Ms Michelle Lowery > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile

The ‘consistently excellent’ team at McDermott Will & Emery LLP leverages its strength across the full spectrum of antitrust issues to offer a strong litigation practice with notable strength advising on civil class actions and price-fixing allegations. Global practice co-head Raymond Jacobsen, in Washington DC, has a strong track record acting for clients in the defense industry. Katharine O’Connor, in Chicago, handles antitrust compliance and litigated merger work for clients in the healthcare, food, and manufacturing sectors; also in Chicago is Stephen Wu, who co-chairs the firm’s healthcare antitrust sub-group. Michelle Lowery splits her time between Los Angeles and Chicago and heads the firm’s West Coast antitrust offering. In New York, Nicole Castle is another key contact for healthcare antitrust work, working alongside seasoned antitrust expert Elai Katz, who joined the team from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP  in August 2023. Another new arrival is Ryan Tisch, who joined the Washington DC office from Crowell & Moring LLP in May 2023, strengthening the team’s merger clearance offering.

Comfortably acting across a wide spectrum of industries, including telecommunications, agriculture, aerospace, financial services and defense, McDermott Will & Emery LLP is best known for vast experience in the healthcare sector with particular proficiency at the overlap with technology-related matters. Key contacts for such matters are Chicago’s Stephen Wu and Michelle Lowery, who splits her time between Los Angeles and Chicago. Washington DC-based practice head Raymond Jacobsen’s specialisms include the representation of clients in the defense industry, while Ryan Tisch, who joined the firm from Crowell & Moring LLP in May 2023 and is also based in Washington DC, is adept at antitrust-related regulatory reviews across multiple jurisdictions. New York’s Elai Katz joined the team in August 2023 from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, strengthening the team’s expertise in the financial services, retail and pharmaceuticals segments. Andrew Lee departed in June 2023.