• Represented a US private equity sponsor in its strategic partnership with, and equity investment in, a leading US manufacturer of orthotic and prosthetic products and in subsequent joint venture and add-on acquisition matters, through to the successful divestment of the platform
• Represented publicly traded Japanese client KAKEN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of Aadi Bioscience, Inc. and substantially all of its assets, including FYARRO^®, a drug for treating malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa) in adults
• Represented a US search engine optimization company in its sale, for cash and stock, of substantially all assets to a Nasdaq Nordic-listed online gaming concern
• Represented a US private equity sponsor in its sale of a majority stake in a home décor e-commerce retailer
• Represented a US private equity sponsor in its exit of a home flooring products platform
• Represented a leading educational technology company in its cross-border purchase of substantially all assets of an online learning platform, with a related equity financing round
• Represented a leading US private equity sponsor in its exit of a home healthcare business
• Represented a US debt fund in connection with the take-private acquisition of an NYSE-listed sleep products company
• Represented a private equity sponsor in its sale of a biotherapeutics-focused portfolio company to a London-listed acquirer*
• Represented a major Canadian pension fund in several growth equity direct investments focused on the technology and life sciences spaces*
• Represented a European financial services firm in its acquisition of a US-based provider of ETF data and analytics*
• Represented a multinational infrastructure investor’s US subsidiary in separate acquisitions of substantially all assets of almost a dozen private aviation and engineering companies*
• Represented a NASDAQ-listed technical and consulting company in its acquisition of all outstanding shares of a nationwide provider of energy efficiency programs*
• Represented a private equity sponsor in a PIPE in a NASDAQ-listed freight and logistics company*
• Represented a private equity sponsor in a growth equity financing of a food products concern*
• Represented a high-tech materials company in its sale of substantially all its assets to the portfolio company of a French multinational*
• Represented a private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a specialized food distributor*
• Represented an iconic American manufacturer in its suite of eight Section 363 carve-out asset sales following a contested Chapter 11 auction*
• Represented a major national mortgage lender in various restructuring and divestment matters*
• Represented a sports media sponsor in its fund formation and platform acquisition*
• Represented the founders of an international medical device company in their management buyout*
• Represented a NASDAQ-listed pharmaceuticals company in a wide variety of corporate governance and US Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure matters*
• Represented a private equity sponsor in its co-investment in a Vietnamese furniture manufacturing concern*
• Represented the portfolio company of a multinational infrastructure investor in its sale of interests in certain regulated electric transmission and telecommunications businesses*
• Represented a major Japanese keiretsu in certain cross-border mergers and acquisitions*
• Represented a sports media company in its sale of substantially all assets to a strategic acquirer*
• Represented a Brooklyn-based microenterprise project in certain pro bono corporate governance and commercial matters*
• Represented the US partners of a premier European soccer team in their youth soccer joint venture*
• Represented a century-old New York nonprofit clinic provider in its merger with a regional medical hospital*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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Max is also a member of the firm’s Institutional Sexual Misconduct Response Team (SMRT) and assists clients with sensitive and often high-profile matters.

Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Max worked for an international law firm where he focused his practice on commercial disputes, eDiscovery matters, and dealing with issues surrounding cybersecurity and data privacy laws.

During law school, Max was a legal extern for Judge William Ray II at the Georgia Court of Appeals, and a legal extern for GE Power.  Max was also a member of the Emory Moot Court Society.

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Prior to joining the Firm, Kevin was general counsel for the Kayne Anderson Energy Funds. In this role, he advised the Funds and their portfolio companies on the structuring of investments, acquisitions and disposition of assets and equity, financing transactions, litigation, employment issues and various other matters. He also advised on the formation, structuring and governance of private equity funds with commitments exceeding $7 billion.

