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McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
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CHICAGO, IL 60606-0029
ILLINOIS
United States
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David Wolff
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Corporate Advisory
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David Wolff is the co-head of the US real estate practice and head of the Chicago real estate group. He represents private equity sponsors, real estate investment trusts, developers, capital providers and other institutional and non-institutional investors in commercial real estate, real estate finance and other related transactions. David advises clients in the structuring, negotiating and documenting of all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including financing, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing and development of various property types located throughout the US.
David also has experience representing businesses in corporate mergers and acquisitions (including healthcare transactions), and in the formation and ongoing administration of commercial and private trust companies.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
McDermott Will & Emery LLP regularly represents tenants, landlords, developers and sponsors on transactions, leasing, joint ventures, and financings across all asset classes. The firm is particularly notable for its advice to large private equity and asset management companies, as well as its broader experience on behalf of REITs, developers, and lenders. Co-head David Wolff is located in Chicago, with fellow co-heads David Herman in New York, and Mal Serure between New York and Los Angeles. Wolff is particularly experienced on structuring, negotiations, and transactions, while Herman brings expertise covering the likes of IPOs, special purpose acquisition companies, workouts and restructurings. Serure, meanwhile, is well-versed across a range of loan work that encompasses the areas of mortgage and mezzanine loan financings, among others. In 2023, Marshall Brozost, Alykhan Shivji, and David Neville left the firm.
United States > Real estate > Real estate finance
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has a sizeable nationwide team, with practice heads David Herman, Mal Serure, and David Wolff located across New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago respectively. The practice is active in financings, restructurings, workouts, joint ventures, construction projects and loans. The firm has diverse clientele ranging from buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders to landlords and tenants. Wolff has advised a number of private equity sponsors, develops, capital providers, and REITs with commercial real estate transactions. Joining the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Herman is the go-to for real estate-related companies seeking assistance with M&A, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, and other transactions. Representing a range of real estate companies, REITs, and banks, Serure advises both lenders and borrowers on mortgage and mezzanine loan financing. Real estate finance specialists Jeffrey Steiner, Scott Weinberg, and David Broderick are key names to note and are all based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- 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
- 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)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- 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 and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech