Following the merger between Schulte Roth & Zabel and McDermott Will & Emery in August 2025, McDermott Will & Schulte has developed a private capital M&A disputes team focused on investment fund litigation, shareholder activism, and post M&A disputes. The practice has experience across trial, appeal, and arbitration cases. Spearheading the team is New York-based William Gussman, a commercial litigator with knowledge of fraudulent transfer actions and partnership disputes. Julia Beskin balances plaintiff and defense work, supporting direct lending and private investment clients facing distressed situations. Frank Olander was both promoted to partner, handling a range of commercial disputes and M&A litigation.
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Key clients
- Anavio Capital Partners LLP
- Anavio Equity Capital Markets Fund LP.
- Cerberus Capital Management
- Hamburg Commercial Bank AG
- LCN Capital Partners
- Maltese Capital Management LLC
- MGG Investment Group LP
- Mill Point Capital LLC
- Tiptree, Inc. and affiliates
- Viva Capital Trust
- Voce Capital Management LLC
- Wilmington Trust Company
Work highlights
Represented private equity firm Mill Point Capital LLC and its portfolio company E&M Logistics, Inc., in a lawsuit brought by private equity firm LMM Capital Partners, LLC, seeking, among other things, $25+ million in damages for an alleged fraudulent conspiracy by defendants to prevent LMM from purchasing E&M.
Represents a hedge fund, Anavio Capital Partners LLP, related entities, and its officers in a lawsuit brought by a limited partner investors in one of Anavio’s investment funds in the New York Commercial Division.
Represents Voce Capital and its cofounder, J. Daniel Plants, in a proceeding commenced under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 seeking discovery from Voce and Mr. Plants in connection with a pending shareholder appraisal proceeding before the Supreme Court of Bermuda.
Practice head
William Gussman
Other key lawyers
Julia Beskin; Frank Olander