McDermott Will & Schulte provides a ‘timely, focused and pragmatic’ service that covers the transactional, tax, and regulatory aspects of derivatives transactions. Lead partner Vlad Maly and counsel Giacomo Bertolissi are both derivatives specialists, with Maly focusing predominantly on cross-border financings and public M&A strategies, and Bertolissi advising financial institutions, corporates, and asset managers on margin loans and capital markets transactions. Clients remark that they are ’very economical in their approach’, and ‘think outside of the box’.
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  • ‘We’ve seen their product-specific advice to be timely, focused and pragmatic.’

  • ‘McDermott has an excellent equity derivatives team. They are particularly good at providing structuring advice and finding solutions when executing a deal.’

  • ‘Vlad Maly is the partner working on my deals. He is always available, very knowledgeable and volunteers structuring ideas.’

  • 'Very economical thinking in their approach. Thinking outside of the box.'

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Vlad Maly