML programs for multiple financial technology and digital asset platforms*
- University of Washington School of Law, JD
- University of Miami, MS, magna cum laude
- University of Washington, BA
- Washington
- New York
- English
- French
- Spanish
Caroline Q. Robbins
Los Angeles
Caroline (Cary) Robbins advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and family offices on sophisticated estate and tax planning matters. She designs and administers tax-efficient wealth transfer structures that support multigenerational succession, asset protection, and family governance. Cary represents clients with complex financial, investment, and ownership interests, including real estate investors, entrepreneurs, business owners, private equity professionals, and beneficiaries navigating the challenges of inherited wealth.
- Legal 500 US Private Client, Recommended, 2026
- New York University School of Law, LLM, Taxation
- Columbia Law School, JD
- Bucknell University, BA
- California
- Connecticut
- New Jersey
- New York
- English
Teresa Kosmidis
Washington, DC
Teresa Kosmidis focuses her practice on consumer protection and consumer financial services regulation, compliance, enforcement, and litigation. She advises financial institutions, payments companies, FinTech companies, and other consumer-facing businesses on complex regulatory and enforcement matters at the federal and state levels, including companies that market to consumers, handle payments or billing, or face scrutiny from federal and state regulators.
Teresa brings a rare end-to-end regulatory perspective shaped by her significant experience at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where she worked across rulemaking, supervision, enforcement, and litigation. Having operated inside two of the US government’s most powerful consumer financial regulators, Teresa understands not only what the law requires, but how regulators think, prioritize, examine, investigate, and enforce across a wide range of consumer-facing business models.
Teresa also advises clients on regulatory, compliance, and enforcement issues related to cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, including consumer-facing crypto products, payments, and emerging blockchain-based business models.
At the CFPB, Teresa served in senior roles in the Offices of Regulations, Enforcement, and Supervision. She helped formulate and draft federal consumer financial regulations, advised senior leadership on regulatory strategy, and served as a subject matter expert on key statutes and rules, including the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978 and Regulation E, and the Truth in Lending Act of 1968 and Regulation Z. She regularly advised examination teams, led and supported challenging supervisory exams, and addressed novel regulatory issues in coordination with enforcement senior staff.
- CFPB, Superior Achievement Award, 2024
- CFPB, Team Achievement Award for Regulatory Guidance, 2024
- FTC, Janet D. Steiger Award, 2014
- University at Buffalo School of Law, JD, cum laude
- Cornell University, BA
- District of Columbia
- New York
- US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
- English