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• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. in a $150 million equity commitment by certain of its affiliates to HRM Resources III, LLC to acquire oil and natural gas assets across the lower 48.
• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. in a $148.50 million equity commitment by certain of its affiliates to Land Run Minerals V, LLC to acquire and manage mature royalty assets and Land Run’s associated acquisition of a unique, large-scale, mature royalties asset located in the core fairway of the Mid-Continent’s STACK play.
• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. in a $182.50 million equity commitment by certain of its affiliates to TreadStone Energy Partners III, LLC to acquire oil and natural gas assets across the lower 48 with scalable exploitation and development upside.
• TreadStone Energy Partners II, LLC’s $271 million sale of its operated oil and gas assets in South Texas and associated follow on royalties sale.
• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. in an over $400 million equity commitment by certain of its affiliates to Kraken Resources II, LLC to acquire large, oil-weighted acquisitions in the Williston Basin.
• Westlawn Group in its $174 million acquisition of non-operated working interests and mineral/royalty interests in the Permian Basin.
• Kayne Anderson Energy Funds in connection with HRM Resources III, LLC’s sale of its oil and gas assets in the Green River Basin of Wyoming.
• Silver Hill Energy Partners’ sale of certain Delaware Basin upstream subsidiaries to RSP Permian for $2.4 billion*
• Silver Hill Energy Partners’ sale of its Delaware Basin midstream subsidiary to Targa Resources*
• Casillas Petroleum Resource Partners II, LLC sale of its oil and gas assets in the SCOOP play in Oklahoma (and simultaneous settlement of litigation related thereto) to Continental Resources, Inc. *
• Casillas Petroleum Resource Partners I & II in the acquisition of over $400 million of oil and gas properties in Oklahoma*
• Kraken Oil & Gas in multiple acquisitions of oil and gas properties in the Williston Basin*
• Portfolio companies of private equity funds in the $360 million sale of Oklahoma oil and gas assets to a Korean conglomerate (and successfully obtained CFIUS approval for such sale) *
• Riverbend Oil & Gas in the acquisition and divestiture of several non-operated working interests and mineral/royalty interests across multiple U.S. onshore basins*
• Adventure Exploration Partners II, LLC’s $249 million sale of operated Midland Basin oil and gas assets with various joint sellers to RSP Permian, Inc.*
• Panther Energy Company II LLC in the sale of its Delaware Basin assets to WPX Energy, Inc. for $775 million*
• Canyon Midstream Partners in the sale of its Permian Basin midstream subsidiary*
• Fund sponsor in connection with continuation fund/stapled secondary transaction*
• Beacon E&P Company, LLC in its $160 million divestiture of Barnett Shale assets to a strategic buyer backed by a Chinese private equity fund (and successfully obtained CFIUS approval for such sale) *
• Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC’s sale of its Marcellus Shale oil and gas assets for $590 million to a publicly traded buyer*
• Grenadier Energy Partners II, LLC’s sale of its Midland Basin assets for $420 million to Surge Energy US Holdings Company*
• Newton Energy Partners’ $180 million acquisition of legacy PDP oil and gas assets in Alberta, Canada*
• Newton Energy Partners sale of its Canadian operating subsidiary to Aspenleaf Energy Limited*
• A Canadian subsidiary of Newton Energy Partners in a successful $185-million judgement for fraud and breach of contract arising from misrepresentations made by the seller of Canadian oil and gas assets to Newton under a share purchase and sale agreement, including a judgment that included one of the largest loss of opportunity awards ever made in Alberta
• Defense of a private midstream company in Clean Air Act citizen suit filed by the Sierra Club alleging violations by a natural gas gathering and processing facility*
• Energy Contractors’ sale of its oilfield services assets in various eastern states to a public company*
• HRM Resources/Winter Ridge Energy in the sale of over $100 million oil and gas assets in Colorado and Wyoming*
• Sagebrush Resources’ $180 million sale of its oil and gas assets in the Williston Basin to a private-equity backed purchaser*
• Cavallo Energy’s sale of Texas oil and gas leases and associated oilfield equipment to Linn Energy*
• Kayne Anderson Energy Funds in connection with structuring and funding numerous management teams for oil and gas exploration, midstream infrastructure acquisition and development, and mineral and royalty acquisitions*
• Kayne Anderson Energy Fund portfolio companies in obtaining borrowing base revolving credit facilities*
• Kayne Anderson Energy Fund portfolio companies in numerous other acquisition and monetization transactions of oil and gas properties*
• Indian exploration and production company in connection with the acquisition and financing of various producing properties in Ecuador and Thailand
• Private company in negotiating Mineral Development Agreement with Native American Indian Tribe and joint venture with independent energy company for field exploration and development
• Major energy company in its acquisition of a U.S. gas marketing company
• Private U.S. exploration and production company in connection with the sale of $120 million of domestic onshore producing properties
• European energy company in its disposition of its interest in a Dominican Republic power plant
• Selling shareholders in connection with the sale of the stock of an oil field services company to publicly traded buyer, including related real estate lease
• U.S. oil and gas company in connection with its development of an LNG facility in Canada and associated downstream gas sales agreements
• European-based energy company in connection with its acquisition of a minority interest in the Camisea LNG project and related upstream assets, and an LNG sales and purchase agreement for all of the LNG produced at the Camisea liquefaction facility
• European energy company in the charter of LNG vessels trading between the Middle East, Europe and the United States
• European-based energy company in connection with the formation of a joint venture to upgrade and expand a petrochemical plant and related facilities in Libya
• U.S. energy company in connection with voyage charters for the transportation of coal from Colombia to New York
• Spanish and Russian energy company in connection with LNG sale and purchase agreements for the Atlantic and Pacific basins
• U.S. oil and gas company’s private placement of convertible debt totaling $37.5 million
• U.S. hedge fund, serving as both lender and agent, in connection with a $70 million senior secured credit facility to a maritime construction company and take out of existing lenders and credit facilities
• Initial purchaser and placement agent in the first ever broadly distributed private placement of oil and gas MLP units totaling approximately $115 million
• Private equity, venture capital firms and private investors in creating various types of entities for the purpose of investing in and acquiring producing properties in the onshore and offshore Gulf Coast regions, California, on Indian Tribal Lands in Montana and various other areas

