McDermott Bolsters Private Equity Team with Two New Chicago Partners

CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP is pleased to announce that
Laurence R. Bronska and Andrew W. McCune have joined the Firm as partners in the
Corporate Department based in the Chicago office. Bronska and McCune, formerly
Co-Chairs of the Midwest Private Equity Practice at DLA Piper, focus their
practice on private equity transactions.

"Larry and Andrew have been extremely active in the private equity area for more
than 20 years and enjoy exceptional reputations as leading transactional
attorneys. Their focus on private equity sponsors, non-control investors and
providers of mezzanine debt will further expand our corporate platform," said
Brooks Gruemmer, head of the Chicago Corporate Department. "We are delighted to
welcome Larry and Andrew to McDermott."

Mark Harris, head of McDermott`s Private Equity Practice Group, noted, "The
addition of Larry and Andrew will add further depth to our already substantial
private equity practice and will further reinforce our ability to serve national
and international clients. We are looking forward to integrating these highly
talented and entrepreneurial lawyers into our established team in Chicago."

Bronska`s and McCune`s practice encompasses private equity and mezzanine
investments, as well as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate
finance and general corporate matters. They represent funded and unfunded
private equity groups, management teams, publicly and privately held businesses
and individual investors on a broad variety of domestic and international
leveraged buyouts, non-control and growth equity investments, divestitures and
acquisitions in diverse industries and market segments. They also advise
investment principals on a range of formation, organization and transition
issues.

"We are thrilled to be joining McDermott," said Bronska. "Among other things,
McDermott offers our clients high quality resources and a collaborative
environment." McCune added, "We joined McDermott because of its extremely
well-rounded and highly regarded corporate practice, supported by equally
exceptional tax, benefits, healthcare, energy and finance practices, among
others. We look forward to working with the entire McDermott team."

McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified
business practice. Numbering more than 1,100 lawyers, we have offices in Boston,
Brussels, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan,
Munich, New York, Orange County, Rome, San Diego, Silicon Valley and Washington,
D.C. Extending our reach to Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China
Law Offices in Shanghai.

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