Firm Leadership
Chairman
Ira Coleman is the chairman of McDermott Will & Schulte. Since Ira took on this role in 2017, the firm has embraced a new strategic direction focused on being indispensable to clients, enhancing performance and nurturing a happy, fun culture.
Under his leadership, the firm has also adopted the unofficial mantra of Always Better, representing the firm’s commitment for constant improvement with the goal of delivering ever-greater value for our clients, people and communities. With this as a foundation, the firm has experienced strong growth—outperforming the industry average across all key metrics—expanding across practices and geographies, and recruiting top talent.
Executive Committee
Consistent with our strategy, the firm’s executive committee continues to make significant investments in our client relationships, talent, infrastructure and services to better respond to our clients’ needs during a time of fundamental change in the legal industry.
At a Glance
Our award-winning practices include:
- Corporate & Transactional
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Employment
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- Private Client & Wealth Management
- Regulatory
- Tax
We provide multifaceted advice across global market sectors, including:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Energy & Infrastructure
- FinTech & Blockchain
- Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
- Health & Life Sciences
- Insurance
- Media, Entertainment & Sports
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Technology
We counsel clients in more than 100 countries across 6 continents:
59% of Fortune 100 companies
29% of German DAX 40 and France CAC 40 companies
38% of S&P 500 companies
45% of NASDAQ 100 companies
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