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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• Main Street Ministries, Governance Committee

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Nicholas also has experience both representing, and negotiating policies with, representation and warranties insurance providers.

During law school, Nicholas was an articles & comments editor for the University of Miami Law Review.

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Additionally, Raja advises clients on strategic commercial transactions, including supply, manufacturing, distribution, third-party logistics, reseller, and franchise agreements. He also counsels clients on IP and commercial contract issues that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions, including technology-related diligence, transition services agreements, and reverse-licensing agreements.

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• Represented a leading US hospital system in outsourcing its IT infrastructure, applications development, and applications maintenance services to Accenture
• Represented a leading insurance company in outsourcing its IT and business process operations to NTT DATA
• Represented major accounting, tax, consulting, and business advisory firms in several licensing and professional services agreements with vendors
• Represented a major pharmacy and retail store chain in several IT, professional services, data, and IP licensing agreements
• Represented multiple retail, healthcare, and e-commerce clients in licensing agreements with data aggregators, data analytics companies, and data marketplaces
• Represented several electronic health record providers in negotiating collaboration, IP, and service agreements
• Represented a prominent real estate investment management company in several licensing and services agreements with vendors
• Counseled a prominent European pharmaceutical company in negotiating a collaboration and co-commercialization agreement with a prominent drug manufacturer in the United States*
• Represented a biotechnology company in the negotiation and preparation of a multijurisdictional research, commercialization, and distribution agreement*
• Represented multiple US-based restaurant franchises in the negotiation of service agreements and master services agreements in Latin America and Asia*

*Matters handled prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte.

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Jamie applies her regulatory insights to help clients proactively navigate complex state and federal reimbursement laws. She also handles regulatory due diligence for healthcare transactions, helping assess private equity deals and other healthcare transactions to minimize risk for her clients and maximize deal efficiencies.

In addition, Jamie defends clients facing disciplinary actions initiated by state agencies and professional licensure boards – another area where her experience in the Florida healthcare space provides her with unique insights. She also defends clients facing fraud and abuse investigations, qui tam actions and healthcare-related litigation and insolvency matters.

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• Florida Bar Health Law Section, Chair (June 2026 – Present)
• Florida Bar Health Law Section, Executive Council Member (2018-Present)
• Florida Bar Health Law Updates, Editor in Chief (2017-2021)
• Leadership Broward Class XXXVII
• Anti-Defamation League, Glass Leadership Institute (2019-2020)

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Jeff is a frequent author and speaker on international tax topics for the Tax Executives Institute, American Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association. Jeff has also served as an adjunct professor in international taxation at Georgetown and the Northwestern University Law Center.

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• Represented Walmart as tax counsel in its acquisition of an approximately 77% stake in Indian e-commerce company Flipkart*
• Represented The Clorox Company as tax counsel in the split-off of consumer products businesses to Henkel KGaA*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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