McDermott Managing Partner Aymen Mahmoud on Private Credit, the London Merger and Standing out as a Trainee

In this episode, Shanaya Kapoor speaks with Aymen Mahmoud, Managing Partner of McDermott Will & Schulte's London office.

Aymen begins with how his foray into commercial law, and what clients actually want from their lawyers. He talks about finance as a practice area, the range of clients his team acts for, and how understanding a client's commercial objectives are paramount.

He provides a primer on private credit: what it is, how it now sits alongside syndicated bank lending, the misconceptions he thinks dominate the debate, and what has driven the market's growth over the last decade.

The conversation then turns to McDermott's London office a year on from the merger with Schulte, how he judges whether an integration has worked, and what continued growth looks like. He closes with candid advice for students and trainees on succeeding in a commercial law environment.