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Ms Michal Berkner
Work Department
Corporate Advisory
Position
Michal Berkner is a partner in the London transactions practice and is one of Europe’s preeminent M&A practitioners within the life sciences, healthcare and technology sectors. She advises major strategic buyers and sellers in game-changing public and private transactions, including cross-border deals, negotiated and unsolicited transactions, takeover defenses, corporate governance, and joint ventures.
Michal who is dual qualified (New York and England and Wales) is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers Global and Chambers UK. She also received a highly commended distinction in the Women in Law category at The British Legal Awards 2019. In 2017, Michal was included in the Financial Times HERoes list, which recognizes the top 50 female champions of women in business in the UK and Ireland. Over her 27 year legal career based in New York and London she has advised on some of the largest and most complex global M&A transactions.
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Lawyer Rankings
London > Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
Lauded for advice that ‘balances the risks and benefits of any given approach clearly’, McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP is active across regulatory matters such as medical device certifications and transactional work spanning M&A, IP transfers and growth capital investments. Sharon Lamb heads up the team and has a far-reaching practice spanning commercial, regulatory and transactional expertise. Hamid Yunis is a key contact for private equity transactions. Michal Berkner, who joined from Cooley (UK) LLP in February 2024, further bolsters the team’s transactional capacities and counts takeover defences, corporate governance, and joint ventures among her practice strengths. David Gibson and Bella North are further key names to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Finance > High yield
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Real estate > Property finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Employment > Employers