McDermott Will & Schulte, formerly McDermott Will & Emery, is a global law firm of 1,750+ lawyers advising startups to multinationals across healthcare, corporate, litigation, IP, tax and AI law.
McDermott Will & Schulte, formerly known as McDermott Will & Emery, is a global law firm providing integrated legal counsel to organisations ranging from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm fields more than 1,750 lawyers and business professionals across over 20 locations worldwide, serving clients on multiple continents.
Its practice spans several core areas: corporate transactions, litigation, intellectual property, tax, healthcare regulatory law and artificial intelligence law. Healthcare is a longstanding strength, built on decades of experience advising clients through regulatory complexity and transformative transactions. The AI practice is a more recent addition, addressing the legal questions raised by the technology.
The firm serves clients across a number of industry verticals, notably healthcare, innovative early-stage companies and large multinational groups. It describes its guiding ethos as an "Always Better" approach to clients, colleagues and communities, and characterises its culture as warm, authentic and collaborative, one in which individual perspectives are valued and colleagues are encouraged to bring their true selves to work.