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Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded - New York

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Band 4

What the Team is Known For

McDermott Will & Schulte is adept at handling M&A, dispositions and joint ventures. The firm regularly works with clients from the healthcare, life sciences and energy sectors with a strong focus on mid-market and upper middle-market transactions. The corporate team is experienced in cross-border deals, including Asian and European transactions, and is leant upon by a clientele of corporates and private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

Work Highlights

  • McDermott Will & Schulte advised Cortex on its sale to Boston Scientific.

Strengths

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They have a deep bench of expertise and are always available when needed.

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The activist team is exceptional.

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They are very good strategic advisers.

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This team is very commercial and really don't get bogged down in things that don't matter.

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They are very responsive at every level of the firm.

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Notable Practitioners

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Marc Weingarten
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Marc Weingarten
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Senior Statespeople

Marc Weingarten garners universal acclaim for the premier quality of his specialist shareholder activism practice.

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Eleazer Klein
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Eleazer Klein
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Band 1

Eleazer Klein is the global head of the firm's global shareholder activism group and maintains an excellent practice within the space as part of his broad corporate offering.

He is a true leader of the industry.

He is responsive and has a great ability to communicate.

Ele Klein is certainly the intellectual dean of the activism bar, having seen most of the complicated situations in the US market and having advised some of the most well-respected and largest investors in the world. He never misses a point.

Not only is Ele very smart, but he also really is a pleasure to work with. He has a lot of experience in the area and thinks about the campaign as a whole, not just the legal part.

Ele is a premier adviser for activist investors. He works with some of the largest and most active activists. He is whip-smart.

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Todd Finger
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Todd Finger
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Band 6
Todd Finger heads the New York office's transactions group while maintaining an active corporate practice representing clients in M&A across a broad array of industries.

He has strong knowledge of our organization and is very responsive.

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Brandon Gold
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Brandon Gold
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Up and Coming

Brandon Gold is an up-and-coming practitioner who handles matters pertaining to shareholder activism. He offers counsel to hedge funds and other investors in proxy contests, M&A and related governance issues.

He is super smart and stays on top of every single development in the field.

Brandon works exceptionally hard and smart and he is very practical in getting the work done.

He is a rising star.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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Todd Finger
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Todd Finger
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Band 6
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Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism
Marc Weingarten
S
Marc Weingarten
S
Senior Statespeople
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Eleazer Klein
1
Eleazer Klein
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Band 1
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Brandon Gold
U
Brandon Gold
U
Up and Coming
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Members

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David Grimes

Frank Steinherr

Thomas Sauermilch