Firm Leadership
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Chairman
Ira Coleman is the chairman of McDermott Will & Emery. 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, McDermott has also adopted the unofficial mantra of #AlwaysBetter, 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 McDermott’s 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:
- Antitrust
- Business Restructuring
- Corporate & Transactional
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Employment
- ESG, Impact & Sustainability
- Global Privacy & Cybersecurity
- Government & Lobbying Strategies
- Government Contracts
- Intellectual Property
- Investigations & White-Collar Defense
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Private Client & Wealth Management
- Real Estate
- Tax
We provide multifaceted advice across global market sectors, including:
- Alcohol
- Energy & Project Finance
- Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Life Sciences
- Media, Entertainment & Sports
- Private Equity
- Technology
We counsel clients in more than 100 countries across 6 continents:
73% of the Fortune 100
32% of the Forbes 100 Private Companies
53% of the German DAX Companies
55% of the CAC 40
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