McDermott Will & Emery is an international

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with a diversified business practice. The firm is one of the largest grossing law firms in the US and globally, and its lawyers represent a wide range of commercial, industrial and financial enterprises, both publicly and privately held. The firm consists of multiple legal entities that are coordinated through service agreements: McDermott Will & Emery

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(based in

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with offices throughout the US and a foreign office in

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), McDermott Will & Emery AARPI (France), McDermott Will & Emery Belgium LLP, McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP (both based in

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with offices in

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or, respectively,

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), McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato (Italy) and McDermott Will & Emery UK

Size

McDermott has more than 1,100 lawyers across 20 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.

History

Chicago lawyers Edward H. McDermott and William M. Emery founded the firm in 1934. Initially focused as a tax law firm, a corporate department was established when Howard A. Will joined the firm in 1941. As the century progressed, the firm added capabilities across the legal spectrum, eventually opening eight more offices on both coasts. By 1984, the firm numbered 150 lawyers; over the ensuing 20 years, however, the firm underwent a significant growth spurt—by the firm's 70th anniversary in 2004, McDermott numbered over 1,000 lawyers.

Locations

McDermott has 20 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia/Pacific. It has a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in

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Recognition and rankings

*Named as one of the top 15 defense litigation law firms in the United States by The National Law Journal on its annual Defense Hot List. *Ranked among the top 10 law firms singled out by corporate counsel as driving innovative changes in the legal services marketplace. *Recognized as one of the top 10 law firms representing the growing health care industry in the United States. *Recognized by ''The Chambers Global Guide'' for excellence in numerous practice areas, and several McDermott lawyers were ranked as leaders in their field. *The

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(HRC) named McDermott Will & Emery as one of the record number of U.S. companies earning the top rating of 100 percent in its annual Corporate Equality Index. *For the third quarter of 2008, McDermott's mergermarket rankings included top 20 for number of U.S. buyouts, top 10 for number of U.S.-Midwest region deals and top 10 by value of deals in Swedish M&A. According to Mergerstat, McDermott ranked in the top 20 for U.S. announced deals, as well as ranked among the top for U.S. middle market advisors and U.S. private equity advisors based on both value and number of deals.

Notable alumni

* Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, California state court judge * Neil Auerbach, co-founder of Hudson Clean Energy Partners *

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, member of the

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and a former member of the

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representing the 1st Essex District * M. Miller Baker, judge of the

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Andrew Batavia Andrew ("Drew") I. Batavia (June 15, 1957 – January 6, 2003) was a disability rights activist, health policy researcher, author, and associate professor at Florida International University who, at the age of 16, sustained a spinal cord injury. ...

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, health policy researcher, author, and associate professor at

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* Robert J. Cordy, former Associate Justice of the

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, political operative,

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, author, and television commentator * Eric Hargan, former

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* Jerrold Hercenberg,

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for the

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and

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industry *

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of the

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* E. Grey Lewis, former

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, former

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for

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* Anne Pramaggiore, former senior executive vice president and CEO of Exelon Utilities *

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* Neil F. Quinter, former member of the

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* Larry Ribstein, law professor and author * Andrew Sherman, corporate and transactional lawyer and author and senior partner at

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, former

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grandmaster

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