North America - United States • Antitrust
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Comfortably acting across a wide spectrum of industries, including telecommunications, agriculture, aerospace, financial services and defense, McDermott Will & Emery LLP is best known for vast experience in the healthcare sector with particular proficiency at the overlap with technology-related matters. Key contacts for such matters are Chicago’s Stephen Wu and Michelle Lowery, who splits her time between Los Angeles and Chicago. Washington DC-based practice head Raymond Jacobsen’s specialisms include the representation of clients in the defense industry, while Ryan Tisch, who joined the firm from Crowell & Moring LLP in May 2023 and is also based in Washington DC, is adept at antitrust-related regulatory reviews across multiple jurisdictions. New York’s Elai Katz joined the team in August 2023 from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, strengthening the team’s expertise in the financial services, retail and pharmaceuticals segments. Andrew Lee departed in June 2023.
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Testimonials
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‘My consistent experience of the firm is that they are excellent across the board.’
‘Expertise and commerciality - the perfect combination.’
- 'Joel Grossberg has some of the broadest and deepest knowledge of M&A antitrust history of anyone in the DC bar. He blends legal knowledge with commercial realities in a way that is hard for most of his peers to match.'
- 'High profile, well-regarded team.'
- 'Ryan Tisch is the best antitrust attorney I have ever worked with. Intelligent, articulate, knows his clients inside and out, a genuinely good person who is a delight to work with. He thinks practically, and business clients love him.'
- 'It is a great pleasure working with excellent lawyers, in particular Elai Katz, who is an outstanding expert.'
- 'The team is superb. The breadth of resources is unmatched.'
- 'Katharine O’Connor is methodical and relentless. She explains clear objectives.'
Key clients
- Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
- Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
- Prime Therapeutics LLC
- Reproductive Medicine Associates of Philadelphia
- Constellation Brands
- Lockheed Martin
- Premier Inc.
- Motorola Mobility LLC
- Treehouse Foods, Inc.
- Du Pont de Nemours, Inc.
- CSXT
- Corteva Inc.
- Perkin Elmer
- Southern Illinois Healthcare
- Voyant Beauty LLC
- Apple Inc.
- Poly/HP, Inc.
- Cedars Sinai Health System
- Airboss of America
- Envision Healthcare Corporation and Envision Physician Services
- Dr.First
- Airbnb, Inc.
- CareMetx
Work highlights
- Represented a former CEO of a healthcare company in a no-poach market allocation case brought by the DOJ Antitrust Division.
- Represented Motorola Mobility in responding to three third-party subpoenas issued in the government litigations pending against Google, Inc.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Raymond Jacobsen