News About McDermott Will & Schulte

McDemott Will & Emery plans Mayfair office move amid Schulte merger talks

Relocation is slated for 2028 and comes just two years after the US firm moved to its current London home at 22 Bishopsgate

17 Jun 2025

McDermott, Schulte in merger talks to create $2.8bn firm

Tie-up would create top 20 US firm by revenue and headcount

9 May 2025

Wong adds Magic Circle heft to McDermott’s City credentials

Finance and restructuring partner spent more than 20 years at legacy A&O

28 Apr 2025

McDermott shutters Singapore office ending Asia presence

Closure leaves US firm with eight overseas offices, all in in Europe

7 Apr 2025

McDermott hires partner from Skadden as UK tax head

Alex Jupp marks US firm’s 11th lateral hire in London over past year

25 Mar 2025

US private equity firm AE Industrial hires McDermott partner as first GC

Matthew Friendly leaves McDermott after 11 years, taking up his first in-house role

30 Jan 2025

Greenberg Traurig hires teams from McDermott and life sciences boutique for Munich debut

Five lawyers join from McDermott and four from Ehlers Ehlers & Partners for base focused on private equity, healthcare and life sciences work

30 Jan 2025

McDermott Will & Emery adds arbitration partner from Curtis in London

Milo Molfa is the firm’s 11th lateral hire in the past 12 months

28 Jan 2025

McDermott refreshes antitrust leadership with trio of appointments

Ryan Tisch, Jon Dubrow and Christian Krohs replace veteran partner Ray Jacobsen

24 Jan 2025

Bonus season gets underway as quartet of Big Law firms fall in line with Milbank

Cravath, Paul Hastings, McDermott and Fried Frank match Milbank in handing out up to $140,000 of extra cash to associates

21 Nov 2024

McDermott expands private equity bench with partner hire from CMS

Healthcare deals specialist Jason Zemmel will be based in London

29 Oct 2024

Squire Patton Boggs, McDermott add corporate and M&A partners in London

Former Goodwin counsel Ben Morgan joins SPB, while Sebastien Bonneau joins McDermott from Eversheds

30 Sep 2024

Sidley recruits McDermott’s Los Angeles litigation team head

Jon Dean continues Chicago firm’s Southern California growth push

29 Aug 2024

McDermott boosts London real estate practice with double Fried Frank hire

Arrival of Darren Rogers and Devina Rana will establish ‘more visible and cohesive offering in London and across Europe’

27 Jun 2024

McDermott refreshes German leadership

Restructuring specialist Matthias Kampshoff takes over as head of Chicago firm’s largest international practice

14 Jun 2024

McDermott swoops for MoFo leveraged finance duo in London

Partners Chris Kandel and John Burge join as US firm continues London hiring spree

14 May 2024

McDermott Will & Emery refreshes London leadership team

Aymen Mahmoud to replace Hamid Yunis as London managing partner, with Graham White named senior partner

7 May 2024

McDermott hires two senior Shearman tax specialists in Paris

Longstanding partner Niels Dejean is switching firms ahead of A&O Shearman merger with counsel Anne-Sophie Maes

15 Apr 2024

WFW completes double energy partner hire from McDermott in Singapore

Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Merrick White’s move leaves McDermott with just one Singapore partner

9 Apr 2024

McDermott strengthens London private equity practice with partner hire from Sidley Austin

Mid-market specialist Fatema Orjela adds further bench depth to firm’s transactions group

5 Apr 2024