John Reiss > White & Case LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Primarily based in New York, White & Case LLP‘s Americas corporate and M&A group balances a busy workload of domestic and cross-border deals, benefitting from a global network of offices and ‘strong multilingual capabilities‘. The firm fields extensive industry-specific expertise in the healthcare, tech, energy, infrastructure and financial services spaces, where practitioners advise investment banks as financial advisors, and leading corporations and private equity firms as sellers or acquirers in high-stakes M&A. Global head John Reiss brings deep experience in business deals, and is a key reference for private equity sponsors. Chang-Do Gong – who spearheads the firm’s Americas M&A group – possesses a strong transactional track record in the media, pharma, energy, IT, telecoms and infrastructure segments. Michael Deyong ‘can advise on the legal and business aspects of the most complex and significantly strategic matters‘; he is the trusted advisor to an impressive roster of corporate clients and SPACs. Focused on the oil and gas, solar energy, entertainment and financial services sectors, Morgan Hollins is a contact in the Houston office for public and private companies, as well as conflict committees. Partners Kimberly Petillo-Décossard and Ross Sturman, and associate Joseph Rosati joined the New York office from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in March 2023.

The private equity practice at White & Case LLP is a globally integrated full-service offering, assisting clients through all stages of their investments by working closely with the firm’s specialist groups in regulatory compliance, antitrust, and tax. The team is renowned for complex cross-border PE and M&A capabilities, advising corporates on multi-billion take private transactions, particularly in the infrastructure space. Oliver Brahmst co-heads the team from New York, having recently represented key client CVC Capital Partners in a $3.5bn investment of a minority stake in Authentic Brands Group LLC. Also leading the team is John Reiss , who is a trusted advisor to major clients including Harvest Partners, Roark Capital and Cobeqa. Luke Laumann is the global relationship partner to infrastructure giant Macquarie, having led on the $4.75bn sale of its Atlantic Aviation business to KKR. In Chicago, Gary Silverman’s broad sector focus encompasses industries such as manufacturing, life sciences, and media, while Adam Cieply is the firm’s global relationship partner to Brookfield. Daniel Kozin is noted for his skill representing sponsors in sophisticated acquisitions, divestitures and equity investments. All lawyers are New York based unless stated. Germaine Nicole Gurr departed the firm in February 2023.