Megan Vallerie > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
340 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10173-1922
NEW YORK
United States
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Megan Vallerie
Work Department
Corporate Advisory
Position
Megan Vallerie advises clients on a broad range of complex real estate transactions on both the debt and equity sides of the table. She has significant experience representing banks, life insurance companies, capital markets lenders, debt funds and other alternative lenders at all levels of the capital stack, including in connection with mortgage and mezzanine financing, securitized loans, construction lending, preferred equity investments, bridge financing and other structured financings, as well as intercreditor, co-lender and participation arrangements.
Megan also regularly represents institutional investors, operators and developers in the acquisition, financing, development, operation and disposition of various assets, including retail, office, multifamily, industrial, medical office and life science properties.
In addition, Megan has experience handling debt restructuring, workouts and loan modifications for both lenders and borrowers.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
Following the major expansion of its Los Angeles and Chicago offices in the last few years, McDermott Will & Emery LLP‘s New York office continues the trend and has welcomed the arrival of partners Megan Vallerie from Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Marshall Brozost and Alykhan Shivji from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and Billy Hildbold from Morrison Foerster, all joining in May 2022. The firm is well-known for its portfolio and representation of private equity clients, institutional investors and developers in acquisitions and dispositions. Global practice chair Jeffrey Steiner is experienced in restructuring, structuring and managing complex real estate debt and equity investments and investment vehicles in the US and worldwide. Justin Bender in Chicago is another key hire from Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Los Angeles’ Mal Serure is the go-to for REITs and Japanese clients.
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- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Government > Government contracts