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McDermott Will & Emery provides legal services to clients around the world, helping them achieve their goals and navigate complex challenges. The firm has over 1,200 lawyers who collaborate across various practices and industries to offer tailored legal solutions. Their approach is characterized by a commitment to understanding each client's unique needs and delivering effective strategies that often exceed expectations. Unlike many other law firms, McDermott Will & Emery emphasizes a global presence with more than 20 locations, allowing them to serve clients in diverse markets. The company's goal is to empower clients by providing exceptional legal support that drives their success.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading health and life sciences law firm McDermott Will & Emery will host its inaugural McDermott HealthEx event on May 6 – 9 in Nashville, Tennessee.This event combines several of the Firm's premier industry-leading healthcare programs to reflect increasing convergence in the healthcare industry and facilitate cross-sector collaboration. McDermott HealthEx spans three full days of networking, dealmaking, and substantive programming designed specifically for health and life sciences executives and operators, investors, investment bankers, and other vested stakeholders."We're thrilled to finally launch the highly anticipated McDermott HealthEx. This truly 'game changing' event format will enable all major healthcare and life sciences players to convene in one venue to maximize their networking, deal-making and cross sub-sector collaboration opportunities. And where better than Nashville, the city that embodies the spirit of innovation and leadership in healthcare," said McDermott Partner Jerry Sokol.The programs included in this year's McDermott HealthEx, all with industry leading faculty, are:The Hospitals and Health Systems SummitThe PPM & ASC SymposiumThe Care Delivery and Payment Innovation SummitThe Behavioral Health ForumThe Pharma and MedTech Services ForumThe Labs & Diagnostics ForumThe Pharmacy, DME, and 340B ForumForum The Post Acute, Chronic Care, and Long-Term Care Services Forum"It's incredible that the inaugural McDermott HealthEx is coming right on the heels of opening our new McDermott Nashville office," added Ken Marlow, managing partner of McDermott's Nashville office. "With so many Nashville-based healthcare companies, and the comprehensive sub-sector coverage of McDermott HealthEx, this will be a must-attend event for Nashville healthcare executives."McDermott frequently convenes industry groups at its events, fostering meaningful partnerships and thought leadership through premier conferences. In addition to McDermott HealthEx, the Firm hosted HPE Miami in March, which brought together more than 2,100 attendees to set the stage for healthcare private equity in 2025.For more information or to register for McDermott HealthEx, please visit the event website.Modern Healthcare is the exclusive event media sponsor
, Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes four new partners to its Health & Life Sciences Practice Group: Ken Marlow, Wells Beckett, Stephen Page, and Spencer Green. Joining from K&L Gates, this group will open McDermott's new office in Nashville, Tennessee, expanding into a critical market for the healthcare industry."This talented team of lawyers is a transformative addition for McDermott, allowing us to launch in Nashville with top talent and further bolster our market-leading hospitals and health systems and healthcare private equity teams in the epicenter of the health industry," said Kristian Werling, global head of McDermott's Health & Life Sciences Practice Group. "Nashville is home to more than 900 health companies and our new presence gives us a strong connection to the unique health and life sciences ecosystem that has formed there. Simply put, it's a place that McDermott – the United States' leading health law firm – should be."Ken is a Tier-1 Chambers-ranked practitioner who brings extensive experience assisting health systems, other healthcare providers, and private equity funds with their mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investments, divestitures, and joint ventures. With a track record of more than 70 acute care hospital transactions across the country with an aggregated value in excess of $50 billion, Ken is a valued advisor in the health system sector
CHICAGO, Jan. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Kristian (Krist) Werling to be the new global head of its industry-leading Health & Life Sciences Practice Group. With over 160 lawyers across more than 20 global locations, McDermott has the largest and most proficient Health & Life Sciences Practice Group among U.S. law firms. Chambers has ranked the practice as the only Band 1 team for 15 consecutive years and McDermott has repeatedly held the top spot in PitchBook's League Tables as the most active firm representing healthcare private equity investors."Krist is an extraordinary partner, leader and mentor. From working with clients to supporting our people, he delivers the best possible results—and always with a collaborative and authentic approach," said McDermott Chairman Ira Coleman
Last week’s data breach of United Health Group’s (UHG) prescription provider comes at a critical time in the digital transformation of connected healthcare. Just as evidence shows clinicians are seeing positive results from digital processes, the security of consumer data has taken another hit. On Feb. 21 the healthcare giant confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after a cyberattack by “nation-state” hackers on the Change Healthcare platform. Optum operates the Change Healthcare platform, which is the largest payment exchange platform between doctors, pharmacies, healthcare providers, and patients in the U.S. healthcare system
WASHINGTON , Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes a new five lawyer US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) team to its Healthcare Practice Group. Joining from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the team includes Partners James "Jamie" Ravitz and Paul Gadiock and provides strategic counsel to FDA-regulated life sciences, digital health and healthcare services companies and their investors, including private equity. The group also provides critical FDA-related transactional support, leads FDA and healthcare investigations and government enforcement actions, provides FDA and healthcare regulatory general counsel services, and brings novel technologies and products through the FDA regulatory process."We have long sought to expand and bolster our existing FDA team by adding industry-leading practitioners like Jamie and Paul," said Jerry Sokol, global head of Healthcare at McDermott. "FDA regulation is a pressing concern for a rapidly increasing number of our health and life sciences and investor clients, and we're well positioned to meet all areas of critical need in the FDA space. Their decision to join McDermott reflects our status as a destination for top-tier healthcare lawyers."Jamie, who led the FDA, healthcare and consumer products compliance practice at his prior firm, works with clients across the entire spectrum of life sciences and healthcare space, including providing regulatory counsel, enforcement defense, and litigation and compliance guidance
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