CHICAGO, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- International law
firm McDermott Will & Emery
added six partners to its Transactions Practice Group in four
cities across the United States:
Matt Carter and Zena Ho in Los
Angeles, David Huberman and
Andrew Warmus in Chicago, Min
Lee in New York and
Andy Lehman in Houston. This added strength will help clients
achieve the most beneficial outcomes and investments in a
complicated and constantly evolving market.
"This news marks another step forward in our quest as the most
sought-after firm that gets deals done while always putting the
client first," Harris Siskind,
global head of McDermott's transactions practice, said. "We
continue to be a Firm that highly-skilled lawyers like those in
this group seek to join and one whose incredible clients continue
to trust most."
"We're seeing markets change shape rapidly, and we're armed with
incredible talent to navigate these changes alongside our clients,"
Michael Poulos, McDermott's Head of
Strategy, said. "We're in the midst of a hiring boom, and this new
group is in addition to firepower added this year—99 lawyers
globally just in the Transactions group itself."
About the six new partners:
- Matt
Carter (Los
Angeles) advises private equity sponsors, institutional
direct investors and strategic acquirers on a wide range of
transactions, including leveraged buyouts, growth equity
investments, joint ventures and restructurings. He counsels clients
in an array of sectors, including technology, infrastructure,
financial services and life sciences. Matt joins from O'Melveny
& Myers.
- Zena Ho (Los Angeles) focuses her practice on real
estate and real estate finance, representing lenders, real estate
companies, real estate investment trusts and private equity funds.
She advises borrowers and lenders on real estate financing
transactions involving multifamily developments, office and
industrial parks, retail centers, mixed-use projects and
hospitality properties. She also represents lenders in the
purchase, workout and restructuring of distressed loans, debt and
equity financing and other intercreditor transactions. She joins
from Bryan Cave Leighton
Paisner.
- David
Huberman (Chicago) represents issuers and
underwriters on capital raising transactions, including private and
public offerings. He advises several Israeli companies in their
initial public offerings on US stock exchanges and ongoing
compliance with US securities laws. David also regularly represents
technology and pharmaceutical companies currently traded or on
their way to the NASDAQ. David was most recently a partner at
Sullivan & Worcester LLP.
- Min Lee (New York) counsels private fund clients in
connection with the formation and operation of private investment
funds as well as the legal, regulatory and compliance issues faced
by their sponsors. He served as legal counsel to numerous
institutional and boutique sponsors across a spectrum of investment
strategies, including buyout, real estate, credit, growth equity
and venture capital, co-investment, fund-of-funds and secondaries.
Min rejoins McDermott from Mastercard.
- Andy
Lehman (Houston) advises clients in complex
mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, structured
equity transactions and management equity arrangements. He
represents clients in conventional and renewable energy,
information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer
products and financial and business services. Andy also has
extensive experience advising private equity groups and
infrastructure funds in the context of change of control
transactions, structured equity investments and portfolio company
management. Andy joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
LLP.
- Andrew
Warmus (Chicago) focuses his practice on domestic
and cross-border M&A, joint ventures and other strategic
transactional matters. He has broad experience representing
financial sponsors, multinational public companies and private
companies in acquisitions and divestitures across multiple
industries with significant experience in the healthcare and life
sciences sectors. Andrew joins from Baker McKenzie.
McDermott recently announced additional strength to the
Transactions group with three energy-focused dealmakers, a project
finance team and six partners across the
United States.
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