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What the Team is Known For

McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading light in the Illinois market, drawing on its strong bench of partners and associates to offer a sophisticated, full-service approach. The firm fields specialist knowledge in areas such as corporate governance, fraud and abuse, antitrust and IT matters. The team is also active on alternative transactions in the provider space and represents private equity funds and REITs active in the healthcare space. It is also noted for its in-house digital health team.

Work Highlights

  • McDermott Will & Shulte represented Indica Labs in a significant minority investment from Leica Biosystems.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ashley Fischer
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Ashley Fischer
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Ashley Fischer has an impressive practice that deals with the antitrust issues of collaborations and joint ventures involving providers, including hospitals and health systems.

Ashley is timely and practical. She provides trustworthy advice on many transactional matters.

Ashley is a fantastic antitrust attorney who we have worked with for years. I trust her implicitly.

Ashley is a nationally renowned antitrust expert so her advice is very practical.

John M Callahan
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John M Callahan
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John Callahan frequently represents major health systems in transactions such as affiliation agreements and M&A, offering particular experience in cross-border mandates.

John is the most brilliant healthcare transactional attorney I have ever worked with. He is unique in that he can do both private equity and non-profit hospital deals.

Kerrin Slattery
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Kerrin Slattery
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Kerrin Slattery acts for an array of prominent hospitals and health systems looking to acquire, combine or restructure, as well as advising those investing in the industry.

We use Kerrin for our most sophisticated transactions and she really knows our business and how to get a deal over the finish line.

Lisa Mazur
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Lisa Mazur
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Lisa Mazur is highly regarded for her telehealth expertise, with a particular focus on regulatory and compliance matters. She acts for both technology companies and a broad range of providers, advising on cutting-edge digital health mandates.

Lisa is a leading advisor in the digital health, industry and adjacent areas. She has extensive breadth and depth of knowledge across many different healthcare-related businesses.

Lisa is an excellent partner to our business and works hand in glove with us on most major legal issues we face.

Lisa has deep knowledge of the space and thoughtful application to business.

Monica Chmielewski
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Monica Chmielewski
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Monica Chmielewski is highly praised for her regulatory strength, which includes FDA compliance, HIPAA issues and collaborative research arrangements. She advises pharmaceuticals and medical device manufacturers as well as health systems.

Monica is amazing. She has deep clinical research knowledge and experience. Her knowledge, skill set, demeanor, and level of awareness make her a perfect business partner.

Monica has a keen business sense and is always taking into account the fact you need real, practical answers.

Monica brings a high level of sophistication to her work, with deep knowledge of both the legal and operational nuances in clinical research. She has a strong understanding of our business context.

Monica is great to work with - highly knowledgeable and consistently responsive. Her expertise and professionalism make her a reliable partner for even the most complex matters.

Monica is an asset and very accommodating to our needs. She always asks the right questions in order to deliver the correct service.

Sandra DiVarco
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Sandra DiVarco
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Sandra DiVarco's impressive practice includes both transactional and regulatory matters. She is a strong choice of counsel for major providers seeking guidance in navigating high-stakes compliance concerns, with particular focus on the legal aspects of clinical regulatory, licensing and accreditation issues.

I appreciate Sandra's customer service and practicality, she is a strategic thinker.

Sandra is so knowledgeable and always has practical solutions to our client's toughest situations.

Daniel Gottlieb
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Daniel Gottlieb
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Daniel Gottlieb is a regulatory expert with a growing reputation in the data privacy space. He regularly advises organizations on HIPAA compliance and Stark Law issues.

Daniel is an extremely knowledgeable health care regulatory attorney and our organization appreciates his area of expertise. We have full confidence in the counsel that he provides to us.

I have worked with Daniel for many years and recommend him to anybody who is looking for privacy counsel.

Daniel is a very reliable and sophisticated privacy and security counsel.

Monica Wallace
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Monica Wallace
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Monica Wallace focuses her practice on assisting healthcare sector clients with an array of regulatory matters including Medicare enrollment and compliance audits.

Monica is amazing and has steered us through what could have been real disasters without her help.

Monica is very knowledgeable but also practical. She has deep practical knowledge of the business and understanding of what is important to sponsors.

Monica is considered a go-to healthcare regulatory attorney. Because of her level of sophistication and commercial awareness, I've received multiple comments from business leaders about her ability.

Ryan Higgins
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Ryan Higgins
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Ryan Higgins is developing a strong reputation for his transactional and regulatory work in the healthcare sector. He has notable experience in data privacy issues.

Ryan is great. I enjoy working with him. He has such versality and experience across the sectors that impact our organization most. He is my go-to outside lawyer.

Ryan has deep transactional experience, and we are always very comfortable using him on those deals. He is also efficient and easy to work with, which is always a plus.

Brad Dennis
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Brad Dennis
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Brad Dennis is trusted adviser on complex healthcare transactions and regulations. He guides health systems and hospitals through affiliations, acquisitions, compliance, and reimbursement matters.

Brad is extremely thorough and really knows his space well. He offers really good alternatives to get deals done.

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Ashley Fischer
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Ashley Fischer
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John M Callahan
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John M Callahan
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Kerrin Slattery
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Kerrin Slattery
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Lisa Mazur
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Lisa Mazur
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Sandra DiVarco
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Sandra DiVarco
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Daniel Gottlieb
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Daniel Gottlieb
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Monica Wallace
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Monica Wallace
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Ryan Higgins
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Ryan Higgins
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Brad Dennis
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Brad Dennis
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Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory

Monica Chmielewski
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Monica Chmielewski
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