Legal Services

McDermott Will & Emery

Member since April 01, 2025

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois

McDermott's internationally recognized healthcare and life sciences practice addresses the critical legal and business needs of leading industry players. Clients turn to us to drive innovative deals and navigate high-stakes disputes, enforcement risks, and complex regulatory issues. With 150+ lawyers dedicated to the industry, our global team leverages deep market intelligence and decades of experience representing clients across all subsectors, including health systems and other providers, payors, private equity and other investors, major healthcare and life sciences companies, health technology developers, and new market entrants. Serving as a convener, we foster meaningful partnerships and thought leadership through our premier conferences. Clients also benefit from our exclusive affiliation with healthcare policy and advocacy firm McDermott+, which helps them navigate legislative and regulatory obstacles to maintain competitive advantage. We stand as the only healthcare practice to receive top rankings from Best Law Firms, Chambers, Legal 500, and Law360 (which has named us "Practice Group of the Year for Healthcare" multiple times), while also ranking among the leading life sciences law firms.