Covering the full spectrum of M&A, joint ventures, and acquisition finance matters, the McDermott Will & Emery LLP team demonstrates strong cross-border capabilities in its advice to major pharmaceutical, beverage, and construction companies. Located in Miami, Harris Siskind, who is experienced with both corporate and private equity-backed transactions, co-heads the group with New York-based Todd Finger, who is noted for his expertise in leveraged buyout transactions and restructurings, and Miami lawyer Frederic Levenson, who focuses on private equity matters. Thomas Conaghan acts on behalf of tech and hospitality clients from both Washington DC and New York, while Chicago-based John Tamisiea and Ann Marie Brodarick focus on strategic investments and divestitures. From Boston, Brian Bunn advises early-stage companies on financing matters, and in Chicago, Heidi Steele concentrates on corporate securities affairs. In Dallas, Joanna Jung-Erh Lin handles multi-jurisdictional venture financings.

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Key clients

  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Wells Enterprises, Inc.
  • Prime Therapeutics LLC
  • Heritage-Crystal Clean
  • Cordis
  • Premier, Inc.
  • American Builders & Contractors Supply Co
  • Campari Group
  • Arthur J Gallagher
  • Chord Energy
  • The Morgan family
  • Baker Hughes
  • A&M Castle & Co
  • Monumental Sports & Entertainment
  • Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
  • Solaris Health Holdings
  • US Heart & Vascular
  • Chicago Pacific Founders
  • Revelstoke Capital Management LLC
  • General Atlantic
  • NationsBenefits Holdings, LLC
  • Cuisine Solutions, Inc.
  • RiverGlade Capital, LP
  • Viking Global Investors
  • Ilitch Family
  • Delta Electronics, Inc.
  • BQ Energy
  • Deerfield Management
  • Lennar Corporation
  • Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advised The Coca-Cola Company on multiple matters, including the sales of its bottling businesses in Vietnam and Cambodia to Swire Coca-Cola; in Pakistan and Bangladesh, to Coca-Cola Icecek A.Ş.; and in Philippines to a joint venture comprised of a local Philippines investment conglomerate and one of Coca-Cola’s largest publicly-traded bottlers.
  • Advised Wells Enterprises, Inc. on its pending sale to the Ferrero Group.
  • Advised Prime Therapeutics LLC on its acquisition of Magellan Rx Management, the pharmacy division of Magellan Health, from Centene Corporation.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Harris Siskind, Frederic Levenson, Todd Finger

Other key lawyers

Thomas Conaghan, John Tamisiea, Ann Marie Brodarick, Heidi Steele, Brian Bunn, Christine Corkran Kretkowski, Joanna Jung-Erh Lin, Lindsey Reighard