Chambers Review
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Litigation Finance Deal Counsel - USA - Nationwide
What the Team is Known For
McDonald Hopkins is a Midwestern law firm with a well-respected litigation finance practice. The team regularly advises clients including alternative investment funds, litigation finance firms and borrowers on loan structuring, multi-jurisdictional disputes and bankruptcy issues, among other matters.
Strengths
The team at McDonald Hopkins is very responsive, collaborative and personable.
The firm has deep experience on both the insurance and funding side of deals which allows it to provide advice on policy negotiation points with both legal expertise and commercial common sense.
McDonald Hopkins has an extremely practical and business-minded approach to law. They are not just billing hours: they want to get the job done well and quickly to meet the client's business needs.
Notable practitioners
Marc Carmel is the managing member of the McDonald Hopkins Chicago office. A large portion of his practice is devoted to assisting clients with commercial litigation funding, particularly in insolvency matters.
Marc Carmel is quite simply the best in the industry when it comes to understanding the key issues and finding a path to a deal.
Marc Carmel is very commercial, quick and responsive. He is a trusted adviser.
Marc Carmel is a pro. We love working with him.
Marc Carmel is so smart, insightful and easy to work with. He can draw on years of experience with a variety of transactions and he is very accommodating and reliable too.
Edward Reilly is counsel at McDonald Hopkins and has a wealth of experience in litigation funding. Reilly can often be found advising law firms on monetising its portfolios.
Edward Reilly is an experienced hand whose counsel we trust.
Edward Reilly really knows his stuff. He is a very experienced lawyer.