ESTABLISHED IN 1934

Global Head of China Practice: Peter Lu
Number of partners: 660+
Number of associates: 560+

Key Practice Areas

Litigation & dispute resolution; Intellectual property protection & litigation; Cross-border mergers & acquisitions; Joint ventures; Corporate governance; Corporate reorganization and restructuring; Crisis management.

Firm Overview

McDermott Will & Emery regularly represent Chinese companies, Chinese state-owned enterprises and Chinese private clients, and multinational clients doing business in China, on numerous corporate and litigation matters. We add value to our clients by providing:

• Robust understanding of the business, regulatory, and cultural contexts within China (and other major economies). We provide strategic solutions critical to business success. To ensure seamless support for our Chinese clients our team also includes in-house translators.
• Full-service integrated approach, we ensure the success of our Chinese clients and clients investing into China by addressing all legal areas that impact their international business objectives.
• A substantial cross-border M&A practice comprised of 150+ lawyers across our global platform of 20+ offices. We can serve buyers and sellers with the speed and agility that transactions often demand.
• Substantial deal flow every year, including the completion of 350+ transactions over the course of 2021. We are at the forefront of the latest market trends and deliver creative solutions that infuse our commercial awareness into acquisition strategy.
• A complementary sophisticated finance team works alongside our deal teams with the advantage of being experienced in both the debt/equity and lender/borrower side – giving our clients a strategic edge during negotiations.
• One-stop, integrated team on all deals – our deal teams are a combination of senior corporate lawyers coordinating in all relevant jurisdictions and experienced specialists from other practice areas, who are familiar with working as a global team to resolve legal issues that can arise on a transaction.
• A veteran transactional tax team named “Tax Group of the Year” (Law360) brings to bear deep technical tax law expertise to support creative M&A structuring, business combinations, corporate carve-outs and other complex cross-border transactions.
• Quick signing/closing for complex deals – our deal teams are leanly staffed with experienced lawyers who have worked together to bring major transactions to signing in record time and are responsive, highly visible and client service oriented.

Key Sectors

• Financial institutions
• Life sciences
• Technology
• Energy
• Professional services
• Consumer goods
• Infrastracture