Law Firm of the Year Nomination for German Media & Tax Teams
JUVE Directory Nominates McDermott Will & Emery as law firm of the year in the areas of German media and German tax
GERMANY (7 September 2004) — McDermott Will & Emery has been nominated as law firm of the year for tax and media/TMT by JUVE directory. JUVE publishes the popular German monthly magazine covering the legal market and the leading legal directory in Germany. With three nominees in each of the eight practice areas, the winning law firm for each category will be announced in October.
"These two nominations, which are a result of numerous interviews with peers and clients, makes us all proud of the work and service we are providing and the success we are achieving in Germany," commented Harvey Freishtat, Chairman of McDermott Will & Emery.
Lawyers in our German Tax practice have extensive experience in all tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings, income tax, VAT issues, German real estate transfer tax matters and global estate planning. Our lawyers advise clients in the German market and global organizations with interests in Germany. As such Ralf Eckert, tax partner in the Munich office, comments, “This nomination shows that McDermott is heading in the right direction with its strategy to hire laterals like Dirk Pohl and Richard Schmidt and that we are increasingly being recognized as being able to offer a comprehensive tax service independently of the Big Four firms, who have traditionally provided this in Germany."
McDermott's German telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) practice is led by Ralf Weisser and includes Oliver Steffens and Wolfgang von Frentz. The TMT practice represents clients in the mobile and fixed line telephony, fiber optics, cable and satellite TV, media, entertainment, film production and distribution, film financing, IT, software, hardware, outsourcing, technology developments, internet and e-commerce industries. Our lawyers advise on mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, strategic and regulatory matters, and litigation. "The continued success of our TMT practice is the result of the caliber, hard work and commitment of our lawyers in this very competitive marketplace," adds Dr. Weisser, who is recognized in a number of directories as a leader in the area of media and telecommunications.
