M&A
McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP focuses on cross-border M&A advice to family offices, medium-sized and DAX companies as well as international groups in the healthcare and life sciences, TMT, food, aerospace and automotive as well as real estate sectors and is particularly active in the European and US sphere. Practice head Philipp Grenzbach assists financial investors with acquisitions and public takeovers, as does Clemens Just, who also advises on private takeovers and corporate law; Norbert Schulte further advises on cross-border joint ventures. Rolf Hünermann and Philip Schmidt (corporate and investigation) joined the team from Reed Smith LLP in September and October 2022, respectively, while the arrival of Holger Ebersberger (previously Noerr) and Hanno Witt (previously Latham & Watkins LLP) strengthened the firm's private equity practice in March 2023. Nikolaus von Jacobs (M&A, private equity and venture capital), senior counsel Christian von Sydow (M&A and restructurings) and private equity lawyer Germar Enders left for Reed Smith in May and August 2023 respectively.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Carsten Böhm: Very reliable, pragmatic, keeps an overview of what's important.'
- 'Our requirements for advice from McDermott are very well known and are taken into account without the need for extensive coordination.'
- 'Very good collaboration with Dr. Carsten Böhm. In addition to his professional quality, Mr. Böhm has excellent communication skills and also has a very good commercial understanding.'
- 'Very trusting, long-term contact with the team. Our requirements for advice from McDermott are very well known and are taken into account without the need for extensive coordination. This long-standing, stable teamwork is paying off for us.'
- 'A very high level of expertise, short response times and individual advice characterise the collaboration and are very valuable to us.'
Key clients
- Belden Inc.
- Door2Door GmbH
- Gesellschafter der Office Partner Gruppe
- Great Mountain Partners
- Gründer und bisherigen Gesellschafter der FotoFinder Systems GmbH
- Intersnack International B.V.
- Lobster GmbH
- Merck KGaA
- Volkswagen Financial Services AG
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Philipp Grenzebach