Counsel
Hartford
Email: dmckenney@murthalaw.com
Phone: 860-240-6065
Fax: 860-240-5720
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Bar & Court Admissions
- New York
Education
- University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law (J.D.)
- Université Panthéon-Assas-Paris 2 (C.E.J.F.)
- Boston University (B.A.)
Drake D. McKenney
Drake McKenney is a Counsel with Murtha Cullina’s Business and Finance practice where he represents both domestic and foreign clients in connection with private-capital mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, complex commercial agreements, U.S. inbound investment, corporate regulatory and compliance matters, and general corporate advisory. He has particular experience with New York law-governed cross-border transactions and has served as outside general counsel in the U.S. to foreign clients.
Drake practices in both the domestic and cross-border spaces, having previously been an associate with the U.S. firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, and also having held attorney positions with Brazilian and French law firms. He has years of experience living and working in Portuguese- and French-speaking environments.
In addition to practicing, Drake served as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law for four years where he taught foreign attorneys enrolled in Fordham's LL.M. programs in International Business and Trade Law, and Banking, Corporate and Finance Law.
*Not Admitted in Connecticut
- English
- French
- Portuguese
Book Chapters:
- Vincent Mercier & Drake D. McKenney, Sales Agency and Distribution Laws, in COUNSELING EMERGING COMPANIES IN GOING INTERNATIONAL, at 207-227, Alan S. Gutterman, ed. (American Bar Association)
- Patrick Thieffry & Drake D. McKenney, Lender’s Liability in the European Union: the Current Background and Proposed Legislation, in ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY FOR BANKS, at 67-91, Joseph P. Norton et al., eds. (Lloyd’s of London Press)
Law Review Articles:
- Drake D. McKenney, Le contrat de travail en droit américain: La validité des clauses de non-concurrence et de confidentialité, N˚ 1 CAHIERS JURIDIQUES ET FISCAUX DE L’EXPORTATION 95
- Drake D. McKenney, New Antitrust Treatment of Production Joint Ventures, 66 N.Y. ST. B. J. 46
- Vincent Mercier & Drake D. McKenney, Obtaining Evidence in France for Use in United States Litigation, 2 TUL. J. INT’L & COMP. L. 91
Drake McKenney is a Counsel with Murtha Cullina’s Business and Finance practice where he represents both domestic and foreign clients in connection with private-capital mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, complex commercial agreements, U.S. inbound investment, corporate regulatory and compliance matters, and general corporate advisory. He has particular experience with New York law-governed cross-border transactions and has served as outside general counsel in the U.S. to foreign clients.
Drake practices in both the domestic and cross-border spaces, having previously been an associate with the U.S. firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, and also having held attorney positions with Brazilian and French law firms. He has years of experience living and working in Portuguese- and French-speaking environments.
In addition to practicing, Drake served as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law for four years where he taught foreign attorneys enrolled in Fordham's LL.M. programs in International Business and Trade Law, and Banking, Corporate and Finance Law.
*Not Admitted in Connecticut
- English
- French
- Portuguese
Book Chapters:
- Vincent Mercier & Drake D. McKenney, Sales Agency and Distribution Laws, in COUNSELING EMERGING COMPANIES IN GOING INTERNATIONAL, at 207-227, Alan S. Gutterman, ed. (American Bar Association)
- Patrick Thieffry & Drake D. McKenney, Lender’s Liability in the European Union: the Current Background and Proposed Legislation, in ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY FOR BANKS, at 67-91, Joseph P. Norton et al., eds. (Lloyd’s of London Press)
Law Review Articles:
- Drake D. McKenney, Le contrat de travail en droit américain: La validité des clauses de non-concurrence et de confidentialité, N˚ 1 CAHIERS JURIDIQUES ET FISCAUX DE L’EXPORTATION 95
- Drake D. McKenney, New Antitrust Treatment of Production Joint Ventures, 66 N.Y. ST. B. J. 46
- Vincent Mercier & Drake D. McKenney, Obtaining Evidence in France for Use in United States Litigation, 2 TUL. J. INT’L & COMP. L. 91
- New York
- University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law (J.D.)
- Université Panthéon-Assas-Paris 2 (C.E.J.F.)
- Boston University (B.A.)
