McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP is active across the banking, pharmaceutical, and telecommunications sectors, with a client base which includes prominent corporates and high net worth individuals. Kevin Cummings leads the team. Cummings has experience in high value corporate reorganisations, including those with multijurisdictional aspects. Robert Marshall leads the internal executive compensation and benefits practice. Sarah Gabbai ‘delivers high quality advice coupled with impeccable client service’.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘This practice and the tax team in particular continue to tick all the boxes in terms of quality of advice, responsiveness and client service. There is nothing not to like. They also have a strong commitment to pro bono work, where they deliver the same impeccable service levels.’
‘Sarah Gabbai continues to stand out for the relentless consistency with which she delivers high quality advice coupled with impeccable client service and responsiveness. She’s someone who always goes the extra mile, and quickly!’
‘Sarah Gabbai is of note in this team and would recommend.’
‘Deep business knowledge, broad experience in the areas which are relevant for us.’
‘Kevin Cummings has a very broad experience in the financial service sector and a deep knowledge of how this business works. He is very solutions-oriented and highly committed to move things forward quickly in the best interest of the client.’
Key clients
- Puttshack USA Inc
- Oka, The Carbon Insurance Company
- Disguised Remuneration Settlement Opportunity Proposal
- Coöperatieve H2 Equity Partners Fund VI
- Naxicap Partners
- Eqwal Group
Work highlights
- Involved in a high-profile pro bono project, tasked with finding a proposal for a solution to the problem of historic disguised remuneration schemes and related tax charges under the Loan Charge.
- Advising Oka in its launch of a Lloyd’s syndicate-in-a-box and US service company providing first-of-its-kind insurance protections against carbon credit risks.
- Advising H2 Equity Partners on the acquisition of the William Hackett group from members of the Burgess family.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kevin Cummings