McDermott Will & Emery Announces Addition of a New Partner in Securitisation & Structured Finance Group

LONDON (19 May 2008) –  McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of a new partner in the Securitisation & Structured Finance Practice Group:  Pierre Brochet joins the Firm this month.

Pierre's appointment bolsters an already highly rated team, which has grown to six partners and six associates over the past 18 months.  Pierre's appointment highlights the strengthening of the McDermott team in this area and reinforces the Firm's commitment to its numerous financial service clients and to investment in the growth of this important practice group.

Pierre joins the Firm from the London office of White & Case.  He focuses on structured finance work, in particular synthetic collateralised debt obligations (CDOs).  Pierre has broad experience in structured and straight debt securities issues.  He also has experience with asset backed securitisations, convertible and exchangeable securities and repurchases and reschedulings of defaulted bonds.

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